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Recounts | Newspaper Reports
Objectives
To read and explore newspaper reports, looking at their key features.
To explore and comment on words in texts that make an impact on the reader, including adjectives.
Resources
Nelson Grammar Pupil Book 3 | Rough draft of Newspaper written in Week 11
Today's Lesson
Handwriting and Spelling
Look at the words below and do a pre-test. This means that you are checking how well your student can spell these words before you teach them. You do not need to focus on the words your student spelled correctly the first time.
Rule: The suffix –ous (2 of 2).
- mountainous
- obvious
- outrageous
- poisonous
Dictation
- The view from the window was mountainous.
- Sometimes the answer is obvious.
- It was outrageous that the park was closed.
- Some wild berries are poisonous.
Introduction
Tell your student that sometimes when you are writing a newspaper report, you might need to do a bit of research or check to make sure everything is spelled correctly.
Main Activity
Ask your student to tell you some of the different things you can use to research a topic. Next ask what you use when you need to check on spelling. How about to find words that mean the same thing? Remind them that you discussed these things in Week 7. Feel free to go back and look at your work from that week.
Remind your student that powerful verbs and adjectives (double adjectives are even better) can make your writing stronger.
Open your Nelson Grammar Pupil Book 3 to page 10 and read through the information in the purple box.
Discuss the words 'comparative adjective' and 'superlative adjective' and how they help us to compare nouns.
Complete the tasks on pages 10 and 11.
Go back to your rough draft and see if you can insert any adjectives, perhaps some from the Nelson tasks!
If you have time, finish the lesson with a discussion on how they can use what they learned today to make their newspaper report on hedgehogs even stronger.