Year 2 – Writing week beginning 22.06.20

Welcome to our writing journey…The facts of the Olympics!

This week we will be continuing our two week writing journey into

creating a fact file about the Olympics. We will be using the book

‘The Story of the Olympics’ by Richard Bassey as inspiration.

Remember we have been studying this book in Guided Reading so we

know a lot about its content already.

Like at school, we need to know what we are writing, who we are

writing it for and why. Below is your writing journey explained.

Purpose: You are writing to inform.

Audience: You will be writing to the St James teachers.

Form: You will be writing a fact file.

Effect: Your writing will need to interest your readers.

Monday 22nd June 2020

LO: To understand and create captions.

A main feature that can be spotted in many fact files are pictures.

When using pictures within fact files we need to use captions

alongside them. Today we will be learning what captions are and why

we use them before we create our own.

What are captions?

A caption is one or two sentences that are written about what is

happening in a picture. For example:

Usain Bolt crosses the finish line in record time and wins the 100m

sprint.

Why do we use captions?

We use captions in fact files in order to understand what the

picture means against the information in the text. We need to make

sure our reader understands why the picture is in the fact file and

what it is about.

Task 1

For our 1st task today we will be matching captions to the correct

picture. Remember a caption explains what is going on in a photo.

(Marking sheet at the end of today’s work)

Tom Daley displays the

British flag as he wins the

Bronze in diving.

Usain Bolt celebrates with

his signature pose as he

wins the 100m sprint.

The cyclists race to cross

the finishing line first.

Serena Williams wins the

Gold during the London

2012 Olympics after

beating Sharapova.

Task 2

For our 2nd task today we will be creating our own captions for the

photos given to you below. Remember a caption explains what is going

on in a photo.

Challenge time: To create captions.

For our challenge today I would like you to create pictures you will

use in your fact file. You can either use the computer to find

pictures or draw your own pictures. After you’ve chosen/created the

pictures for your fact file, I would like you to create your own

captions for them.

Monday marking sheet – task 1

Tom Daley displays the

British flag as he wins the

Bronze in diving.

Usain Bolt celebrates with

his signature pose as he

wins the 100m sprint.

The cyclists race to cross

the finishing line first.

Serena Williams wins the

Gold during the London

2012 Olympics after

beating Sharapova.

Tuesday 23rd June 2020

LO: To plan a coherent fact file.

Today we will be planning our fact file. Remember the more you plan

today, the more it will help you with your writing tomorrow. To help

with your planning you will need your vocabulary work, your title and

subheadings, your research and your captions.

Task 1

For our first task today we are going to add our title and

subheadings into our planning grid. Place the title at the top and your

subheadings into the boxes.

See Miss Matthews’ example:

Your turn!

Olympic Diving

How it Started Interesting Facts

Significant People History of the Sport

Task 2

For our second task we will mind map around each subheading box

about what main points we want to include in our writing for that

subject.

See Miss Matthews’ example:

Your turn!

Summer Olympics 1904.

St. Louis

It was

known as

fancy

diving.

George

Sheldon:

United States.

Won Gold in

the first

Olympics.

Wu Minxia. Won 7

medals (5 gold)

between 2004-2016.

The springboard and

platform events have been

included since the

1908 Olympic Games in

London.

Since the

Stockholm Games

in 1912, women

have taken part in

the diving events.

Men dive from a 27 metre platform

while women dive from a 20 metre

platform.

A dive from a

27 metre

platform

takes 3 – 3.5

seconds.

Wednesday 24th June 2020

LO: To write a coherent fact file.

Today we are going to begin to write our fact file. Today we will

focus on writing the first two paragraphs of our fact file. To help

write your fact file you will need your plan, your work on

apostrophes, your work on compound and complex sentences and your

research. We will be adding our captions into our writing on Friday.

To help to see what we expect from your writing please see the grid

below. I have split the grid into different parts to show what we

expect from all of you, what we expect from most of you if you are

pushing yourself harder and what we expect from some of you that

will really be challenging yourselves.

The expectations for all must be met!

What we expect from everyone’s writing

To write at least 2 sentences for each paragraph.

To use your capital letters and full stops in the right

place.

Spell words phonetically correct.

Check that the Year 1 and 2 words are spelt correctly.

What we expect from children who are pushing themselves

harder…

Use ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘or’ and ‘so’ to create compound

sentences.

Use ‘when’, ‘because’, ‘if’, ‘that’ to create complex

sentences.

To use higher level vocabulary relating to the Olympics.

To use possessive apostrophes.

What we expect from children who are challenging themselves…

Think about how you make your reader feel.

Evaluate if you have interested or entertained the

reader.

Now you know the expectations we have for your writing here is

something to help you with your vocabulary.

The link below takes you to a website that lists further vocabulary

that links to the Olympics.

https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/167588

Here are also the word banks for coordinating and subordinating

conjunctions to help you with writing compound and complex

sentences.

Coordinating conjunctions

and or

but so

Subordinating conjunctions

because if

that when

Now we have read all of the expectations and reminded ourselves of

the different features we have learnt about let’s begin to write our

first paragraph.

