Plan Lesson 8
Can I use drama to gather ideas for my Space Journey Narrative?
Sentence Accuracy
Sentence Accuracy
Quick Build: single-clause sentence
Verb
reloaded
Who/What
Sentence
I reloaded the data.
Add Detail: verb prefixes
reloaded
____________
the data to my system.
Re-read
Build
reloaded
____________
Check
the data to my system.
___________________________________________________________________________
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
completed
Subject
Sentence
I completed my scan.
Add Detail: semi-colon for independent clauses
I completed my scan; the data was sent back to Earth.
_____________________________
___________________
Re-read
Build
Insert the semi-colon to link the two independent clauses that could stand alone.
Check
I completed my scan the data was sent back to Earth.
___________________________________________________________________________
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 use drama to gather ideas for my Space Journey Narrative?
Vehicle Text Recap
Example Text Recap
Remember: you will be writing your own Space Journey Narrative based on Curiosity, the Mars rover.
Remember: think back to Curiosity's journey through space, fears about landing and the exploration of Mars.
Illustration 1: The rocket leaving Earth, showing the stages of engine and booster detachment
Illustration 2:Curiosity landing on Mars, showing each stage of the landing with a parachute
Illustration 4:Curiosity drilling the surface of Mars
Illustration 3:Curiosity beginning to explore Mars
Role on the Wall
Think
Say
Do
First
Then bring the character to life!
Behave
Describe
Illustration 1: The rocket leaving Earth, showing the stages of engine and booster detachment
Illustration 2:Curiosity landing on Mars, showing each stage of the landing with a parachute
Illustration 4:Curiosity drilling the surface of Mars
Illustration 3:Curiosity beginning to explore Mars
Gathering Ideas
What was the journey like from Earth to Mars?
How did you prepare to land on Mars?
Explore the different stages of Curiosity's journey
What happened as you appraoched Mars?
What did you do when you began to explore Mars?
Resource:Gathering Ideas resource
Can I gather ideas for my Space Journey Narrative?
CEW
Handwriting
Writing Effects
Spelling
Ideas
Other...
Feedback: Who did what well?
I completed my scan; the data was sent back to Earth.
_____________________________
___________________
reloaded
____________
the data to my system.
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Plan Lesson 8
Can I use drama to gather ideas for my Space Journey Narrative?
Sentence Accuracy
Sentence Accuracy
Quick Build: single-clause sentence
Verb
reloaded
Who/What
Sentence
I reloaded the data.
Add Detail: verb prefixes
reloaded
____________
the data to my system.
Re-read
Build
reloaded
____________
Check
the data to my system.
___________________________________________________________________________
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
completed
Subject
Sentence
I completed my scan.
Add Detail: semi-colon for independent clauses
I completed my scan; the data was sent back to Earth.
_____________________________
___________________
Re-read
Build
Insert the semi-colon to link the two independent clauses that could stand alone.
Check
I completed my scan the data was sent back to Earth.
___________________________________________________________________________
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 use drama to gather ideas for my Space Journey Narrative?
Vehicle Text Recap
Example Text Recap
Remember: you will be writing your own Space Journey Narrative based on Curiosity, the Mars rover.
Remember: think back to Curiosity's journey through space, fears about landing and the exploration of Mars.
Illustration 1: The rocket leaving Earth, showing the stages of engine and booster detachment
Illustration 2:Curiosity landing on Mars, showing each stage of the landing with a parachute
Illustration 4:Curiosity drilling the surface of Mars
Illustration 3:Curiosity beginning to explore Mars
Role on the Wall
Think
Say
Do
First
Then bring the character to life!
Behave
Describe
Illustration 1: The rocket leaving Earth, showing the stages of engine and booster detachment
Illustration 2:Curiosity landing on Mars, showing each stage of the landing with a parachute
Illustration 4:Curiosity drilling the surface of Mars
Illustration 3:Curiosity beginning to explore Mars
Gathering Ideas
What was the journey like from Earth to Mars?
How did you prepare to land on Mars?
Explore the different stages of Curiosity's journey
What happened as you appraoched Mars?
What did you do when you began to explore Mars?
Resource:Gathering Ideas resource
Can I gather ideas for my Space Journey Narrative?
CEW
Handwriting
Writing Effects
Spelling
Ideas
Other...
Feedback: Who did what well?
I completed my scan; the data was sent back to Earth.
_____________________________
___________________
reloaded
____________
the data to my system.