Unit 2B. Puppets
Children should:
Design and make a puppet for a purpose.
Writing activity identified in the unit:
Children could investigate ways of joining two pieces of fabric.
Related activities could include writing instructions on how to use a needle and thread.
NB All the design and technology units contain a design and make activity. Instruction writing could be incorporated into any/all of these activities. |
NLS non-fiction text focus: instructions
T15 to write simple instructions, eg getting to school, playing a game
T16 to use models from reading to order instructions sequentially, eg listing points in order, each point depending upon the previous one, numbering
T17 to use diagrams in instructions
T18 to use appropriate register in writing instructions, eg direct, impersonal, building on texts read
S4 to re-read own writing for sense and punctuation
S6 to use a variety of simple organisational devices eg arrows, lines, boxes, keys to indicate sequences and relationships |
