BIG Writing A Ros Wilson Strategy

The Big Writing Philosophy Big Writing is the development of the ‘writing voice’ through fast, fun, lively and predominantly oral activities Pupils talk the ‘writing voice’ in a dedicated ‘Big Writing’ session & at other points in a week Based on the premise, IF A CHILD CAN SAY IT, A CHILD CAN WRITE IT

The Four Generic Targets VCOP Summary Vocabulary Connectives Openers Punctuation The range of ambitious vocabulary a pupil knows; WOW words. The range of ways pupils have of joining ideas, phrases & sentences The strategies pupils have for opening sentences; especially the 3 key openers: connectives, ‘ly’ words & ‘ing’ words The range of punctuation a pupil can use & the accuracy with which they use it.

The Punctuation Pyramid Level 1 . 2 . ? 3 . ? , ! 4 . ? , ! … ’ “” 5 . ? , … - ! ’ “” : ; ( ) The Punctuation Pyramid

what is the matter peter EXAMPLE ACTIVITIES Uplevel this sentence. The boy ran. In pairs, discuss why I like this sentence and identify the parts which have been uplevelled: The light dimmed. I took a glance at the beast, whilst I still had time. Find the missing punctuation. what is the matter peter

THE BIG WRITE! Children take home a ‘talk home work’ which is the topic of their big write that week. Children should talk about the topic with their family to generate some ideas to help them write. The ‘Big Write’ lesson is solely focused on allowing the children to creatively write about the topic having prepared ideas beforehand. Children write in a special ‘Big Writing’ book and may use special pens/pencils too!

BIG WRITING – Teacher’s Role To maintain the silence To provide 10min brain breaks To prompt pupils to build in VCOP [These are known as time prompts]

MINS 30/45 It's BIG Writing time! 5/10 mins 30/40 mins 20/30 mins   5/10 mins Check your punctuation! 30/40 mins Time is up. Check your targets! 30/45 MINS It's BIG Writing time! 20/30 mins Check your openers and connectives. 10/20 mins Check your WOW words!