Literacy-+Writing

Continue to develop writing skills.



Term 2 will see children extending the genres they use in writing, eg using graphic organisers to compare and contrast information or for re-formatting information sourced from their reading activities.

Topics include creating a Purple People Eater Monster, writing a report about the new baby giraffe's journey to Wellington.

We have studied and written about characters from books eg The Paper Bag Princess and The Iron Giant.

A wide variety of topics are used in writing. from personal choice to engaging video clips that promote writing.

Children are reminded of the need to punctuate their writing and are encouraged to use interesting adjectives and adverbs when writing.



In Term 1 we will be re-capping the basics of writing - - using a capital letter and full stop - using chunk knowledge to attempt to spell words needed - independently looking up the spelling of words needed -planning our writing -independently editing our work when the first draft is completed - making our writing interesting by using adjectives and by selecting more powerful words.

This will progress on to a study of other punctuation marks, similes and metaphors, synonyms and antonyms.

Written presentation will be done on the computer or on selected publishing pages or in an illustrated format in a publishing book. Some writing will be on view for others to read.

Students will be encouraged to look at their writing and formulate a ‘Next Step’, either independently or through teacher consultation.