BIG WRITE star writer is...

Dylan

Well done Dylan, you remembered how to keep the reader interested and wrote an exciting story.




Here is a game to help you plan a story

Can you chose the right words for a spy story? Click here

BIG WRITE star writer is...

Sophie

Well done Sophie for your excellent story set in an imaginary place. You remembered the features we discussed and used them in your work.

Click here for a story planning game.

Big Write Star Writer is...

Michaela

Well done Michaela for producing a really exciting story opener.

Big Write star writer is...

William

Well done William, you are our first Big Write Star! 

William produced a super recount of a birthday party, he included some time connectives and exciting vocabulary to describe the food he enjoyed.

Here is a game to try, see if you can use your new knowledge to complete the activity.

There is also a quiz to try too. Play it here and let me know how you get on.

Big Write Star Writer is ...

Elle

We have been using the book The Lion and The Unicorn for the last few weeks and on Friday the Big Write task was to write a diary entry as Lenny Levi. 

Deciding which one should be showcased was very hard but I managed to make a decision.

Here is Elle's incredible diary entry. Please leave her some feedback.

Big Write Star Writer is ...

...Bailey

Big Write was based on the story we read by Pie Corbett called The King of the Birds. Year 4 were quite confused after reading it because there was no mention of a King of the Birds, however, there was a character who was the King of Horses.
After contacting Mr Corbett, he asked if Year 4 could write Part 2, in which the title of the story would become clear.

So, here are some examples of the stories written on Friday called;

King of the Birds part 2

Children supporting each other to make their work even better.

Reply with examples of the feedback you gave or received from your partner.

Big Write star writer is ...

Amber

Yesterday we looked at every piece of work produced in Big Writing and using success criteria you generated, we marked them all. Work with 10 points or more went forward to be judged by you. I was pleased you used your vote wisely basing it on the quality of work.

Congratulations to Amber who's work was voted the winning piece this week.

Can you remember the success criteria and give reasons why Amber's story won your vote.

Big Write star writer is ...

Ela

Well done Ela I am super proud of you. Your recount in the shoes of Charles was very well written. Thank you for letting me use it to demonstrate levelling up.

Big Write star writer of the week is ..

Bailey

Well done Bailey, you worked very hard on your non-chronological report about Egypt. In it you discussed the differences between poor and rich children and you also named many Egyptian Gods.

Over the week we will all be working to improve the first draft.

See if you can make your own information book here

Big Write star writer of the week is ..

Alice

Well done Alice, we are really proud of your super work. Not only did you produce an excellent explanation of your invention but today in the edit and improve session, you made your work even better.

Alice's invention

This is how it works

Alice used her imagination and designed a very unusual and interesting machine. If you look closely you can see how it is powered.

We visited Wallace and Gromit's website  http://www.crackingideas.com and had a go at the Sprocket Rocket game. To play it click here

We are going to spend the rest of the week finding out about explanation texts and designing some more inventions.

It's going to be lots of fun.

BIG WRITE Star writer of the week is ......

Jamie

Great work Jamie, you produced an excellent recount of your visit to London. You remembered to use VCOP and included everything on the checklist. 

Here is a game about punctuation.

Here is a harder game to try.

Let me know how you get on.

BIG WRITE Star writer of the week is ......

Keaton

Fantastic work Keaton, your story opening was excellent! Great use of vocabulary too.
I especially liked how you showed the passing of time to add detail to the story.

Here is a game. Let me know how you get on.

BIG WRITE Star writer of the week is ......

Amber

Amber is the Star writer because she has written a brilliant persuasive letter to Mr Edensor suggesting he abandons the school uniform. She organised her writing very well, including letter writing features, emotive language and backed up her opinion.

Great work Amber!

Here is a game you might enjoy. Let me know how you get on.

BIG WRITE Star writer of the week is ......

Jayden

Jayden organised his writing to include points for and against wearing a school uniform. 

This type of writing can be called "a balanced argument" and here is a game to reinforce your new knowledge.

Let me know how you get on.

BIG WRITE Star writer of the week is ......

Alyssa

Alyssa produced a well organised recount of a birthday party she went to.

Alyssa used a combination of good vocabulary, openers, connectives and punctuation.

Here is a game to help you remember the features of writing a recount.

Let me know how you get on.

BIG WRITE Star writer of the week is ......

Alex

Alex produced an excellent letter to Francesca Simon. He organised his letter into paragraphs introducing himself and signing off the letter politely.

Great job Alex!

Here is another game for you to try all about writing letters. Let me know how you get on.

BIG WRITE Star writer of the week is ......

Olivia

A massive well done to Olivia for writing a really exciting adventure story. She made a plan and followed it to make sure her story had five parts. She had thought carefully about characters, setting and a plot

Do you know what the five parts are?

Here is a game you can play

Have fun!

BIG Writing

On Friday we had our very first BIG WRITE!
The children came in after a brain break with Mr Walls, to a classroom that was quiet, calm and smelled different too!

The learning target was to write a set of instructions.

I was really pleased with the effort the children put into their work but especially proud of Keira, who is the BIG WRITE STAR OF THE WEEK!!

Can you  remember the key features of writing instructions? Play this game CLICK HERE