P4 Writing
N Bow RCCT Term 1 & 2
Focus
Use planning aids to organise ideas
Generate illustrations for given purpose
Annotate illustrations as appropriate
Use verbs in writing
Use adjectives in writing
Provide details about characters when retelling stories
Use openers to add variety
Choose appropriate combinations of written text, images and colour to publish texts
Context
Mythical Scottish water creatures (links to class topic of river)
The Secret of the Kelpie book
The Selkie Girl book
No such Thing as Nessie book
Ballad of Nessie (short film)
Create class book about Scottish Water Creatures
Create own water creature
Write character descriptions of Nessie, Selkies ad Kelpies
Learning Experiences
Drama games exploring emotions and actions
Thesaurus work
Write character descriptions
Slow writing
Writing frames
Openers boards or dice
Annotate images of creatures
Create illustrations to match character descriptions