Date: 23.2.

10
Year Group: Year 3
Theme/Text Type: Narrative
L.O: I can write and finish a descriptive story.
Teaching Objectives:
Session One warm-up activities:
I can join sentences using connectives.
I can up-level work using descriptive vocabulary.
Session Two main writing activity:
I can write a story with a beginning middle and end.
I can include adjectives.
Plenary:
Share work & suggest how to up-level it.
Prior Knowledge/Links with Literacy or Creative Curriculum Unit:
We have been discussing our local area within our topic work.
During Literacy we have been focussing on settings & adjectives.
Safeguarding: remind chn of the dangers of trying out the things the superheroes do.
Warm-up
9:45
Give out last weeks marked work. Chn have time to read marking, understand their
next steps & ask questions.
9:50

Review VCOP. Explain that today we will be focussing on Vocabulary and

punctuation.
Show chn the Big Writing board & punctuation pyramid. Chn close eyes while T
covers some connectives. What have I covered? What level is it? Can you think of a
better connective?

9:55

Play VCOP quick activity games:

VCOP Connectives quick activity 1 but or so? Which is the best
connective?
I went to the park . It was too wet to go on the slide.
The slide was wet . I went back home again.
I was hungry Mum made me a sandwich.
I love sandwiches. I dont like eating the crusts.
VCOP Openers quick activity 1 What is the most interesting way to finish the
sentence?
Hurriedly .
Sadly ..
Exitedly
Last Night .
VCOP Punctuation quick activity 1 Full stop, question mark or exclamation
mark?
Look at the state of those boots!
How did they get so muddy?
Put them outside now.

10:00

Play Big Writing games (Computer desktop): Kung Fu Punctuation.

10:05

Text Analysis activities:

Watch interactive story Super hero High:
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-stories-superhero-high.htm

10:10

Discuss what chn like & dislike about the story. Elicit that it is good because it
includes speech but the description is poor. If you went to super hero high what
lessons would you take? What special powers would you need to be a super hero?
Which would be your favourite lessons? Why?

10:15

Give out planning sheets. Make notes on planning sheet to describe hero & powers.
Encourage chn to make choices which differ from yours. Use word bank on sheet to
help generate ideas.
Look at story board style planning frame & plan out parts of own story.
Break

11:00

Main Writing Activity:

With chn decide success criteria which meets LO & display on board. Explain that
previously many people were given the target of completing the whole story in the
time given, so this is what you will be looking for today.

11:05

Return to plan & model writing the story. Keep referring to plan & explain thinking
out loud. Make a spelling mistake & model underlining the word to check later, so
you dont loose your flow while writing now. Model up-levelling a sentence by
rereading & changing for more descriptive vocab. Include speech using speech
marks & remind chn to use the name of the person speaking.

11:10

Chn write their story based on their plan.

Move around room supporting where nec. Remind chn of success criteria & VCOP.

11:30

Stop chn, They read their work to themselves to edit (as assessment week cannot
read to anyone else). Ensure they understand how long they have left so will
complete the story in time.

11:35

Chn continue with their work & up-level.

11:50

Plenary:
Review success criteria. Chn draw a face next to their LO to show how well they
think they have met it.
Chn read a favourite sentence & others give feedback.

Differentiation/Extension Activities:
Through outcome as this BW session is used for assessment & levelling.
EAL story chosen is recommended by British Council to support EAL.
EXT superhero high activities

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L.O: I can write and finish a descriptive story.

See, sight, x-ray, vision

Feelings: excited, scared,

nervous, stressed
Fly, soar, glide

Clothing, costume

Super Hero High

Describe characters, feelings,

Describe setting

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Lesson 1 what they learn, how they feel

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Lesson 2 what they learn, how they feel

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Lesson 3 what they learn, how they feel

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How they feel, what they use their powers
for.

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