Plan Lesson 9
Can I choose effective vocabulary and Writer's Knowledge to plan my Secret Sea Creature Guide?
Handwriting
Handwriting
palm crouch
thumb push
finger tap
finger lift
R E A D Y
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chap
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My Turn
Your Turn
Sentence Accuracy
Sentence Accuracy
Quick Build: single-clause sentence
Verb
have been searching
Who/What
aliens
Sentence
The aliens have been searching.
Add Detail: present perfect tense
have been
_______________
searching for signs of life.
The aliens
Re-read
Build
searching for signs of life.
have been
_______________
The aliens
___________________________________________________________________________
Check
My turn to write the sentence.
Listen to my writer's voice.
Let me hide it!Now your turn.
Your turn to write a sentence.
Write?
Dictate?
Adapt/Extend?
Combine?
Fix?
Use your Sentence Checker
Sentence time over! Click to move on.
Quick Build: single-clause sentence
Verb
have travelled
Who/What
aliens
Sentence
The aliens have travelled.
Add Detail: noun choice
explorers
____________
The aliens have travelled far as these
like adventures.
Re-read
Build
explorers
____________
like adventures.
The aliens have travelled far as these
___________________________________________________________________________
Check
My turn to write the sentence.
Listen to my writer's voice.
Let me hide it!Now your turn.
Your turn to write a sentence.
Write?
Dictate?
Adapt/Extend?
Combine?
Fix?
Use your Sentence Checker
Sentence time over! Click to move on.
Can I choose effective vocabulary and Writer's Knowledge to plan my Secret Sea Creature Guide?
How Secret Sea Creature Guides Work
First: It welcomes the reader and introduces the strange sea creature.
Then:It explains what the creature looks like, how it behaves, what it eats, and where it lives.
Finally:It shares special powers or amazing facts about it.
Let me show you how to plan.
Teacher's Plan: Secret Sea Creature Guide:
Pufferfish Hot Air Balloon
Example Text: Secret Sea Creature Guide:
The Octopus Family
Your Plan: Secret Sea Creature Guide
Part 1: Welcome the reader and introduce an unusual sea creature and its setting
Part 2: Describe the unusual sea creature
What good writing looks like
This will show you how to plan and write
Part 3: Describe how it behaves and what it eats
Part 4: Describe its habitat
Part 5: Special powers/amazing facts
My Turn: Part 1
Your Turn: Part 1
Pictures
What will you plan? What ideas did you gather?
Writer's Knowledge
Words and phrases
WorkingWall
My Turn: Part 2
Your Turn: Part 2
Pictures
What will you plan? What ideas did you gather?
Writer's Knowledge
Words and phrases
WorkingWall
My Turn: Part 3
Your Turn: Part 3
Pictures
What will you plan? What ideas did you gather?
Writer's Knowledge
Words and phrases
WorkingWall
My Turn: Part 4
Your Turn: Part 4
Pictures
What will you plan? What ideas did you gather?
Writer's Knowledge
Words and phrases
WorkingWall
My Turn: Part 5
Your Turn: Part 5
Pictures
What will you plan? What ideas did you gather?
Writer's Knowledge
Words and phrases
WorkingWall
My Completed Plan
Click
Now talk through your plan
Can I plan my Secret Sea Creature Guide?
CEW
Handwriting
Writing Effects
Spelling
Ideas
Other...
Feedback: Who did what well?
Thumb to first finger, press down hard 1, 2, 3, 4. Move to the next, let's do some more 1, 2, 3, 4.
Frog Jump-Squat down low, hands on the floor. Jump forward and land softly.
Elephant Walk-Bend forward, arms hang. Walk and swing arms side to side.
Caterpillar Crawl-Walk hands forward, then feet up to hands. Repeat.
Turtle Push-Push hands into floor or wall. Hold, then relax.
Crab Crouch-Lift hips in crab position. Walk forwards or backwards.
Monkey Grab-Reach one arm across the body, then the other. Alternate rhythmically.
Seal Clap-Clap in front, above, and below while keeping rhythm.
Crocodile Twist-Keep feet still. Twist upper body side to side slowly.
explorers
____________
The aliens have travelled far as these
like adventures.
Thumb to first finger, press down hard 1, 2, 3, 4. Move to the next, let's do some more 1, 2, 3, 4.
Thumb to first finger, press down hard 1, 2, 3, 4. Move to the next, let's do some more 1, 2, 3, 4.
Thumb to first finger, press down hard 1, 2, 3, 4. Move to the next, let's do some more 1, 2, 3, 4.
Thumb to first finger, press down hard 1, 2, 3, 4. Move to the next, let's do some more 1, 2, 3, 4.
have been
_______________
searching for signs of life.
The aliens
Curve around, up to the top, down the same line, up and over with a flick at the end.
