Main links and ideas from ‘Writing without a pen’ presentation

Jo Rhys-Jones, September 2010

Reading & writing are integral skills that are sometimes shied away from when

introducing languages, or become a rushed after-thought at the end of a lesson.

This session hopes to explain why they should be included & how to make the written

word accessible to all children wherever possible without ever touching a pen.

Writing

A B C D E F G

H I J K L M N

O P Q R S T U

V W X Y Z

•Start at the beginning•The marmite chant•Compare & contrast

with English•Find patterns•Names of letters versus

the soundsWhat happens to c/g

after e/i?

But what is missing?•Add é ê è ç œ û (etc..)•Silent letters

Miniwhiteboards – find at least 6 letters that rhyme

Having fun with words & letters

• Alphabet bags & magnetic letters• Alphabet floormat• Jumble letters physically or on

anIWB/Powerpoint with macro• Dry Wipe boards• Writing on backs• Writing in the air

2 : 4 : 4 : 3 : 6 =

C h i e n

7 : 6 : 8 : 4 : 3

8 : 3 : 7 : 8

6 : 6 : 4 : 7

6 : 2 : 7 : 7 : 6 : 6

ICT – Wordle

http://www.wordle.net

NC 1 - Copy words correctly

Cedar School for the

Physically Handicapped

Chiltern Edge School – Year 8 Homework left on blog

Reading:

Word level builds up from phoneme, grapheme to syllable..

(http://phonologique.wikispaces.com/ )grapheme fans, Wizkid resources etc.

Now try thinking about the words..

Braintraining ppt’s

Having fun with sentences

• Human sentences & ninja sandwiches

• Running sentences

• IWB/Powerpoint with macro

• Deal or no deal (ppt or in boxes)

• Online flashcards http://cramberry.net/sets

• Languages Online sentence maker game

• Bee-Bot/Roamer (directions, sentences etc.)

Qui habite ici?

Having fun with text• Cartoon maker http://www.toondoo.com/ • Voki http://www.voki.com/ • Photostory3 &

http://www.purplemash.com/ • Animation + MovieMaker (google ‘Miss

Gorse’ and ‘Gorseville’ for examples)• Powerpoint Stories: template books & qca

unit 4• Scaffolding

http://www.toondoo.com

Scaffolding writing:

• Lily Pads - Clare Seccombe http://www.changing-phase.blogspot.com

Clare has lots of examples of scaffolding writing where words are used as building blocks.

Oh if we have to use a pen…

• Be creative!• Cursive writing http://www.momes.net

http://www.caboucadin.com• Shape poetry - calligrams• Big pens & big paper• Strip bingo / consequences / Extend the

sentence• Wipe boards – so mistakes can be erased

and finally..• Don’t hide text, exploit it

• Teach grapheme/phoneme correspondance http://phonologique.wikispaces.com

• Think of words as building blocks…

• Make it ‘safe’

• Play with language

If you would like to contact me;

• Email: jo.rhys-jones@hants.gov.uk

• Talkabout Primary Languages http://primarymfl.ning.com

• Twitter: @jowinchester