Using funny animal images to warm students up for writing
Focus: generating ideas, sentences, words, spelling, punctuation, editing
How do scissors work? Writing template
Purpose: Students can work in pairs or in groups to label the blank template.
Refer to the Label it activity on page 114 of The Writing Book for more information.
Diagram of scissors - Labelled
Purpose: Students can use the labelled example to complete their self-checks or partner-checks.
How does it work? - Quick Write lesson
Context: This lesson can be used as a follow-up quick write experience to the label it activity completed above. Refer to page 111 of The Writing Book.
Focus: Students can use their labelled diagrams to write a short explanation of how scissors work.
Check out The Writing Book for more engaging Quick write ideas.
Using funny animal images to warm students up for writing
Focus: generating ideas, sentences, words, spelling, punctuation, editing
Focus: Harry Potter-related ideas
Includes: a lesson plan (slide presentation)
Focus: adding details