Hey folks
This week you've learnt all about functional writing. This means writing that is to tell people about things - like newspaper reports, letters, or reports into beasts.
We've been reading "The Nature of the Beast", where we are starting to see some signs of a mysterious monster creeping around the mysterious town.
So you all pottered down to the library where research was done into gorillas, sloths, a variety of big cats, mermaids, the Loch Ness monster and even unicorns. I've even learnt the unicorn song and that they have a spot just above the heart where you can kill them!
More importantly, our learning outcomes have been:
This week you've learnt all about functional writing. This means writing that is to tell people about things - like newspaper reports, letters, or reports into beasts.
We've been reading "The Nature of the Beast", where we are starting to see some signs of a mysterious monster creeping around the mysterious town.
So you all pottered down to the library where research was done into gorillas, sloths, a variety of big cats, mermaids, the Loch Ness monster and even unicorns. I've even learnt the unicorn song and that they have a spot just above the heart where you can kill them!
More importantly, our learning outcomes have been:
- How to use books and websites to collect notes, not just copy and paste!
- Using numbered lists and bullet points in reports
- Using headings to sort similar facts together into paragraphs
- How to show where we get our information from - our sources
Finally we raced through the basics of doing a good talk, using the 50:50 rule
- Good content - interesting start, loads of facts in a formal presentation, and a conclusion
- Good presentation - look at the audience, nice and confident, loud and clear voice, and no fidgeting.
Good luck for the talks!
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