<p>Dogger by Shirley Highes is a classic tale loved by the classes I have taught it to. The reworked Talk For Writing text is approx. 170 words. I used it when teaching in our topic ‘All About Me’ as the children get to discuss their favourite toys and teddy bears. This text would also work with a topic on Teddy Bears and Toys.</p> <p>There is a 6 lesson plan for a short introduction to talk for writing in Year 1. The unit focuses on the immersion side of Talk for Writing and then there is one lesson for the children to have a go at innovating the story using post it notes and oral retelling.</p> <p>The reworked Dogger Talk for Writing text is also provided. These features are covered:<br /> -story opener<br /> -story language (who, unfortunately, but etc.)<br /> -time connectives</p> <p>The learning objectives are:<br /> -compose a sentence orally before writing it<br /> -say our sentence before writing<br /> -retell the story of Dogger<br /> -compose sentences orally (when innovating)</p> <p>The activities provided are mainly those for rotation. An activity with the teacher, the teaching assistant and independent activities that the children will get to do all of over 2 lessons. There are two whole class activities.</p> <p>There is also a picture of the story map I drew to support our learning. This will support you to draw your own story map which is really important when teaching in the Talk for Writing style.</p>