Using simple props to support oral language development
Focus: retelling known stories
Short video clips can provide students with interesting ideas for writing.
Fireman saves kitten
Use the video clip to motivate students to create a short piece of writing about the resource.
Fireman saves kitten – Student exemplar writing
Students could use the exemplar to review the sequencing of events during their partner-checks.
Image by Ronshi Perera.
For more engaging writing ideas, see our on demand workshop, Generating ideas for writing.
Using simple props to support oral language development
Focus: retelling known stories
Includes: a template and an exemplar
Focus: paragraph writing, starting with a topic sentence
Includes: a lesson plan (slide presentation), prompt cards and wall display pack
Focus: building complex sentences by adding conjunctions