Aim

In this unit, students will learn how to write for different personal and socially relevant audiences including lists, text messages and form filling.

Prior Learning

Students may have some prior knowledge of spelling and grammar techniques but it is not essential. This unit has been designed so that students with no prior knowledge can acquire reading and writing skills.

Key Learning from the Learning Outcomes

At the end of this unit, students will be able to:

• use words associated with food.

• write a list for food shopping.

• recognise the use of lists for other purposes.

• respond to a text message with appropriate use of capital letters, full stops, accurate grammar and spelling.

• understand key words used in forms

• complete a simple form.

Evidence of Learning

Learning will be demonstrated through the following activities:

• Identifying words

• Underlining information in the text e.g. capital letters, punctuation

• Compiling lists

• Transcribing and sequencing words

• Cloze test

• Word searches

• Writing sentences

• Matching exercise

Keywords

• supermarket

• alphabetical order

• class

• Monday

• September

• can

• can’t

• thank you

Well-being Indicators

• Aware

• Connected

• Active