Lesson 10

LEARNING & TEACHING SEQUENCE

WALT (We are learning to): Use interesting vocabulary to make our writing more interesting for our reader. Create an animation to support our writing.

Teacher Notes/Planning

Whole class brainstorming of ideas about a wooden shack - picture as motivation. Sharing ideas as part of the group.

Characters - selection of characters to support our writing - brainstorm ideas as a whole class.

Locating words needed for stories on word cards, brainstorm and around the classroom. Sounding out unknown words and identifying as many sounds as possible.

Reread our story before independently posting to blog with a picture which matches our story.

Create an animation using Explain Everything and iMovie.

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Reflection

Learners are more enthusiastic in sharing their ideas with others in the class when they know they get to use these ideas in a follow up animation - I really liked the vocabulary they came up with independently and it was great to see this used in many pieces of writing. This is only the second animation activity I have attempted, but already the engagement and sharing by the learners is markedly improved. The use of animation has motivated my learners to be enthusiastic about their writing - they craft their writing, selecting characters which they then use to create their animations. I have found learners are more enthusiastic and keen to make their writing interesting so they have more to use in their animations.

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