See Miss Matthews’ example:

Olympic Diving

How it Started

Diving first introduced into the official programme of the Summer

Olympic Games in 1904 at the games in St. Louis and has been

included ever since. When diving was introduced into the games, it

was known as fancy diving. It was known as fancy diving because of

the stunts performed during the routine.

Now you have written your first paragraph it’s time to read through

your paragraph and edit anything you need to improve upon.

Here is a way you can proofread your work and essentials you need

to look for while proofreading…

See Miss Matthews’ example of editing:

Olympic Diving

How it started

Diving was first introduced into the official programme of the

Summer Olympic Games in 1904 at the games in St. Louis and has

been included ever since. When diving was introduced into the

games, it was known as fancy diving. It was known as fancy diving

because of the stunts performed during the routine.

Now time for the second paragraph!

See Miss Matthews’ example:

The history of the sport

Two key events in the history of Olympic diving took place in 1908

and 1912. In 1908, during the London Olympic Games, the

springboard and platform events were included into the programme

of the sporting category. The second key event took place in 1912

during the Olympic Games in Stockholm. The Olympic Games in 1912

saw the introduction of women into the sporting event.

Now you have written your second paragraph it’s time to read

through your paragraph and edit anything you need to improve upon.

Here is a way you can proofread your work and essentials you need

to look for while proofreading…

Tomorrow we will continue our writing and write our next two

paragraphs.

Thursday 25th June 2020

LO: To write a coherent narrative.

Today we are going to continue writing our fact file after yesterday

where we wrote the first two paragraphs. Before we start let’s just

remind ourselves of the expectations and features that will support

your writing.

The expectations for all must be met!

What we expect from everyone’s writing

To write at least 2 sentences for each paragraph.

To use your capital letters and full stops in the right

place.

Spell words phonetically correct.

Check that the Year 1 and 2 words are spelt correctly.

What we expect from children who are pushing themselves

harder…

Use ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘or’ and ‘so’ to create compound

sentences.

Use ‘when’, ‘because’, ‘if’, ‘that’ to create complex

sentences.

To use higher level vocabulary relating to the Olympics.

To use possessive apostrophes.

What we expect from children who are challenging themselves…

Think about how you make your reader feel.

Evaluate if you have interested or entertained the

reader.

Now you know the expectations we have for your writing here is

something to help you with your vocabulary.

The link below takes you to a website that lists further vocabulary

that links to the Olympics.

https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/167588

Here are also the word banks for coordinating and subordinating

conjunctions to help you with writing compound and complex

sentences.

Coordinating conjunctions

and or

but so

Subordinating conjunctions

because if

that when

Let’s write our third paragraph!

See Miss Matthews’ example:

Significant people

The first significant person that you need introducing to is George

Sheldon, a representative of the United States. He is significant to

the competition due to his win of the first Gold medal in the first

Olympics. The second significant diver that needs introducing is Wu

Minxia, a female diver representing China. Wu Minxia is significant

because of the 7 medals (5 gold) that she has won between 2004-

2016.

Your turn!

Now you have written your third paragraph it’s time to read through

your paragraph and edit anything you need to improve upon.

Here is a way you can proofread your work and essentials you need

to look for while proofreading…

Now time for your last paragraph!

Interesting facts

Welcome to our interesting facts portion of this fact file, where you

will learn about three interesting facts about the Olympic sport. Did

you know the heights of the platforms used are changed for men and

women? When women compete they have to dive from the 20 metre

platform but men have to dive from the 27 metre platform.

Amazingly though, a dive from a 27 metre platform takes 3-3.5

seconds!

Your turn!

Now you have written your last paragraph it’s time to read through

your paragraph and edit anything you need to improve upon.

Here is a way you can proofread your work and essentials you need

to look for while proofreading…

Once you have written all of your fact file I would like you to

proofread and check for different features now.

When you’re happy with the writing you have produced submit

your writing so Miss Matthews, Miss Thomas and Mrs Appleyard

can read, comment and mark your fact file.

In my writing, have you included…?

Olympic vocabulary words

A title

Subheadings

Compound sentences

Complex sentences

If you haven’t then go through your work and edit to include them.

Friday 26th June 2020

LO: To create a coherent fact file.

Today we are going to put the final touches into our fact files. We

are going to create our fact file to ensure we can include our

pictures and captions. This also provides you with the chance to be

creative! You could make your fact file into a book, a leaflet, a

poster etc.

See Miss Matthews example:

Challenge time: Evaluate your writing.

To help you with this challenge it might be helpful to read your fact

file to someone at home. Then you know exactly how your fact file

makes your reader feel.

See Miss Matthews’ example below.

‘I think my fact file makes the reader feel interested as I have kept

my writing short and simple but also given lots of information using

different sentence patterns’.

Your turn!

If you don’t need help from someone at home…

I think my fact file makes my reader feel____________________

___________________________________________________.

I think that because____________________________________

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________.

If you do need some help from someone at home…

1. Find a person to read your fact file to.

2. Ask them this question – ‘How did my fact file make you feel?’

3. Write their answer down.

My ___________________________________ said that the

fact file made them feel_________________________________

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________.