2 informal letters for Holes by Louis Sachar. To be completed after chapter 9/18. The first is a letter home not wanting his parents to worry about him and the second is an honest letter explaining what Camp Green Lake is really like.
Documents include a model text/WAGOLL of a informal letter, a success criteria that is differentiated 3 ways and a ‘fix it’ activity sheet but spellings, punctuation and grammar aimed at Year 5.
Resource also includes why the model text is greater depth at Year 5 along with examples of success criteria. This resource should be used alongside your own planning in a sequence of lessons on the adventure story Holes.
- Read through the model text. Discuss as a class/pairs what are the features of a informal letter? What do the children like or dislike about this piece of writing?
- Look through and discuss the Success Criteria. Give children an appropriate criteria and ask them to mark the text given. Does it include all the features? This could either be colour coded, underlined, ticked off etc.
- Fix the mistake activity; with a focus on spelling, punctuation and verb tense.
- Write their own informal letter and self/peer mark using the success criteria given.
The resource comes in a simple Word format so that it can be adapted if necessary.
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Year 5. Model text and reading pack for Holes by Louis Sachar
5 model texts and comprehension questions and answer for each chapter of Holes by Louis Sachar. The pack includes model texts for: - setting description, - informal letter, - character description, - newspaper report, - non-chronological report. - This pack also includes roughly 10 questions for each of the 50 chapters, covering all Content Domains of the National Curriculum. This resource could be used as part of your guided reading, morning activity or a meaningful filler. Suitable for self or peer marking with answers provided. Each resource comes with a model text (I have made this available to review before purchase so you can see if it suits your pupils needs), a differentiated success criteria to suit the needs of all abilities and a ‘Fix the Mistakes’ activity, focusing on spelling and punctuation. This also acts as another ideas generator for children before they write their own text. **How to Use the Resource:** 1. Start by examining the model text as a class or in pairs. Encourage students to identify the features of a non-chronological report and express their preferences or critiques about the provided example. 2. Review and deliberate on the Success Criteria provided. Distribute differentiated criteria to students and prompt them to evaluate the model text against it. Encourage them to visually highlight, underline, or tick off elements as needed. 3. Engage students in the 'Fix the Mistake' activity, concentrating on rectifying spelling errors, punctuation misuse, and verb tense inaccuracies. 4. After the preparatory activities, encourage students to produce their own newspaper report. Utilize the provided success criteria for self-assessment and peer evaluation. This Word-format resource is adaptable to suit your teaching requirements, offering flexibility in implementation. Additionally, a PDF version of the model text is included for your convenience in assessing its suitability for your classroom. If you find this resource beneficial, we invite you to leave a review. As a token of appreciation, you will be eligible to receive another resource of equal value for free. Simply email your username, the reviewed resource, and your desired complimentary resource to samantha-hunt@outlook.com. Empower your students with strong writing skills and engage them in the exciting world of "Holes."
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Year 5. model texts for the novel Holes by Louis Sachar
5 model texts for the novel Holes by Louis Sachar: - setting description, - informal letter, - character description, - newspaper report, - non-chronological report. - Each resource comes with a model text (I have made this available to review before purchase so you can see if it suits your pupils needs), a differentiated success criteria to suit the needs of all abilities and a ‘Fix the Mistakes’ activity, focusing on spelling and punctuation. This also acts as another ideas generator for children before they write their own text. **How to Use the Resource:** 1. Start by examining the model text as a class or in pairs. Encourage students to identify the features of a non-chronological report and express their preferences or critiques about the provided example. 2. Review and deliberate on the Success Criteria provided. Distribute differentiated criteria to students and prompt them to evaluate the model text against it. Encourage them to visually highlight, underline, or tick off elements as needed. 3. Engage students in the 'Fix the Mistake' activity, concentrating on rectifying spelling errors, punctuation misuse, and verb tense inaccuracies. 4. After the preparatory activities, encourage students to produce their own newspaper report. Utilize the provided success criteria for self-assessment and peer evaluation. This Word-format resource is adaptable to suit your teaching requirements, offering flexibility in implementation. Additionally, a PDF version of the model text is included for your convenience in assessing its suitability for your classroom. If you find this resource beneficial, we invite you to leave a review. As a token of appreciation, you will be eligible to receive another resource of equal value for free. Simply email your username, the reviewed resource, and your desired complimentary resource to samantha-hunt@outlook.com. Empower your students with strong writing skills and engage them in the exciting world of "Holes."
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