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 * Unit || Year Two Autumn Term Unit One ||
 * Title || **'Why should I write a story if only my teacher is going to read it?'** ||
 * Key Tool || **Blogging** (suggest Kidblog.org)

Pupils will blog to enter the 5 Sentence Challenge

//The 5 Sentence Challenge is a fortnightly creative writing challenge for children under 16 but it is aimed at the younger end. The prompts are thematic and the link is open for two weeks giving more time for discussion and posting. The children should create 5 sentences about the theme. These can be as a list of 5 or as a piece of prose. It is important to make sure you link the URL of the individual post and not the class blog. That way, commentators can see all the entries.// ||
 * Learning Intentions || 1. Digital Literacy

Pupils should: b) be able to identify and use basic digital tools; c) learn how to communicate safely and respectfully online; d) learn that information and data can be stored in a variety of different ways.

2. Digital CreativityPupils should: b) learn how to use a range of digital tools to create digital artefacts c) learn how to consider their audience when creating digital artefacts and to be able to explain their creative choices d) learn to work independently or as part of a small team

4. Digital Society Pupils should: b) be able to describe examples of ICT that they may encounter in everyday life

5. Breadth of Study During the key stage, pupils should be taught the Knowledge, skills and understanding through: a) working with a wide range of digital tools b) being given the freedom and opportunities to learn through playing with digital tools c) investigating and exploring uses of ICT inside and outside of school

Tool-specific objectives:
 * To know that a blog is a web diary or log
 * To know that a blog may include text, images and video
 * To know that a piece of writing on a blog is known as a 'post'
 * To know that readers may comment on posts
 * To know that most blogs are public, so one has to be responsible for (i) content (what is written) and (ii) how it is written (using correct spelling, grammar and punctuation)


 * To know how to comment on a post
 * To know how to make a constructive comment on a post


 * To know how to create a new post
 * To know how to give a heading for a post
 * To know how to save a draft of a post
 * To know how to publish a post
 * To know how to add an image to a post
 * To know how to add a link to an external website to a post ||
 * All/Most/Some || All pupils will be able to post a paragraph of text.

Most pupils will be able to add images and a link, and make a fair constructive comment on a peer's blog post

Some pupils will write helpful, actionable constuctive comments on a peer's blog post, and use the 'linky' tool to link their blog post to the 5 sentence challenge blog. || Podcasting - Audioboo (to record learning reflections) Brainstorming - Padlet (to record ideas brainstormed in class) Social media - Twitter (to invite others to comment on your blog) Blogging - Linky Tools (to connect blogs) ||
 * Key Words || Blog, comment, post, blogger, moderate, moderation, writer, author ||
 * Other Tools used || Screencasting - Screenr (to create tutorial of how to blog)


 * Resources || Kidblog.org; [|screencast]of how to create, save and send to publish a Kidblog post; screencast of how to add image to blog post; screencast of how to comment; screencast of 'Two Stars and a Wish' constructive commenting; Audioboo quick revision summary.

[] - 100 Word Challenge ||
 * Entry Point || Invite in a blogger (does not have to be fiction) to discuss why they blog, e.g. fashion blogger. (Discussion either in person or via Skype)

More able pupil to record questions and answers using Padlet. Audioboo a summary of the discussion. ||
 * Discussing the 'Big Question' || Ask pupils why they write stories. Explore motivations. Audioboo a summary of the discussion ||
 * Knowledge Harvest || Ask kids to consider and add to a Padlet what they know about blogs and blogging. What is a blog? What is a comment? How do you blog? Why do you blog?

Discuss difference between a writer and an author. ||
 * Flipped Learning || Before unit begins:

1. Invite students to watch screencast on how to create a blog post (embedded on school Weebly/VLE) & a second screencast on how to link your blog to the 5 Sentence challenge blog, using the Linky tools. Allow pupils to watch the screencasts before the start of the playing and exploring stage.

2. Write a blog post on the subject of...blogging! Share with pupils before the playing and exploring stage. ||
 * Playing and Exploring || 1. Pupil led: Visit the Five Sentence Challenge: []

2. Pupil led: Pupils to watch video explaining how to enter the five sentence challenge: []

3. Teacher led: model commenting on a five sentence challenge post.

4. Pupils to create class rules for blogging. More-able pupil to collate and publish using Padlet.

5. Pupils to comment on posts from other schools using the 'two stars and a wish' method (explanation for teachers: [] )

Pupils to consider how and why comments are moderated.

Explanation of Two Stars and a Wish:

5. Pupil led: Girls to write a handwritten first draft entry for that week's 5 sentence challenge.

6. Pupil led: Peer and self-assess first drafts. How might they be improved?

7. Pupil led: Type up second draft. Post blogs. More-able to add images & links to other writing they have done, or definitions of WOW words. (Ensure any images used are from Creative Commons)

8. Pupil led: Comment on class peers' blogs using Two Stars and a Wish.

9. Pupil led: Comment on other entries from outside the class.

10. Teacher led: Publish on Twitter invitation for other schools to comment on your pupils' blog posts. Moderate blog posts. Email parents to invite them to comment on their daughter's blog || 1. What is a blog? 2. How do you blog? 3. What is a comment?
 * Research || How else are blogs used? (Research task - ask pupils to visit blogs (give list) and report back to class on how they are used). ||
 * Recording || In pairs, write a script & record an audioboo explaining to a Year One pupil:

Publish audioboos on the school's VLE/Weebly. ||
 * Assessment || In test conditions, give pupils 10 minutes to log on, write a blog post about their weekend, add post (more-able to add image and link) ||
 * Return to 'Big' Question || Play audiboo recorded after initial 'big' question discussion. What do pupils think now about writing for an audience? ||
 * Exit Point || Host a comment party. Pupils to read and share the positive comments they've received from team 5WC (teachers around the world). ||