6F Immerse: Paradise Sands

Lessons

1: Immerse Learning Objective: Can I write predictions about a text?

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Let's look at the objects and illustrations Who might the dream catcher belong to? What might we know about the characters? What do you notice about the twigs and flowers? Why might they be dry? Do the illustrations remind you of anything you have seen or read before? What connections can you make between the objects and the illustrations? Is anything puzzling you? What do you think you know? Why?

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Look at the illustration of the children picking flowers.

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Where might they be going?Who are they picking flowers for? What are they all looking at? What connections can you make between the illustration and the objects? What is your impression of this setting and why? What is your impression of the characters and why? How would you describe the colours that have been chosen and what is the effect?

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Let's look at the title of the Vehicle Text and read this extract from the first page.

lunar landings illustrations

What type of writing is this? What gives you that impression?What might the title and extract mean? What connections can you make between this, the illustrations and the objects? Does it give us any more ideas about where they might be going? Have your ideas about the story changed? Why?

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Write

Can I record predictions about the text?

Write

I will model a sentence.

Make a Sentence

Now you will make your sentence.

Make a Sentence

Review

Can I write predictions about a text?

• Read what you have written out loud.
• Does it make sense? What changes do you need to make?
• Use the sentence checker and, line by line, edit for improvement.

Review

2: Immerse Learning Objective: Can I write an enchantment curse poem?

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Make a Sentence

I will model a sentence.

Make a Sentence

Now you will make your sentence.

Make a Sentence

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Let's look at vocabulary from the Vehicle Text.

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Let's look at the front cover and read the opening of the Vehicle Text.

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*Stop after the words 'Away from what is, we all are now his.'

How might your predictions change now?

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Drama Opportunity: Roleplay and Conscience Alley

Look at the illustrations. Look closely at the girl and her brothers.

What do you notice? How does the use of colour make you feel? What can you tell about the thoughts, feelings and motivations of the different characters?

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Drama Opportunity: Roleplay and Conscience Alley

Children: Get into groups of 4 and act in role as the girl and her three brothers. Act out the two scenes from the illustrations. Consider what they would say and how they would act.

Drama Opportunity: Roleplay and Conscience Alley

Next: Children acting as the girl: form two parallel lines. Children acting as the brothers: walk down the alley between them. As the brothers walk down the alley - each girl must try to persuade them not to enter the palace. Brothers: answer, showing that you can't resist. Try to use the language from the text, including the curse.

I am going to model writing an enchantment curse poem.

Can you see examples of hyphenated words and synonyms & antonyms?

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Write

Can I write an enchantment curse poem based on the next three illustrations?

Walking in the door / getting in the pool / the dolphins.

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Use the word bank to help you with ideas.

Write

Review

Can I write an enchantment curse poem?

• Read what you have written out loud.

• Have I used hyphenated words and synonyms & antonyms?

Review

3: Immerse Learning Objective: Can I understand and use the vocabulary in the Example Text?

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Make a Sentence

I will model a sentence.

Make a Sentence

Now you will make your sentence.

Make a Sentence

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Drama Opportunity: Hot-seating the Girl

Let's re-read the Vehicle Text, then continue up to the page with the illustration of the girl with The Teller from the front cover.

What would the girl be thinking and feeling at this moment?

Take turns to act in role as the girl. The others are to ask her questions, encouraging her to share her thoughts worries and questions at this part of the story.

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Now, let's read the Example Text.

This is a first person narrative. You will be writing your own first person narrative from a different viewpoint.

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Discuss.

Who do you think wrote this narrative? What impressions do you get of them? What more do you learn about the character of the girl from the Example Text?

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Let's look at vocabulary from the Example Text.

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Narrative Building Block Questions

Let's answer some questions about the text.

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Review

Can I understand the Example Text and the vocabulary included?

• Read what you have written out loud.
• Have I answered the questions fully?
• Have I included evidence from the Example Text?

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4: Immerse Learning Objective: Can I write a setting description?

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Make a Sentence

I will model a sentence.

Make a Sentence

Now you will make your sentence.

Make a Sentence

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Drama Opportunity: Step Inside

Let's explore these three Vehicle Text illustrations.

Visit each illustration and imagine that you can step inside each scene. On Post-its - write words that best describe the atmosphere created by the picture. Consider what you would be able to see, hear, smell and feel inside these pictures and add your notes to the illustrations.

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Drama Opportunity 2: Roleplay - The Girl

Using the same illustrations - imagine being the girl as her brothers go through the door into the palace. Act as the girl pausing in the doorway and show the fear and concern of her character through facial expressions and body language. Say what you think the girl would be thinking or would say aloud. Then add the girl's thoughts and speech in sentences to the illustrations.

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I am going to model writing a setting description.

Can you see examples of informal speech structures, synonyms/antonyms and semi-colons?

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Write

Can I write a setting description from the viewpoint of the girl?

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Use the word bank to help you with ideas.

Write

Review

Can I write a setting description?

• Read what you have written out loud.
• Does it make sense? What changes do you need to make?
• Have I used informal speech structures, synonyms/ antonyms

and semi-colons?

• Use the sentence checker and, line by line, edit for improvement.

Review