I always think that Instructions are a great text type to use around Christmas - fairly straightforward to understand and doesn't require a huge amount of writing - perfect when children are a bit weary after working hard all term!
Earlier this week we'd analysed lots of different instructions to get the hang of what they need to have and why we have them in the first place. We then put some mixed up instructions in order - of how to make a paper snowflake - before writing the whole thing up and then making the snowflake from their own instructions! Went well but a bit laboured so I decided to inject a bit of fun into the proceedings...
Today they used their instructions planning sheet to plan instructions on how to explain to a blue alien how to shake somebody's hand....boy...great fun! I made a bit of a whizzy fun PPT ( don't groan...I am inventive with ppt!) with flying ski-ing santa's, huge snowmen and chattering blue aliens which went down very well!
Great lesson because they realised how clear they had to be with something that seemed SO simple.. We talked about how blue aliens might not know that you need to specify which hand and indeed that you have to have a hand to shake - the blue alien may well have come from a planet that had aliens without hands...
The challenge - with prizes for successful instructions - was to then read out the instructions to 2 blue aliens - ie other members of Y3 who had to do exactly what was asked!
Missing instructions about actually holding hands, using the right or opposite hands created a lot of mirth when the 2 blue aliens just moved hands up and down in thin air with nothing to hold onto! Some children thought about what to say and asking permission to grab hands which was very gorgeous...if you fancy having a go and would like my whizzy ppt then please ask!
Earlier this week we'd analysed lots of different instructions to get the hang of what they need to have and why we have them in the first place. We then put some mixed up instructions in order - of how to make a paper snowflake - before writing the whole thing up and then making the snowflake from their own instructions! Went well but a bit laboured so I decided to inject a bit of fun into the proceedings...
Today they used their instructions planning sheet to plan instructions on how to explain to a blue alien how to shake somebody's hand....boy...great fun! I made a bit of a whizzy fun PPT ( don't groan...I am inventive with ppt!) with flying ski-ing santa's, huge snowmen and chattering blue aliens which went down very well!
Great lesson because they realised how clear they had to be with something that seemed SO simple.. We talked about how blue aliens might not know that you need to specify which hand and indeed that you have to have a hand to shake - the blue alien may well have come from a planet that had aliens without hands...
The challenge - with prizes for successful instructions - was to then read out the instructions to 2 blue aliens - ie other members of Y3 who had to do exactly what was asked!
Missing instructions about actually holding hands, using the right or opposite hands created a lot of mirth when the 2 blue aliens just moved hands up and down in thin air with nothing to hold onto! Some children thought about what to say and asking permission to grab hands which was very gorgeous...if you fancy having a go and would like my whizzy ppt then please ask!
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