Writing to describe

This lesson incorporates a range of VAK strategies to engage pupils and encourage progress. It includes a lesson plan, powerpoint and resources, which I used for a recent observation. It has worked particularly well with year 7 and 8, who enjoy the starter activity of taboo, where they play the game moving around the classroom. They also found the visual stimuli fascinating, an image of the Chilean volcano erupting in 2014 amidst a thunder storm, which has resulted in some fantastic figurative description. There is also a peer assessment proforma for pupils to complete as a plenary, asking them to identify and evaluate the use of language techniques in their peer's response. I also tried playing a recording of a thunder storm whilst they completed the writing activity, which they loved!