Plan: Varmints

Lessons

8: Plan Learning Objective: Can I use drama to gather ideas for my environmental change narrative?

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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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Gathering Ideas: Vehicle Text Recap

We are going to be writing an environmental change narrative describing one of the the following natural environments being changed into a city:

• the school field
• your local park or playground
• your local woodland area

Gathering Ideas: Vehicle Text Recap

Let's recap on the Vehicle Text illustrations and discuss how it might feel for a character to see a city like this being built around their home.

How would you feel if this was built over your school field, park or local wood? The creature from the text saved a sapling to keep part of their natural environment. What might your character keep hold of to save?

Drama Opportunity: Hot Seating

In your groups - look at the City Environment pictures again.

One child: Act as your chosen character and imagine that your natural environment has changed to a dark city. The others: Act as interviewers questioning the child in the hot seat.

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Drama Opportunity: Hot Seating

Guide Questions:

• What has happened to your environment?
• How are you feeling about the changes that have happened?
• How can you describe the environment now?
• What is the atmosphere of the place like, now it is a city?
• What do you wish you could say?
• What have you saved from your natural environment, and what might you do with it next?

Let's add some words and phrases to the flipchart.

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Group Work: Role On the Wall

Imagine, once again that you are your chosen character. You will be leaving the city to build a natural environment again.

Write down what your character hopes for and what they will do. (outside)

Write down words and phrases for how they feel about the change and destruction to their natural environment. (inside)

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Write

Can I gather ideas through roleplay?

Write

Review

Can I use roleplay to plan writing ideas?

• Read what you have written out loud.
• Have I clearly described what my is thinking and feeling?
• Have I expressed what my character hopes for and what they will do?
• Have I gathered enough ideas for my writing?

Review

8: Plan Learning Objective: Can I plan my own writing and choose effective vocabulary and grammar?

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Make a Sentence

I will model a sentence.

Make a Sentence

Now you will make your sentence.

Make a Sentence

Steady

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Let's look at how to plan our own Dual Narrative.

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Teacher's Plan

This is what a completed plan looks like.

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Planning Writing

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Write

Can I plan my own writing and choose effective vocabulary and grammar?

Write

Planning Writing

We are going to complete the first box.

• Words and phrases • Pictures • Writer's Knowledge

Write

Planning Writing

Now, we are going to complete the second box.

• Words and phrases • Pictures • Writer's Knowledge

Write

Planning Writing

Now, let's complete the third box.

• Words and phrases • Pictures • Writer's Knowledge

Write

Planning Writing

Now, let's complete the fourth box.

• Words and phrases • Pictures • Writer's Knowledge

Write

Planning Writing

Now, let's complete the fifth box.

• Words and phrases • Pictures • Writer's Knowledge

Write

Review

Can I plan my own writing and choose effective vocabulary and grammar?

• Say your plan 'out loud' so it sounds like the writing you will do.
• Have I included examples of all the Writer's Knowledge?
• Is my plan going to help me with my writing?

Writer's Knowledge Reminder

Review