Matilda Road Dahl Literacy Lesson Year 6 plus types of noun powerpoint

nice easy lesson.

sample:

TTYP – why do authors use descriptive vocabulary? Take feedback and jot down ideas for the working wall – elicit the idea that, as a writer, it is our job to create an image in the reader’s mind.
Show the part of ‘Matilda’ where the main character approaches Crunchem Hall for the first time. 22 min 30 to 24 min 30.
Take part in ‘Book Talk’ on this visual text:
How did we feel about Matilda when we watched her walk into the school under the arch?
How did we feel about the school buildings and environment?
What impressions have we made about Miss Trunchbull?
How were we made to feel like that?
How did the director manipulate our emotions?

Show the ‘Likes, dislikes, patterns and puzzles’ board and explain the task .

Task 1 11am-11.10am
Engaging with the visual text.
A – Australia group (Level 3a/4c): Children to fill in an individual ‘like/dislikes’ board. Children to focus particularly on the ‘patterns and puzzles’ sections. Working independently. Extension task – children to annotate a still from the film with adjectives to describe the setting.
BA – Brazil group (Level 3b/c): Miss Greenwood to support and extend. Children to fill in an individual ‘like/dislikes’ board.
SEN/BA – Mexico group (Level 2): Working with Miss Noble on a guided like/dislikes board. Extending children to talking about the atmosphere.

Main Teaching 2 10 minutes (11.10am – 11.20am)
Share some ideas from the task and explain that now we are fully immersed in the text, we are going to start to transfer the clip into a written text.
TTYP – what does ‘atmosphere’ mean? Talk and agree that it means: a feeling or mood created by a particular place. I am going to attempt to describe the setting AND the atmosphere to the reader. I am going to write in third person and past tense.
Elicit the use of the senses for a setting description.
Model write with reference to s/c and sentence trick cards.