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Plan Lesson 9
Can I choose effective vocabulary and Writer's Knowledge to plan my Secret Sea Creature Guide?
Handwriting
Handwriting
palm crouch
thumb push
finger tap
finger lift
R E A D Y
__________________________________________________________________________________________
chap
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
My Turn
Your Turn
Sentence Accuracy
Sentence Accuracy
Quick Build: single-clause sentence
Verb
have been searching
Who/What
aliens
Sentence
The aliens have been searching.
Add Detail: present perfect tense
have been
_______________
searching for signs of life.
The aliens
Re-read
Build
searching for signs of life.
have been
_______________
The aliens
___________________________________________________________________________
Check
My turn to write the sentence.
Listen to my writer's voice.
Let me hide it!Now your turn.
Your turn to write a sentence.
Write?
Dictate?
Adapt/Extend?
Combine?
Fix?
Use your Sentence Checker
Sentence time over! Click to move on.
Quick Build: single-clause sentence
Verb
have travelled
Who/What
aliens
Sentence
The aliens have travelled.
Add Detail: noun choice
explorers
____________
The aliens have travelled far as these
like adventures.
Re-read
Build
explorers
____________
like adventures.
The aliens have travelled far as these
___________________________________________________________________________
Check
My turn to write the sentence.
Listen to my writer's voice.
Let me hide it!Now your turn.
Your turn to write a sentence.
Write?
Dictate?
Adapt/Extend?
Combine?
Fix?
Use your Sentence Checker
Sentence time over! Click to move on.
Can I choose effective vocabulary and Writer's Knowledge to plan my Secret Sea Creature Guide?
How Secret Sea Creature Guides Work
First: It welcomes the reader and introduces the strange sea creature.
Then:It explains what the creature looks like, how it behaves, what it eats, and where it lives.
Finally:It shares special powers or amazing facts about it.
Let me show you how to plan.
Teacher's Plan: Secret Sea Creature Guide: Pufferfish Hot Air Balloon
Example Text: Secret Sea Creature Guide: The Octopus Family
Your Plan: Secret Sea Creature Guide
Part 1: Welcome the reader and introduce an unusual sea creature and its setting
Part 2: Describe the unusual sea creature
What good writing looks like
This will show you how to plan and write
Part 3: Describe how it behaves and what it eats
Part 4: Describe its habitat
Part 5: Special powers/amazing facts
My Turn: Part 1
Your Turn: Part 1
Pictures
What will you plan? What ideas did you gather?
Writer's Knowledge
Words and phrases
WorkingWall
My Turn: Part 2
Your Turn: Part 2
Pictures
What will you plan? What ideas did you gather?
Writer's Knowledge
Words and phrases
WorkingWall
My Turn: Part 3
Your Turn: Part 3
Pictures
What will you plan? What ideas did you gather?
Writer's Knowledge
Words and phrases
WorkingWall
My Turn: Part 4
Your Turn: Part 4
Pictures
What will you plan? What ideas did you gather?
Writer's Knowledge
Words and phrases
WorkingWall
My Turn: Part 5
Your Turn: Part 5
Pictures
What will you plan? What ideas did you gather?
Writer's Knowledge
Words and phrases
WorkingWall
My Completed Plan
Click
Now talk through your plan
Can I plan my Secret Sea Creature Guide?
CEW
Handwriting
Writing Effects
Spelling
Ideas
Other...
Feedback: Who did what well?
Thumb to first finger, press down hard 1, 2, 3, 4. Move to the next, let's do some more 1, 2, 3, 4.
Frog Jump-Squat down low, hands on the floor. Jump forward and land softly. Elephant Walk-Bend forward, arms hang. Walk and swing arms side to side. Caterpillar Crawl-Walk hands forward, then feet up to hands. Repeat. Turtle Push-Push hands into floor or wall. Hold, then relax. Crab Crouch-Lift hips in crab position. Walk forwards or backwards. Monkey Grab-Reach one arm across the body, then the other. Alternate rhythmically. Seal Clap-Clap in front, above, and below while keeping rhythm. Crocodile Twist-Keep feet still. Twist upper body side to side slowly.
explorers
____________
The aliens have travelled far as these
like adventures.
Thumb to first finger, press down hard 1, 2, 3, 4. Move to the next, let's do some more 1, 2, 3, 4.
Thumb to first finger, press down hard 1, 2, 3, 4. Move to the next, let's do some more 1, 2, 3, 4.
Thumb to first finger, press down hard 1, 2, 3, 4. Move to the next, let's do some more 1, 2, 3, 4.
Thumb to first finger, press down hard 1, 2, 3, 4. Move to the next, let's do some more 1, 2, 3, 4.
have been
_______________
searching for signs of life.
The aliens
Curve around, up to the top, down the same line, up and over with a flick at the end.