Writing

Kirsty Wilson

Time to share……

“Can we play a game if we don’t know the rules?”

Pie Corbett

If children have not heard a story, they can not retell

one. If children can not retell a story, they can not

write one.

‘‘You cannot create out of nothing.’’

Three essential steps…

Imitation – getting to know the text

Innovation – creating a new version

Invention – everyone creates own version

Imitation

∗The oral learning of a text

∗Begin with an exciting, creative context

∗Get to know the text – act, play, paint, draw, film

∗Children must internalise the structure before they are able to go on to writing their own version

Story Map

Year 6 Imitation of Sandy Cove

Mr Wiggle and Mr Waggle

Once upon a time there were two friends - Mr Wiggle and Mr Waggle.Mr Wiggle lived in this house and Mr Waggle lived in that house.Early one morning, Mr Wiggle decided to go and visit Mr Waggle, so heopened up the door, popped outside and closed the door.

Then he went up the hill and down the hill, up the hill and down thehill all the way to Mr Waggle’s house.Where he knocked on the door, knock knock knock.Do you think Mr Waggle woke up? No, he did not.So Mr Wiggle knocked on the door, knock knock knockDo you think Mr Waggle woke up? No, he did not.

So Mr Wiggle went up the hill and down the hill, up the hill and down the hillall the way home…Where he opened up the door, popped inside and closed

the door.

Pie Corbett Explains….

Take a break

Literacy Game: Word by Word

∗Changing the text

∗Substitution – simple changes – names, places

∗Addition – add information

∗Alteration – Create a new setting, change the character completely

∗Up to 5 days of shared/guided writing

Innovation

Innovation

∗ Adapt original story map

∗ Characterisations – show the pic from school

Set the Scene…

For children who require further Literacy Support…..

Year 6 - Innovation

Pie Corbett Explains….

Literacy Game: Add the Vocabulary

Invention

∗Set clear targets and examples∗Same text type and focus∗More editing and written feedback∗Display under the visualiser

∗Still works for non fiction but easier when it is a creative subject - a report about dragons or a speech about Goldilocks.

A creative environment

∗ Pics and Video of earmuffs, magpie books and editing glasses

Goldilocks was right!

I am speaking on behalf of the innocent Goldilocks who was so wrongly accused on three charges,vandalism, breaking an entry and theft. This is the typical act of the devious three bears who are not thevictims of this ‘crime’. I aim to provide evidence to support this claim. If you do not listen to this honestargument, goldilocks will remain labelled as a malicious, illiterate thief for the rest of her ‘happy everafter’.

Firstly, on the day that Goldilocks allegedly broke an entry on the three bear’s house, she was in factdoing the local paper round, which she did daily to support her extended family financially. At the end ofher shift, the postmistress (Miss Thatchham) had given Goldilocks a large package which was to bedelivered to Mr Woodcutter. Goldilocks agreed, with the promise of a bonus.

Whilst walking through the woods, shouts echoed through the trees, the Big Bad Wolf was yet again, on akilling spree. As she hurriedly walked she came across a homely cottage, which she mistook for thewoodcutters house, however, it is actually the three bears cottage. Not knowing this, she walked downthe winding path leading to the buttercup yellow cottage. As she was halfway down the path,a mysteriousnoise made her stop in her tracks. She realised it was her famished stomach pleading for food; she hadnot eaten for a day and a half. She hastily hurried down the path; a mouth-watering smell of sugary, hotporridge greeted her. This might smell mouth watering to anyone else, but goldilocks was lactoseintolerant. This proves that goldilocks could have not have eaten the porridge unless she was utterly starving.

I urge you to make the most important decision of your life. To decide, after 16 long years, that goldilocksis innocent. Goldilocks needed understanding. Now is the time to give her that.

Publish

∗ Story circles∗ Create books∗ Film performance∗ Play∗ Storytelling to younger years∗ Present in assembly

∗ Every piece of writing must have a purpose!

Literacy game: The Green Sky Game

I’m standing at the foot of a mountain and want to get

to the top – how many different ways can you think of

to get me there?

Imitation – 1 week

Innovation – 1 week

Invention – 1 week

We have covered….

A silver egg balances like a gymnast on a high beam,Water reflects the shadows.

The bony finger stretches skywards,The defined chessboard waits…..

Statues listen.

Shared Writing

∗ Shared Writing∗ All ideas accepted∗ Be well prepared∗ Interactive∗ Shared/modelled writing – teaching new skills∗ T.A – Magpie ideas∗ Pace ∗ Reread∗ Refer back to tool kit to improve∗ Use correct terminology∗ Magpie books∗ Publish

Non Negotiables

∗Imitation∗Innovation∗Invention∗Be well prepared∗Reading∗Daily phonics or spelling games∗Use formative assessment – feedback ∗Know the language features for your year group – actions∗Shared and guided∗Writing journals, washing lines, working walls∗The double act - TA to magpie.∗Audience and purpose

I will now……

Thank you for listening

∗ Any questions?