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Y1 Last Tree in the City Look L5

Literacy Counts

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Year 1 Look Lesson 5

Can I understand what good writers do?

Sentence Accuracy

Let me say the sentence before I click.

was

down

It

cut

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was

It

cut

down

My turn to write.

Let me hide it!Now your turn.

Your turn to write. Let me say it. Now you write it.

Sentence Checker

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Which one shall I choose?
Let me say the sentence before I click.

ran

sit

at

top

He

to

the

was

It

last

tree

the

dream

could

sit

day

and

He

all

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Check

top

to

He

the

sit

ran

at

My turn to write.

Let me hide it!Now your turn.

Your turn to write. Let me say it. Now you write it.

Sentence Checker

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Check

the

It

tree

was

last

My turn to write.

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Your turn to write. Let me say it. Now you write it.

Sentence Checker

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Check

could

He

dream

all

sit

day

and

My turn to write.

Let me hide it!Now your turn.

Your turn to write. Let me say it. Now you write it.

Sentence Checker

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Quick Build: a complete sentence

Verb

was

Who/What

It

Sentence

It was a tree.

Add Detail: Exclamation Sentence

tree

was

What

beautiful

it

_________________________________________

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Check
__

What

______
__

tree

____

beautiful

__________

was

____

it

__

___________________________________________________________________________

My turn to write the sentence.

Listen to my writer's voice.
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Your turn to write a sentence.

Write?
Dictate?
Adapt?

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Sentence time over! Click to move on.

Can I understand what good writers do?

I know what makes a good writer!

What does Wise Owl like about the Example Text?

To start and finish a sentence

CEW

Important words for us to spell

?!

? asks When? Was? Why? ! shouts Wow! Look! Hi!

Add -ing, -ed and -er

Goes on the end of words

Join ideas together

Makes it the opposite

Use ‘and’

Add un-

Add -s or -es

Makes it more than one

Click number to reveal Click again to hide

Can you help me find them?

Now Edward was so sad that he felt his heart sink. The city looked even duller and the air felt unfriendly. He missed the tree and the birds and their songs. Would he ever find a beautiful place again? It made him unhappy, so very unhappy.

Add -ing, -ed and -er

Use ‘and’

Add -s or -es

Click number to reveal Click again to hide

Can you help me find them?

Then, he saw something from the corner of his eye. He uncovered a small green plant growing between some rocks! He picked it up and carried it carefully through the streets. He planted it in a new safe spot. The leaves started to flutter in the air. The city was not so dull anymore. It made him cheerful, so very cheerful.

CEW

Add un-

?!

Can you spot some more?

One rainy morning, he passed the tall towers and wide windows to see his tree. He walked and he walked and he walked. Eventually, Edward reached the place he loved but his tree was gone! Workers had chopped it down and left only a flat, empty space. He stood there feeling helpless. Where would he sit and dream now?

Use ‘and’

Add -s or -es

Add -ing, -ed and -er

CEW

?!

Add un-

Un- Word Detectives!

un______

un______

un______

un______

fair

tidy

clear

happy

Check

safe

kind

Can I understand what good writers do?

Feedback: Who did what well?

CEW

Aa

Say Before Write

Phonics

Ideas

Other...

unfair

unhappy

untidy

unsafe

dream

could

sit

day

and

He

all

was

down

It

cut

was

It

last

tree

the

tree

was

What

beautiful

it

_________________________________________

ran

sit

at

top

He

to

the