Using the data projector to meet NLS objectives

The following specific Year 5 and 6 NLS Text level objectives can successfully be taught with the projector. It is particularly useful as a visual tool for text manipulation and shared writing. Many of the word and sentence level objectives can be addressed, especially by using highlighting and format facilities.

  • To experiment with alternative ways of opening a story using, e.g. description, action, or dialogue. (Yr.5. T1)
  • To map out texts showing development and structure, e.g. its high and low points the links between sections, paragraphs, and chapters. (Yr.5 T1)
  • To convey feelings, reflections or moods in a poem through the careful choice of words and phrases. (Yr.5 T1)
  • To understand the differences between literal and figurative language, e.g. through discussing the effects of imagery in poetry or prose. (Yr.5 T2)
  • To use the structures of poems read to write extensions based on these, e.g. additional verses, or substituting own words and ideas. (Yr.5 T2)
  • To review and edit writing to produce a final form. (Yr.5 T2)
  • To plan, compose, edit and refine short non-chronological reports.(Yr.5 T2)
  • To change point of view, e.g. tell incident from the point of view of another character or perspective. (Yr.5 T3)
  • To recognise how arguments are constructed to be effective. (Yr.5 T3)
  • To identify the features of balanced written arguments. (Yr.5 T3)
  • To construct effective arguments. (Yr.5 T3)
  • To write a balanced report of a controversial issue. (Yr.5 T3)
  • To articulate personal responses to literature, identifying why and how a text effects a reader. (Yr.6 T1)
  • To manipulate narrative perspective. (Yr.6 T1)
  • To summarise a passage, chapter or text in a specified number or words. (Yr.6 T1)
  • To prepare a short section of a story as a scripts, e.g. using stage directions, location/setting. (Yr.6 T1)
  • To write own poems experimenting with active verbs and personification. (Yr.6 T1) To comment critically on the language, style, success of examples of non-fiction. (Yr.6 T1)
  • To use IT to plan, revise, edit writing to improve accuracy and conciseness. (Yr.6 T1)
  • To understand aspects of narrative structure. (Yr.6 T1)
  • To analyse how the passing of time is conveyed to the reader. (Yr.6 T1)
  • To annotate passages in detail in response to specific questions. (Yr.6 T3)
  • To divide whole texts into paragraphs, paying attention to the sequence of paragraphs and to the links between one paragraph and the next. (Yr.6 T3)

 

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