Instructional Writing
Stimulus:
• Children have been asked by the Hasslemere Museum to write instructions for how to mummify a body, which can be shown to other schools that visit.
Capture, sift and sort:
• Analyse a range of instructional texts identifying a criteria for what makes a good information text and the features they use.
• Investigate the use of language (second person, imperative verbs, time connectives)
• Generate class success criteria: what do you think successful instructions should include?
• Post it notes from each group onto learning wall
Create, refine and evaluate:
• Apprentice Piece – Write a set of instructions using skills learnt in pieces prior to writing and supplementary pieces to focus on specific areas of need.
• Plan an instruction text in line with the success criteria.
• Self assess against success criteria
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