Analyse Lesson 7
Can I write a setting description?
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
detected
Who/What
Sentence
I detected.
Add Detail: expanded noun phrase
I detected
the expansiveness of the dusty, red planet before me.
________________________________________________
Re-read
Build
the expansiveness of the dusty, red planet before me.
________________________________________________
Check
I detected
___________________________________________________________________________
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
awaited
Subject
the ground
Sentence
The ground awaited.
Add Detail: expanded noun phrase
The rocky, uneven ground of the rough crater
_________________________________________
awaited exploration.
Re-read
Build
awaited exploration.
Check
The rocky, uneven ground of the rough crater
_________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
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 a setting description?
Vehicle Text Recap
Let's recap the landing and Curiosity’s exploration of the surface of Mars. How do the illustrations show the settings that Curiosity explores?
Let's re-read the Vehicle Text from the start of Curiosity’s space journey, where the rocket takes off.
Freeze Frame
What might they say?
How can you show how they feel?
How might they say it?
What is around them?
How will their body move?
How might they react?
Illustration 1: Curiosity beginning to explore Mars
Illustration 2:Curiosity’s camera looking out across Mars’s landscape
Illustration 4:Mars highlands and mountains at night
Illustration 3:Curiosity drilling the surface of Mars
My turn to write a setting description.
Your turn to write a setting description.
Use your Sentence Checker
Can I write a setting description?
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.
I detected
the expansiveness of the dusty, red planet before me.
________________________________________________
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.
Curve around, up to the top, down the same line, up and over with a flick at the end.
Thumb to first finger, press down hard 1, 2, 3, 4. Move to the next, let's do some more 1, 2, 3, 4.
The rocky, uneven ground of the rough crater
_________________________________________
awaited exploration.
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.
Y5A Curiosity WO1 Analyse L7
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Analyse Lesson 7
Can I write a setting description?
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
detected
Who/What
Sentence
I detected.
Add Detail: expanded noun phrase
I detected
the expansiveness of the dusty, red planet before me.
________________________________________________
Re-read
Build
the expansiveness of the dusty, red planet before me.
________________________________________________
Check
I detected
___________________________________________________________________________
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
awaited
Subject
the ground
Sentence
The ground awaited.
Add Detail: expanded noun phrase
The rocky, uneven ground of the rough crater
_________________________________________
awaited exploration.
Re-read
Build
awaited exploration.
Check
The rocky, uneven ground of the rough crater
_________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
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 a setting description?
Vehicle Text Recap
Let's recap the landing and Curiosity’s exploration of the surface of Mars. How do the illustrations show the settings that Curiosity explores?
Let's re-read the Vehicle Text from the start of Curiosity’s space journey, where the rocket takes off.
Freeze Frame
What might they say?
How can you show how they feel?
How might they say it?
What is around them?
How will their body move?
How might they react?
Illustration 1: Curiosity beginning to explore Mars
Illustration 2:Curiosity’s camera looking out across Mars’s landscape
Illustration 4:Mars highlands and mountains at night
Illustration 3:Curiosity drilling the surface of Mars
My turn to write a setting description.
Your turn to write a setting description.
Use your Sentence Checker
Can I write a setting description?
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.
I detected
the expansiveness of the dusty, red planet before me.
________________________________________________
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.
Curve around, up to the top, down the same line, up and over with a flick at the end.
Thumb to first finger, press down hard 1, 2, 3, 4. Move to the next, let's do some more 1, 2, 3, 4.
The rocky, uneven ground of the rough crater
_________________________________________
awaited exploration.
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.