Year Six Flatclassroom Project: The Frame and The Plan

We are taking part in an exciting international 'flat classroom' project where we are writing a story with a partner...a partner who lives on the other side of the Atlantic.

Learn more about our flat classroom project at the Crogan's Adventures Flat Classroom Wiki.

Task: Please type up your 'frame story' on your wiki page.

1. Please put the frame story at the top of the page (move your discussions with your partner lower down)
2. Put a sub-heading and label it ===Frame Story: First Draft===
3. Make sure you leave a line between paragraphs.
4. Put any thoughts in italics
4. Proof read your draft - make sure there are not any 'silly' typing errors.

Due: Tuesday.

Year Five Using 'Questions About a Character'

Year Five:
Please complete your characterisation MindMap, including 'Questions about a Character.

Year Six Crogan's Adventure International Flat Classrom Work: Redraft Your 'Frame Story'

We are taking part in an innovative international project where our partners are girls and boys on the other side of the world!

Homework: Write an improved second draft of your 'frame' story featuring Eric. Make sure that you include plenty of description: learn more at http://www.baldworm.co.uk

Due: Wednesday

(Image by KKmaris; used under Creative Commons agreement)

Year Six Flat Classroom Project: Type Up Your Plan

Year Six are writing stories with girls on the other side of the world at the Crogan's Adventure Flat Classroom Wiki.

Homework
Please go onto your wiki page and type up your three suggested plans. Indicate to your partner which of the plans is your favourite.

Make sure your plans include:
1. Characters (Who is in the story?)
2. Location (Where is the story set? In which historical period?)
3. A detailed plan (remember, it must make sense to a partner on the other side of the planet)

Tomorrow we'll think about the 'frame story' in more detail.

Year Six Flat Classroom Project with Haultain Community School (Saskatchewan, Canada) and John Glenn (California, USA): Crogan's Adventures

What do you think of our Easter diorama? We built a diorama based on the scenes in some of our favourite reads.

Year Six are starting an exciting 'flat classroom' project with our new friends in the United States and Canada. Visit the Crogan's Adventure Flat Classroom Project Wiki.

Your task for the weekend is to complete the Crogan Family tree brainstorm task:

1. For each of the Crogan’s, write two/three ideas for an adventure they might have
2. In your blue book, write a plan for a story for the three favourites

Due: Monday

Falcons Girls on Flat Classrooms

Girls in Year 5 and 6 try to convince you why it is important that teachers create collaborative projects with schools across the world

Year 6: Type Up Your 'Flat World' Story

We have been added to the 1001 Flat World tales map - visit the Flat World tales to find out more about the schools we've been linked with in our workshop (Workshop J):

Zurich International School in Switzerland

&

Roberts Elementary School in Huston, USA

Wow! We're going to get to collaborate with pupils on the other side of the world!

Homework: Please type up your story on either (A) the pupil blog or (b) on word and email it to baldworm@baldworm.co.uk. We'll 'cut and paste' it onto your page on the Flat World stories wiki next week, and begin reviewing our new friends' work in the Summer term.

Make sure you make improvements and corrections to your story as you go, paying attention to my P-Q-P comments in your book. Don't forget to visit http://www.baldworm.co.uk if you need to revise any of our key skills!



Due: Monday

Year 6 Flat World Stories & School Magazine Work - Writing a Second Draft

In class we looked at giving positive, constructive feedback using the 'elbow' and PQP methods. Using the feedback you received on your first attempt, I want you to write a second draft of your story.

Don't forget you can revise the key description and characterisation techniques that should be at the heart of any story you write at Bald Worm.

(Image by SarahLeeb; used under Creative Commons agreement)

Year Six School Magazine Contribution & Flat Classroom Project: 1001 Tales

The world is getting 'flatter'. We want to share our creativity with the world - so we've joined the 1001 Flat World tales project.

Click here to visit the 1001 Tales wiki.

We'll be publishing our work on the wiki and in the School Magazine.

Task: Write the first draft of your 'London' story in the back of your Shakespeare project book. Don't forget to visit http://www.baldworm.co.uk if you need to brush up on any of your writing skills!

Due: Monday

Year 5 Non-fiction - Book Review

We're beginning our work for the Books Go Global! book review wiki. We are going to share our opinions about books with girls on the other side of the world. This is an example of how we can use Web 2.0 programmes - podcasts, wikis & blogs - to share our creativity with the world!

Please write a first draft of your book review for Thursday. Write one-side of A4.

Due: Thursday

Half-term Holiday Homework

What a term we've had! Year 5 have learnt all about planning a story, suspense and action techniques, and been introduced to 11+-style comprehensions; Year 6 have been revising the structure of the first 15 lines of a short story and key characterisation techniques, and learnt about Sherlock Holmes and the writing of Charles Dickens. We've learnt about kinesthetic and musical learning techniques, and used podcasts and Animoto videos to share our creativity with the world! Best of all, we're beginning to connect, create and collaborate with pupils on the other side of the world!

Next half-term should be even more exciting! Year 5 will learning about writing longer descriptions, and be taking part in their first global collaborative flat classroom project - Books Go Global; Year 6 will complete their preparation for the 11+ examinations.

Year 5 holiday homework can be found here; Year 6 holiday homework here. Don't forget there are lists of 'great reads' in Bald Worm's reading lists.

Have a great holiday!

FSG joins the Life 'Round Here Geography Flat Classroom!

In the Spring term Year Six are going to be taking part in an international Geography flat classroom project - Life 'Round Here 2008 - telling pupils around the school about life in London. Click here to learn more about this exciting video project!

Flat Classroom Project: Time Zone Experiences

Flatclassroom projects are lessons that use Web 2.0 tools - things like wikis, blogs, podcasts and videos - to communicate and collaborate with pupils on the other side of the world.

We've just joined a new flat classroom project - Time Zone Experiences - where we are going to share details of our day with pupils in the USA and Australia (don't worry: we won't be sharing any personal details or posting pictures), creating some work in our IT lessons for them to enjoy, and learning about their lives.

Click on the link to learn more: http://timezoneexperiences.wikispaces.com/Who+Are+We%3F

Want to start getting involved? Click on the link and start adding 'What we are doing at this time?' Make sure you write in the correct column (the GMT Falcons column!): http://timezoneexperiences.wikispaces.com/Time+Zone+Chart