For writing we have been going through the processes of writing an information report. Our topics were animals and natural disasters. The students had to choose a favourite animal and write an information report. We divided up the writing processes into three areas i.e. planning, language and structure. We also used reading texts to help understand the processes of an information report. The students then decided on a success criteria for each of these processes. These are in the link below:
We spent a lesson on each of the processes and used a variety of brainstorming apps to collect information. The challenge came when the students had to simplify the information into three main headings and three specific key word facts. From there we looked at language features, and writing in the present tense provided some challenges. After plenty of practice writing their paragraphs, they came to grips with these features. We finally looked at the structure of the report, mainly focusing on the introduction and the conclusion. This was also tricky because they had to determine between a general fact and a specific fact. With plenty of practice, we learned to identify the difference.
