Analyse: Greta and the Giants

Lessons

5: Analyse Learning Objective: Can I find and discuss structure and language features in the Example Text?

Ready

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 the Example Text again and annotate it.

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Annotating the Example Text

What can you tell about the structure of the text?

I will show you an example of a structural feature.

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Annotating the Example Text

What language features can we find?

I will show you some examples of different language features.

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Example Text Annotations

Can you find the rest of the structural and language features?

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Review

Can I discuss and identify structure and language features of the Example Text?

• Read what you have written out loud.
• Have I found at least one other example for each structure and language feature?

Review

6: Analyse Learning Objective: Can I find and discuss Writer's Knowledge in the Example Text?

Ready

Make a Sentence

I will model a sentence.

Make a Sentence

Now you will make your sentence.

Make a Sentence

Steady

Teach

Let's look at the Example Text again. Can you remember the structure and language features we found?

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Writer's Knowledge

I will show you where the Writer's Knowledge can be found.

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What Writer's Knowledge can you find in the text?

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Review

Can I discuss and identify the Writer's Knowledge in the Example Text?

• Read what you have written out loud.
• Have I found at least one example for each feature of the Writer's Knowledge?

Review

7: Analyse Learning Objective: Can I write a speech as a character?

Ready

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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Re-read the Vehicle Text from the page beginning 'Soon more people and animals saw what they were doing and joined in too' to the page ending '..."Will you please try?" they said.'

Make a Sentence

Let's watch a video of Greta Thunberg delivering a speech. Notice how she uses emotional language to provoke feelings and a response from the audience.

Make a Sentence

Drama Opportunity: Hot Seating

Let's look at the Vehicle Text illustration. Split into pairs. One child is to act as Greta (or one of the other characters holding up a sign) the other is to act as an interviewer asking them questions.

Take it in turns to be the interviewer and Greta. Those acting as Greta - use emotive and persuasive language to describe your beliefs and motivations

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Drama Opportunity: Hot Seating

Guide Questions:

How do you feel about the Giants? What are the Giants doing and how do you feel about their actions? What do you think they should do? Why do you care so much about the environment? What do you think is the most important thing to do now? What would you say to the Giants now, if you could say anything? *Let's add some ideas to the flipchart

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I am going to model writing a speech as a character.

Can you see examples of verb suffixes, expanded noun phrases, relative clauses, modal verbs, brackets for parenthesis and commas to avoid ambiguity?

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Write

Can I write a speech as a character?

Write

Use the word bank to help you with ideas.

Write

Review

Can I write a speech as a character?

• Read what you have written out loud.
• Have I used verb suffixes, expanded noun phrases, relative clauses, modal verbs, brackets for parethesis and commas to avoid ambiguity?
• Does it make sense? What changes do you need to make?
• Use the sentence checker and, line by line, edit for improvement.

Review