20 Things to do with a Word Processor

Writing Reading

En3 1 f) g) h) &
En3 2 a) b) c)

Welcome to our school: making a booklet for new pupils – combining different elements into one item

Reading

En2 1g)

Code breaking: working out the meaning of a passage written in code; close attention to language at word and sentence level

Writing

En3 2 a) b) c)

Down Memory Lane: personal writing using an unusual and innovative technique

Writing

En3 1 a)

Frameworks for poetry: verse writing using structures which aid pupil confidence

Writing

En3 9 a)

From prose to play: changing a story into a play; specific work on conventions of both

Reading

En2 6

Investigating non-fiction texts: solving and constructing cloze passages to draw attention to particular language features

Writing

En3 1d)

Writing in relay: creating a longer story collaboratively

Writing

En3 1 i) j) k)

Please see our play: persuasive writing; selection of relevant material; ordering and prioritising items in a letter

Writing

En3 1b) c)

Comparisons: rediscovering imagery; working with similes and metaphors

Writing

En3 1 e) f) g) h)

Starting elsewhere: narrative writing from somewhere other than the beginning; liberating children from cliched openings

Speaking and listening

En1 3 e) "
En2 8 a) i)

Reading (and writing) between the lines: making interpretations of characters motives and thoughts as they speak

Writing

En3 3

Making sense of dialogue: transforming a play into prose; punctuation of conversation

Writing

En3 1 d)

Prose or poetry?: creating poems from passages of prose: 'poetry by stealth'

Writing

En3 7b)

Sentence building and unpacking: understanding how more complex sentences are created; putting them together, taking them apart

Reading

En3 7e)

Text mapping: looking closely at a literary text and annotating interesting features

Writing

En3 1 i,j) i) j)

Squaring up for the fight: using tables to organise thoughts and arguments, points for and against

Writing Reading

En2 1

Play to prose: transforming Shakespeare into prose – a useful activity at KS3, too

Writing

En3 1 e) f) g) h)

Order order: instructional writing: sequencing instructions into a logical order and making them appropriate for a particular audience

Speaking and listening

En1 3
(& En2 1)

One thing after another: re-sequencing poetry

Reading

En2 4

Comparing non-fiction texts: looking at reference materials and comparing data