Analyse Lesson 7
Can I write a setting description?
Handwriting
Handwriting
thumb push
palm crouch
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
detected
Who/What
Sentence
I detected.
Add Detail: expanded noun phrase
I detected
the expansiveness of the dusty, red planet before me.
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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
awaited exploration.
The rocky, uneven ground of the rough crater
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Re-read
Build
The rocky, uneven ground of the rough crater
_________________________________________
Check
awaited exploration.
___________________________________________________________________________
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.
Hot Seating: Ask the character
What would you liketo ask Curiosity?
Who?
What?
Where?
Why?
When?
How?
Illustration 1: Curiosity landing on Mars, showing each stage of the landing with a parachute
Illustration 3: Curiosity drilling the surface of Mars
Illustration 2: Curiosity beginning to explore 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.
Put your hands in a crouch then your fingertips down. Keep your palms up high and crouch to the ground.
Thumb to first finger, press down hard 1, 2, 3, 4. Move to the next, let's do some more 1, 2, 3, 4.
Start with your thumbs and lift them high, Then give your other fingers a try!
Hover your hands over something flat, Little fingers first go tap, tap, tap.
awaited exploration.
The rocky, uneven ground of the rough crater
_________________________________________
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Analyse Lesson 7
Can I write a setting description?
Handwriting
Handwriting
thumb push
palm crouch
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
awaited exploration.
The rocky, uneven ground of the rough crater
_________________________________________
Re-read
Build
The rocky, uneven ground of the rough crater
_________________________________________
Check
awaited exploration.
___________________________________________________________________________
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.
Hot Seating: Ask the character
What would you liketo ask Curiosity?
Who?
What?
Where?
Why?
When?
How?
Illustration 1: Curiosity landing on Mars, showing each stage of the landing with a parachute
Illustration 3: Curiosity drilling the surface of Mars
Illustration 2: Curiosity beginning to explore 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.
Put your hands in a crouch then your fingertips down. Keep your palms up high and crouch to the ground.
Thumb to first finger, press down hard 1, 2, 3, 4. Move to the next, let's do some more 1, 2, 3, 4.
Start with your thumbs and lift them high, Then give your other fingers a try!
Hover your hands over something flat, Little fingers first go tap, tap, tap.
awaited exploration.
The rocky, uneven ground of the rough crater
_________________________________________