Writing information evening! Tuesday 25th November 2014 Writing information evening! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgyJY9yndv4

See themselves as writers Our Aims: Children who are: excited Confident Independent Thirst… See themselves as writers

Becoming readers and writers Before children can learn to read and write they need to develop their understanding of the English language. For all of us this happens through talk. Through talk we learn new vocabulary and the knowledge of how to structure sentences. In school we encourage the children to talk in a variety of situations.

What does a good writer look like? Writing that makes sense Sustains the interest of the reader Thinks out of the box (imagination) Spells common words correctly Using a range of punctuation Displays a broad vocabulary- (Beyond their years) Describes people, places and things Extends sentences

Its not easy is it!!! clip At St. Anne's in years 2 and 3 the children are developing all of these skills. Our next step is to A) encourage less enthusiastic writers B)Give them the tools to be a good writer. C) Develop a thirst for writing.

This can be inspired by music or pictures. Creative Writing This can be inspired by music or pictures. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9QTSyLwd4w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9We2XsVZfc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCNHVMIYqiA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9vrfEoc8_g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2IRdkWBqkc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w08pX3FX9Hs

Attention grabbing beginnings. “Grab your reader by the throat on first line, drag them through the story... ...and don’t let go until the last full stop!”

Playing with the sequence of a story Go to park Play on swings Get chased by a poodle Dog rips seat out of trousers Run home Tell mum a crazed Alsatian nearly tore you limb from limb. "I screamed as the deadly teeth snapped within an inch of my bottom!" "I slammed the front door and collapsed in the hallway, holding my tattered trousers in my hand, just glad to be alive!" "It was huge, mum, honestly. A monster! I had to fend it off with sticks!"

Challenge- how to enthuse….. The boring parts of writing…… Challenge- how to enthuse…..

VCOP

Vocabulary Connectives Openers Punctuation

The cat went along the wall. Ban Boring Sentences The cat went along the wall. We help the children develop their sentences by using VCOP.

Let’s get the VCOP superheroes to work on saving us from the boredom of boring sentences!

The cat went along the wall. Violet vocab adds adjectives to describe and changes dull words for interesting alternatives! The fluffy ginger cat prowled along the red brick wall.

The fluffy ginger cat prowled along the red brick wall. Captain Connective adds more detail or action to the sentence. The fluffy ginger cat prowled along the red brick wall because he was spying on a juicy bird.

The fluffy ginger cat prowled along the red brick wall because he was spying on a juicy bird. The Incredible Opener changes the beginning of the sentence to grab your reader’s attention! Whilst licking his lips, the fluffy ginger cat prowled along the red brick wall because he was spying on a juicy bird.

Whilst licking his lips, the fluffy ginger cat prowled along the red brick wall because he was spying on a juicy bird. Dr Punctuation makes an impact using different punctuation. Whilst licking his lips, the fluffy ginger cat (who had sharp teeth) prowled along the red brick wall because he was spying on a juicy bird!

The cat went along the wall. We went from: The cat went along the wall. To: Whilst licking his lips, the fluffy ginger cat (who had sharp teeth) prowled along the red brick wall because he was spying on a juicy bird! Using VCOP! What a wonderful way to improve our writing!

See sheets of alternatives. VOCABULARY Learning to use interesting and ambitious vocabulary. See sheets of alternatives.

Violet Vocab V Violet has the power to help people really see how things look. She holds the secret of how characters and places really feel. Although words for sights and sounds are her favourite weapons she knows the importance of taste, touch and smell too. Violet knows how to pick just the right nouns or verbs to give writing real power over a reader. She uses adjectives and adverbs to hypnotise people in to really seeing and feeling a piece of writing.

Harry gave Hermoine a thunderous glare as he stalked haughtily past her. The ball whizzed past his head at a staggering speed. The house was old and dilapidated and Sophie approached it cautiously. The horse stood majestically in the luscious green field.

use different ways to join our sentences together. CONNECTIVES Learning to use different ways to join our sentences together.

The girl had a pet rabbit and the boy had a pet dog. Because he ate too many sweets Bart was sick. I like to play football but I don’t like to play cricket.

use different ways to open OPENERS Learning to use different ways to open our sentences.

Openers Ways to Start Example “When” starter Last night…. (time connectives) “How” starter Carefully, he crept ….. “Where” starter Across the road…. Name starter Bill wandered …. Simile Like an eel ….. Adjective starter Tall trees towered overhead …. “-ed” verbs Excited, Joanna ran ….. “-ing” verbs Running quickly, Tim felt …..

use different punctuation in Learning to use different punctuation in our sentences.

Writing What can you do to help? Encourage and praise all effort when writing When talking with your child introduce new vocabulary and use it within context. Read stories to your child and explain new words which you come across, For children who are developing their writing style: Once the children can write words we then focus on developing the vocabulary, introducing different connectives and openers and how to use punctuation. This is called VCOP.

We cut a big slice out of the cake and gave it a chocolate mouth. messy big slice plate party like mud chocolate cake diet scoff tasty a chocolate hill mouth scrumptious Auntie Susan fridge We cut a big slice out of the cake and gave it a chocolate mouth. Auntie Susan scoffed all the cake at my party and she got really messy. The scrumptious chocolate cake sat on the plate at the back of the fridge like a great muddy mountain.

Here’s what the inside of a REAL author’s head looks like... writing W reading R

A final word No matter who we are meant to be answerable to....

Ultimately we are ONLY accountable to our children!

Enthusiasm encouragement and exposure is needed. Finally……………… Enthusiasm encouragement and exposure is needed. That’s all!! Thank you xx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkI8OKmhtZk