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BIG Writing BIG Writing A Ros Wilson Strategy A Ros Wilson Strategy
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BIG Writing. A Ros Wilson Strategy. The Big Writing Philosophy. Big Writing is the development of the ‘writing voice’ through fast, fun, lively and predominantly oral activities Pupils talk the ‘writing voice’ in a dedicated ‘Big Writing’ session & at other points in a week - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Big Writing Philosophy
• Big Writing is the development of the ‘writing voice’ through fast, fun, lively and predominantly oral activities
• Pupils talk the ‘writing voice’ in a dedicated ‘Big Writing’ session & at other points in a week
• Based on the premise, IF A CHILD CAN SAY IT, A CHILD CAN
WRITE IT
Philosophy Continued ….
• The talking voice is not the same as the ‘writing voice’
• BOYS LOVE TO TALK!• WHAT’S GOOD FOR THE BOYS IS
GOOD FOR THE GIRLS
The Four Generic TargetsVCOP Summary
Vocabulary
Connectives
Openers
Punctuation
The range of ambitious vocabulary a pupil knows; WOW words.
The range of ways pupils have of joining ideas, phrases & sentences
The strategies pupils have for opening sentences; especially the 3 key openers: connectives, ‘ly’ words & ‘ing’ words
The range of punctuation a pupil can use & the accuracy with which they use it.
Level1 .
Level2 . ?
Level3 . ? , !
Level 4 . ? , ! … ’ “”
Level 5 . ? , … - ! ’ “” : ; (
)The Punctuation Pyramid
BIG WRITING – The Method• One hour per week, plus daily
stocking fillers
• Time comes from one literacy hour, Time should be split into 2 x 30 min sessions across a morning
BIG WRITING – Different text types
• Poetry• Story• Non Fiction• Recounts• Letters
BIG WRITING – Teacher’s Role
• To maintain the silence• To provide 10min brain breaks• To prompt pupils to build in VCOP
[These are known as time prompts]
10 minsCheck your
punctuation!
15 minsCheck your WOW
words!
30 minsCheck your
targets!
20 minsCheck your openers
and connectives.
30 MINS
Time Prompts
A clock should be visible to all pupils, ideally colour coded in 10min intervals.
1. ‘You have had 10 minutes. Count how many sorts of punctuation you have used?’
2. ‘You have had 15 minutes. How many WOW words have you used?’
3. ‘You have had 20 minutes. Look at your openers. Have you opened with connectives…’ly’ words, ’ing’ words?
4. ‘You have 5 minutes left.’
Stocking Fillers
• Every day aim to finish one lesson 5 minutes early to do some quick VCOP activities.
• Encourage the children to ‘steal’ good examples of VCOP from authors.
Write on Target• The next day “Target Friday” the children will
work in small groups or independently to focus on their target.
• This target will be set by the class teacher in direct response to their Big Write work.
For exampleTarget “Please use more adjectives”Work could be• Write a list of interesting adjectives.• Write three sentences that include two
adjectives.• This instant response means that children will
make clear improvements in their writing before starting the next week’s work.
