Term 4 Writing WALT: procedural texts

We are learning to......

Write procedural/instructional texts:

Success Criteria:

I can.....

• write procedures (‘to provide instructions on how to make or do something’)

• Title Goal (What is going to be made or done)
• Materials (What is needed)
• Steps (How will it be made or done)

Example:

Sharing our Information Reports on Natural Disasters - Term 3

Last term we wrote information reports on a chosen Natural Disaster. We visited Room 6 in the senior school to share our writing. Here are some photos of us sharing our booklets that we worked so hard on. Needless to say they were very impressed with our factual booklets, photographs and diagrams.

Information Report Writing

Information Report Writing

Writing

Formulating Questions:  able to write questions to gain relevant information.

Information Report:

WALT:

We are learning to write factual report

I know I am successful when…

• I have included a general classification (A volcanic eruption is…)
• I have included a description often including

1. qualities
2. parts and their function
3. habits and behaviour or uses

• I have written in the present tense

It is usually written

• in the present tense (unless the report concerns things from the past),
• in non-chronological order,
• focusing on generic participants (groups of things),
• using "being" and "having" clauses.

Watch this space for some of our Reports on Animals and also our reports on Natural Disasters.

WALT: Write descriptively and expressively

WALT: Write Character Descriptions

Success Criteria:

I can say what my character looks like, what it's characteristics are and whats it's actions are.

In Room 15 we read the Big Book 'The Amazing Machine'. We decided to write character descriptions on our own Amazing Machines. These will be on display in the classroom from next week. Here are some on the blog for you to read......

Auto Cleaner 500

Up where my room is there is a secret door and in there lives Annabelle my marvellous machine.
Annabelle's golden eyes are comfortable when they light up. Her gleaming body is like the perfect reflection with sparkly silver hair.

Her actions are slotting out money, going shopping and she cleans my room with my Auto Cleaner 500.

Her characteristics are being funny, pleased for what she's told and she's exciting. "I hope she listens to me!".

Written by Ava

Spider Man

My Machine is called Spider-Man. He lives with all the other machines. My robot has read eyes. My robot has wheels for feet. My robot guards the home with his eyes. Spider-man does my homework.

My robot Spider-Man is really really nice. Spider-Man is grateful for what he gets on his dinner plate.

Written by Tyler

Baymax

Under my bed in a magic box lives a robot, named Baymax. Looks like: Baymax has jet pack wheels and two blue eyes.

Baymax is helpful and he is so thoughtful. He loves to help me with my home work.

I felt creative after designing Baymax, he is my best friend.

Written by Phoenix

Ema

Beside a pond near a wooden house near a room lives my beautiful Ema. She has very light brown hair and has a pretty pink apron and is very pretty.

Ema is always kind and considerate because she helps people and never has bad manners. She always cheers people up when they are sad and is playful.

Ema always is a good listener, but makes mistakes sometimes.

Written by Connie

Izzy

In the corner of my cupboard at the back of my room lives inspiring Izzy! Izzy's deep blue eyes are always looking out for a cobweb to dust. Her shiny body gleams in the sunlight and her wheels roll smoothly.

Izzy is kind, thoughtful and hilarious. Her laugh is lovely. Izzy loves reading books and telling jokes. Whenever she isn't lending a hand she is planning a prank.

Written by Evie

Come into our classroom to read the rest of our Character Descriptions!!

Self Editing

WALT: Self-edit

Success Criteria: I can check my writing for
C  apital letters
U  nderstanding - does it make sense?
P  unctuation - full stops, question marks, speech marks, commas 
S  pelling

Explanation Writing

WALT: write explanations
Success Criteria:

• I create a good title. (I think about whether it would be a good idea to phrase the title as a question beginning with How… or Why….)
• My introduction: gives a clear general statement which will be explained in the next paragraph(s) it may say why this matter is important/interesting or unusual
• I include a series of steps (in a logical order) to explain how or why something happens. 
• I continue to explain step-by-step until the final position is reached.
• Where appropriate, I include: what you need; how it works; why it works; when and where it works; what it is used for
• I include helpful diagrams/illustrations where appropriate
• I include some description to give detail when appropriate to interest the reader and/or help them understand more clearly.

Topic: How does waste impact the environment and suggest ways in which we can help.

Narrative writing Christmas Day

WALT: write narratives.

We have been writing narratives with a Christmas sentence starter. Here are some of us with our writing frames showing off our publishing.