This Week's Task: Use the Atlantis story starter here as a prompt for your own piece of writing about the rising sea levels brought about by climate change.
WALT: Write a structured narrative
Success Criteria:
Title: Hook the reader and invite them to read.
Orientation: Set the scene, gives a visual picture of the setting, atmosphere and time of the story. Also introduce any characters.
Problem: Tell about the problem that has occurred. The problem could affect the setting, the time or the characters.
Resolution: This is where story ends. Will you end with a cliffhanger, a twist, a happy ending, a moral, or will the story be tragic and unresolved?
This Week's Task: Create your own image for the below blank canvas using google drawings. Once you have created your image write a paragraph describing what you have created using imagery.
Mini Skill: Imagery
WALT: Write descriptively using imagery
Success Criteria:
Introduction: Gives background information to the topic and states the writer’s opinion
Body: Points in support of the writer’s opinion with evidence, expert opinion and examples. Has a topic sentence to begin each paragraph.
Reflection: A personal comment or reflection
Includes modal verbs e.g might, must, should
Uses conjunctions that show cause and effect e.g. because, so, if...
Includes text connectives to structure the argument; firstly, secondly, on the other hand...
Uses rhetorical questions and emotive language
This Week's Task: Write a structured argument presenting one side of a topic.
Topic: Choose from here
Mini Skill: Persuasive Techniques
WALT: Write to persuade my reader
Success Criteria:
Introduction: Gives background information to the topic and states the writer’s opinion
Body: Points in support of the writer’s opinion with evidence, expert opinion and examples. Has a topic sentence to begin each paragraph.
Reflection: A personal comment or reflection
Includes modal verbs e.g might, must, should
Uses conjunctions that show cause and effect e.g. because, so, if...
Includes text connectives to structure the argument; firstly, secondly, on the other hand...
Uses rhetorical questions and emotive language