Students: Year 7 GCSE Students withdrawn from lessons

My Writing My name is ms newman and i live in Exeter i did work as a English teacher at clyst vale but left because im going to uni again i wnet to California this summer which was great we flew to san Francisco and back from los angeles and dived a car in between and around the country we didn’t really enjoy the driving though – the Americans like to overtake quickly we wnet to Alcatraz when we were in san Francisco which was really creepy and we also went to see a baseball match We went to lots of other places too which were good Commas Full stops Capital letters I check my work Self-Assessment and Targets

Resources 2 Whiteboards Dictionary Card sort Blue-white card sort Scaffold for writing task Lesson has been preceded by: -Sentence structures – simple, compound and complex -Using in commas in a variety of sentences It will lead on to: -Consolidation of sentence structure and comma work Reminders about student: -Needs encouraging to begin writing on left and focus on keeping capital letters bigger than others -Needs encouraging to insert commas as she writes, instead of returning -Needs reminding to proof-read -Sister has just had baby – cries a lot Name of Tutor: Ruth Newman Date: 3 rd March 2010 Period: 4 Year group: 7 Beginning Level: 4C Student targets: capitals, questions marks, sentence structures, commas, speech punctuation, handwriting Topic to be taught : Sentence structure and commas Objectives: -To develop an understanding of how to write complex sentences using ‘who’, ‘which’ and adjectives -To understand how to arrange commas around clauses -To begin writing complex sentences using ‘who’, ‘which’ and a variety of adjectives Lesson plan/activities 1. -Begin by creating ‘word bank’ on whiteboard to serve as learning aid during session. Use dictionary to come up with a variety of adjectives for a word bank to describe 1. people and 2. objects... Tasks and Progress

On Saturday I went to Blockbusters and hired 2 games for the Wii and I also had five snowball fights plus I had at least two hot chocolates and ordered some darts stuff because I love to play darts In my days off I went to Blockbusters ‘ hired 2 games for the Wii ‘ had five snowball fights ‘ at least two hot chocolates and ordered some darts stuff because I love to play darts Identifying Misunderstandings

Town City Place Country Person Girl

Nothing’s Changed Small round hard stones click under my heels, seeding grasses thrust bearded seeds into trouser cuffs, cans, trodden on, crunch in tall, purple-flowering, amiable weeds.

The outside of the house will be big and beautifull big windows and at the top of the house I would like there to be a small garden so in summer I can cool down when I go to the top Garden I was walking through a haunted house. I heard a drip of water. I walked towards it...suddenly I recognised it. It was BLOOD.

Confidence Expression of ideas Help books Pens Grade C coursework folder ‘Thanks miss’ An intense process Geared at the individual/ interests The source of misunderstandings recognised Challenge misconceptions Confidence-boosting Patience and time Students can do more with guidance Communication with other subjects Outsider? The Benefits

Improved Practice Clarity Language Pace Time Modelling Finding new ways One size doesn’t fit all