Immerse Lesson 1
Can I write predictions about a text?
Talk Time: What's the story about?
Who?
What?
Where?
Why?
When?
How?
Let's read the Vehicle Text Extract
‘Curiosity’
Is there anybody else out there?
…called it ‘Seven Minutes of Terror’.
What?
Who?
Where?
Why?
How?
When?
Explore and Respond: Vehicle Text Illustrations
How might these illustrations link to the revealed objects?
How might they link to the words of the extract?
What do you think each illustration is showing?
Illustration 1: The module in space getting closer to Mars
Illustration 2: Curiosity’s camera looking out across Mars’s landscape
What do you think the story could be about?
Can I write a prediction about this story?
I predict that ...
I think ...
Sentence Accuracy
Sentence Accuracy
Quick Build: single-clause sentence
Verb
disconnected
Who/What
Sentence
I disconnected.
Add Detail: verb prefixes
disconnected
__________________
from the rocket.
Re-read
Build
from the rocket.
Check
disconnected
__________________
___________________________________________________________________________
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
approached
Subject
Sentence
I approached.
Add Detail: hyphens for clarity
I approached a high-risk landing site.
________
Re-read
Build
Drag the hyphen into the sentence to clarify the meaning.
Check
I approached a high risk landing site.
___________________________________________________________________________
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 write predictions about a text?
CEW
Handwriting
Writing Effects
Spelling
Ideas
Other...
Feedback: Who did what well?
I approached a high-risk landing site.
________
disconnected
__________________
from the rocket.
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Transcript
Immerse Lesson 1
Can I write predictions about a text?
Talk Time: What's the story about?
Who?
What?
Where?
Why?
When?
How?
Let's read the Vehicle Text Extract
‘Curiosity’ Is there anybody else out there? …called it ‘Seven Minutes of Terror’.
What?
Who?
Where?
Why?
How?
When?
Explore and Respond: Vehicle Text Illustrations
How might these illustrations link to the revealed objects?
How might they link to the words of the extract?
What do you think each illustration is showing?
Illustration 1: The module in space getting closer to Mars
Illustration 2: Curiosity’s camera looking out across Mars’s landscape
What do you think the story could be about?
Can I write a prediction about this story?
I predict that ...
I think ...
Sentence Accuracy
Sentence Accuracy
Quick Build: single-clause sentence
Verb
disconnected
Who/What
Sentence
I disconnected.
Add Detail: verb prefixes
disconnected
__________________
from the rocket.
Re-read
Build
from the rocket.
Check
disconnected
__________________
___________________________________________________________________________
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
approached
Subject
Sentence
I approached.
Add Detail: hyphens for clarity
I approached a high-risk landing site.
________
Re-read
Build
Drag the hyphen into the sentence to clarify the meaning.
Check
I approached a high risk landing site.
___________________________________________________________________________
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 write predictions about a text?
CEW
Handwriting
Writing Effects
Spelling
Ideas
Other...
Feedback: Who did what well?
I approached a high-risk landing site.
________
disconnected
__________________
from the rocket.