Boldmere Infant and Nursery School Raising Boys’ Achievement in Writing

Boldmere Infant and Nursery School

Raising Boys’ Achievement in

Writing

Raising Boys’ achievement in writing.The Group

• Joe-William• Ethan• Kieran• Harry• Robert• Zain

Getting Started “The Interviews”

• They thought they were good at reading.

• They thought they were good at writing.• They did not like sitting for a long time

to write.• They did not like writing long words.• They did not like writing words they did

not know how to spell.

Getting Started “ Finding Nemo”

• Excited about watching a film.

• Finding a Joke for Marlin to tell.

Talk Partners

Setting the scene

• Drawing the reef

Drawing Nemo and Marlin

Generating the vocabulary

Choosing the words

Writing the conversation

Using “Otherwise”

• Watching the film• Children drew

pictures for the main events in the story and then added captions.

• Working in small teams kept them engaged and enthusiastic.

Toy Story 2

• Role-play• Characterisation of Woody• Conscience alley. Should Woody

stay with the new toys or go with Buzz and the gang?

• Writing the rescue of Wheezy by Woody from the yard-sale.

Observations

• The boys’ always sat at the front.• They were very animated in all the

discussions.• They were very good at recalling

detail.• They were good at explaining a

character’s motivation.• They wanted to know what was the

next film. Could they choose a film?