<p>12 sets of photos representing Instagram accounts and list of questions. Stimulating discussion, speculation and inference.</p> <p>Print the photos and chop horizontally in sets of three, put the questions on the reverse and laminate them together. Keep each set in an envelope for easy distribution during lessons.</p> <p>Fantastic activity for learners who find decoding difficult or have a negative attitude towards reading. This is a fun, visual task that students can get started on immediately.</p> <ul> <li>Provokes thought - what can we learn from pictures? Why do we share photos to social media? Is this reading?</li> <li>Stimulates writing - making a point and explaining their reasoning behind it</li> <li>Starts discussion - sharing ideas, debating, giving logical reasons, listening to others’ point of view</li> <li>Develops reading skills - noticing smaller details and drawing out more information from the pictures. Making informed judgments about characters</li> <li>Encourages group speaking - presenting opinions to the group is a great, low pressure way to help under confident learners become comfortable with sharing their thoughts and their voice.</li> </ul> <p>Included<br /> 36 photos (12 sets of 3)<br /> Set of questions to go with the photos<br /> Brief lesson plan with curriculum objectives, outline of lesson and list of suggested uses. (curriculum criteria are based on Pearson but these have probably been updated now)</p>

<p>Functional Skills English level 1 and Level 2 reading activity. This was designed to be the first lesson on this topic with more advanced work later in the sequence of learning.</p> <ul> <li>Presentation - introduction and definitions, example sentences, example piece of writing to discuss as a group or analyse independently, vocab to look out for and tips of how to identify fact and opinion.</li> <li>Independent worksheet - piece of writing featuring a mixture of fact and opinion so learners can annotate, pick out facts and make inferences based on given information.</li> <li>Lesson plan - list of criteria covered and level, objectives, aims and plan of lesson with activities. Easily edited or reformatted for unique house style. (curriculum objectives are included for Pearson but these plans were made in 2016 so the objectives may have changed/updated since then.)</li> </ul> <p>Like ALL MGLearnTogether resources, this is formatted according to dyslexia friendly principles which are optimal for ALL learners and an essential part of teacher practice. The British Dyslexic Associated conservatively estimates that 10% of the population has dyslexic tendencies. The presentation style is designed to cut down on visual clutter, reduce contrast, space out text comfortably and include fonts which clearly differentiate between similar letters like b, d, p, g, a, o, etc. Overall screen and reading fatigue is reduced for a more pleasant, easier experience. All resources are formatted this way as standard.</p>

<p>All used in the classroom with year 1 and 2 classes including mixed year group. A really lovely week of work culminating in impressive display work, positive learning experiences and skill progression.</p> <p>All resources are laid out ready to print and chop and share out to children/tables, all are .ppt files suitable for powerpoint or google slides. (NB: these are the resources for children to use in lessons, not teacher presentations.)</p> <ol> <li>Photos of rainbow lorikeets to inform descriptive writing</li> <li>Word bank of relevant KS1 vocabulary</li> <li>Outline drawing of a lorikeet with outstretched wings in 2 versions; one with and one without wings depending on your project/use.</li> <li>Lesson ideas and detailed suggestions for use.</li> </ol> <p>Suggested use<br /> Pictures - class/group discussion to generate vocab, discussions and writing.<br /> Vocab - model/work as a class to build sentences e.g. <em>The brave bird flaps her fiery feathers.</em><br /> Picture - Children paint/colour or print the feathers.</p> <p>Detailed descriptions, internet links and tips within the resource.</p> <p>Combine with videos of rainbow lorikeets to further nurture a positive atmosphere in your classroom. My most recent class was a mixed year 1/2 class and they absolutely loved it. We combined it with our geography work on Australia and science work on habitats.</p>