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Literacy

Week 3

This week and next, we are going to be exploring and writing newspaper reports.

First News is a brilliant newspaper that is designed for children. It's the one we have access to in school and we will be using their online resources to research the different features and support with our own writing.

Click for access to a free newspaper!

Newspaper features

Tuesday 19th January

To be able to use speech punctuation accurately.

This lesson will be revision to remind us all how to set out speech in our writing so that we can include quotes from sources in our newspaper reports. The resources are set out in order.

Watch this short video and quiz to see what you can remember about speech punctuation! (Optional)

Speech punctuation revision - please watch with the poster if you can

Speech punctuation poster

Tuesday's Activity

Tuesday challenge

Answers for Tuesday challenge

Monday 18th January

Poo Poo Train report

Reports to find features in

Week 2

Friday 15th January - SPaG

Thursday 14th January - Reading Comprehension (RE)

Wednesday 13th January

Mrs Clarke's report example - edited

Tuesday 12th January

Some of the children will find this challenging. The important aspects are the structure of the report, with the sub-titles and paragraphs and the facts (including vocabulary). They do not have to write pages and pages - the best advice I can offer is to go with the flow. If they struggle, expect a couple of sentences per paragraph and move on.