Y4 TERM 1

QCA schemes of work: geography

NLS writing objectives

Unit 21. How can we improve the area we see from our window?

Talk about the book (Window by Jeannie Baker) with the children, preferably showing colour OHTs of selected pages.

Writing activity identified in the unit:
Ask (the children) to 'write the story' for their series of pictures.

NLS non-fiction text focus: recount

T24 to write newspaper style reports, eg about school events or an incident from a story, including:

• composing headlines
  
• using IT to draft and lay out reports
  
• editing stories to fit a particular space
  
• organising writing into paragraphs

S1 to re-read own writing to check for grammatical sense… and accuracy

Y4 TERM 1

QCA schemes of work: geography

NLS writing objectives

Unit 19. How and where do we spend our time?

With the children's help. Devise a questionnaire to identify the time spent on the main activities and where these took place.

Writing activity identified in the unit:
Ask the children to write about how they spend their time compare to others in the class.

NLS non-fiction text focus: report

T27 to write a non-chronological report, including the use of organisational devices, eg numbered lists, headings for conciseness by:

• generalising some of the details
  
• deleting the least important details

S1 to re-read own writing to check for grammatical sense … and accuracy

Unit 10. A village in India

Use the internet to gain up-to-date information about, and images of, India.

Writing activity identified in the unit:
Ask the children to identify and explain the main similarities and differences between their own locality and Chembakolli.

Y4 TERM 2

QCA schemes of work: geography

NLS writing objectives

Unit 8. Improving the environment.

Discuss with the children different environmental problems around the school. Divide the children into groups and ask them to tape… undertake 'children counts' at set points around the school.

Writing activity identified in the unit:
Ask them (the children) to use a plan of the school to suggest reasons for the patterns (of noise/use), eg time of day, 'land use' around the school.

NLS non-fiction text focus: explanations

T21 to make short notes

T22 to fill out brief notes into connected prose

T23 to collect information from a variety of sources and present it in one simple format, eg wall chart, labelled diagram

T24 to improve the cohesion of written explanations through paragraphing and the use of link phrases and organisational devices such as sub-headings and numbering

Unit 9: Village settlers

Ask the children to find some examples of villages on a map extract of a rural area.

Writing activity identified in the unit:
Ask the children to choose four or five villages and, for each, list all the reasons why it was an attractive site for early settlers.

Y4 TERM 3

QCA schemes of work: geography

NLS writing objectives

Unit 8. Improving the environment

What is this place like and why? How can it be improved?

Writing activity identified in the unit:
Divide the children into small groups, and ask each group to use word-processing software to write a report about the area to send to the local authority, describing how the environment is being affected and asking if there are any plans to improve the area.

NLS non-fiction text focus: persuasion

T22 to use writing frames if necessary to back up points of view with illustrations and examples

T23 to present a point of view in writing, eg in the form of a letter, a report or a script, linking points persuasively and selecting style and vocabulary appropriate to the reader