Year
4 Term 1
Non-fiction: Newspaper articles
Objective 24 |
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Resource
Title |
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Royal
Apartments: Castle Times
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Type
of Resource |
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Link
to Kids' Castle
Online Resource
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Project |
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Kids' Castle |
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Summary |
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In Royal Apartments
see information about the function of the royal apartments
within a castle, plus the Castle Times newspaper. |
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URL
of project |
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http://www.kidsonthenet.com/castle/royal.html
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Downloadbles available |
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Yes |
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Downloable teachers
notes |
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Word
file
PDF
file |
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Downloadable worksheets |
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Word
file : making a newspaper
PDF
file : making a newspaper
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In
the Classroom |
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Use
the idea of an impending visit from the King as the starting
point for newspaper reports.
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Online activities,
instructions or forms |
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Submit your
own news item for the Castle Times |
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URL of online activities |
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http://www.kidsonthenet.com/castle/fm_news.html |
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Summary
- extended information in notes or worksheets |
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Create a class
newspaper, The Castle Times, containing feature articles,
reports, editorials, interviews, advertisements, puzzles
etc. using the entire Kids' Castle site as inspiration. |
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Keywords
for extensions: Adaptations for different age groups and
abilities, special needs |
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Create a school
newspaper that can be read by parents and provide a way
of passing on news and events
Teachers' notes (see URL above) |
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Southwold
Online - newspaper section |
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NLS
framework objective (Year) |
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4 |
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NLS
framework objective (Term) |
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1 |
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NLS
framework objective (Number) |
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24 |
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NLS
framework objective (Name) |
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To write newspaper
style reports, e.g., about school events or an incident
from a story including:
- composing headlines.
- using IT to draft and lay out reports.
- editing stories to fit a particular space.
- organising writing into paragraphs.
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Year
group(s) UK - Starting Year group range |
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4 |
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Ending
year group range |
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9 |
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Curriculum
Links |
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English,
Literacy, ICT |
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ICT
Skills |
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Word Processing
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Teacher
experience level |
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Medium |
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Length
of time required |
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5
lessons |
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Examples of newspapers |
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