Visit 2 Activity 5

 

From film to narrative

Context 
09:30 – 10:00

The beginning of the lesson at the start of the day. All children are sitting in pairs, at tables, in rows, facing the teacher and IWB. While this is a mixed year 5/6 classroom, for this lesson, only Year 6 is present. All children have a Chromebook closed on their desk and paper and pencils in holders shared between children.

Key activities

  • Children check their plans to ensure enough detail is included to write their stories
  • Children identify strategies to write the build-up of their narratives
  • Children write their narratives from a character’s point of view

 

  • Learning to write a narrative climax
  • Children continue to write their stories – writing the build-up and climax, creating tension and suspense.
  • Writing a narrative from a character’s point of view
  • Interactive White Board 
  • Chromebooks 
  • Google Drive
  • Padlet
  • Film resource
  • ScribEasy
  • Collaborative learning
  • Paired discussion
  • Guided watching of film
  • Teacher modelling of narrative writing in plenary
  • Learning about conveying mood through text
  • Multimodal comprehension/ visual literacy using film
  • Writing a build-up and climax of a story
  • Learning about creating suspense and tension in narratives
  • Text-centred discussion
  • Focused watching (pausing/ replaying/ rewatching) as part of the meaning-making process
  • Digital writing/ typing using appropriate grammar and spelling
  • Do the video and collaborative watching/ discussion promote sustained engagement
  • Does the video help children to engage with the narrative genre in particular
  • Does the video create excitement for writing in this genre?
  • Does ScribEasy help support and sustain the writing process for children with SEND?

Lesson Commentary  

Introduction 

 

  • IWB provides a shared point of focus 
  • Chromebooks allow individual and paired focus 
  • Chromebooks allow sharing of resources (Padlet screens)
  • Chromebooks allow watching and re-watching of film 
  • Chromebooks as a shared repository of ideas
  • ScribEasy helps children with SEND to fully participate in a writing activity by scaffolding and prompting the writing process
  • ScribEasy helps children with SEND to take role of expert and to develop writing identities
  • Children may become expert technology users and that expertise can be used to teach one-another
  • New technological tools may be unfamiliar at first, and teachers learn alongside the children
  • The role of peer talk remains important, and contributes to engagement
  • Digital resources can install a sense of fun and excitement, with associated noise and movement
  • Children need to be allowed enough time to craft their narratives at their own pace