Lesson video

Hi everyone.

My name is Ms. Boyle, and welcome to this lesson where you are going to be writing the first section of your information text about your chosen author.

You have already planned your writing for this lesson, and it is really important that you have the notes from your plan with you to support you in your writing.

Pause the video and get your plan now.

Great.

Now, I know you have your plan with you.

During this lesson, you'll need to be listening and looking carefully.

There'll be tasks where you need somebody to talk to, and you'll need a piece of paper and pen or pencil to do your writing.

I hope you are feeling excited and ready to learn.

Let's get started.

The learning outcome for today's lesson is, I can write a section of an information text about an author.

Here are the key words for today's lesson.

Let's practise saying them.

My turn, your turn.

Plan, coordination, subordination.

Great job.

Well done.

You'll be hearing these words lots throughout the lesson, and we will be discussing their meaning.

There are two parts to today's lesson.

In the first part, you will be preparing to write, and in the second part, you will be writing the childhood and inspiration section about your author.

So let's begin with preparing to write.

You are going to write an information text about a chosen author, Atinuke, Roald Dahl, or Ibtihaj Muhammad.

Your information text will be structured into three sections, introduction, childhood and inspiration, jobs and books.

You have already written your introduction.

In this lesson, we are writing the childhood and inspiration section.

The subheading, Childhood and inspiration, tells the reader what this section will be about.

In this section, you will need to include the following.

When the author was born, if this is known, where the author was born and raised, important or interesting facts about their childhood, and what or who inspired them.

You have already written a plan containing this information and you will use this to support your writing.

We use the notes from our plan to form full sentences.

Using a range of sentences in our writing helps it to flow.

Let's take a look at some example notes for the childhood and inspiration section about Atinuke.

Born in Nigeria, beautiful country, West Africa.

Inspired by grandma's stories, wise African folk tales.

Now let's take a look at a range of different sentence types we could form using these notes.

An example of a simple sentence I could form from these notes is, Atinuke was born in the beautiful west African country of Nigeria.

An example of a sentence I could form using subordination is she was inspired by her grandmother's storytelling when she was little.

And an example of a sentence I could form using coordination is these African folktales were full of wisdom, and she loved listening to them.

Let's check your understanding.

True or false.

I should only use simple sentences when writing my information text.

Pause the video and select your answer.

That is false.

Well done.

Using a range of sentence types in our writing helps it to flow.

Coordination and subordination both join two ideas to form one sentence.

So what is the difference between them? Coordination joins two simple sentences that carry equal importance.

An example of that is, these African folktales were full of wisdom, and Atinuke loved listening to them.

Subordination joins a simple sentence with a second idea or piece of information of lower importance.

An example of that is, she was inspired by her grandmother's storytelling when she was little.

A coordinating conjunction is a word that joins two simple sentences to form a compound sentence.

The three coordinating conjunctions are and, or, and but.

We begin our sentence with a main clause, and we use a coordinating conjunction to join it to another main clause, and this forms a compound sentence.

There are three coordinating conjunctions, and each of these has different purposes.

So let's take a look at the purpose of each.

And is used for building on the previous main clause.

But is used to show contrast to the first main clause.

And or is used to show an option or an effect.

Let's take a look at some example sentences that used these coordinating conjunctions.

These tales were full of wisdom, and she loved hearing them.

She always loved stories but was unsure how to write her own.

She loved to get lost in books or tell stories to others.

Let's check your understanding.

Select the appropriate coordinating conjunction for the following sentences.

A, she loved to get lost in books tell stories to others.

B, she always loved stories was unsure how to write her own.

And C, these tales were full of wisdom she loved hearing them.

The coordinating conjunctions are and, or, and but.

Pause the video and select the appropriate coordinating conjunction for each sentence now.

Let's take a look at the answers.

A, she loved to get lost in books or tell stories to others.

B, she always loved stories but was unsure how to write her own.

C, these tales were full of wisdom, and she loved hearing them.

Well done for showing a great understanding of the three coordinating conjunctions.

A subordinating conjunction can be used to stretch a main clause with a subordinate clause.

Our main clause comes first, then our subordinating conjunction begins the subordinate clause.

This forms an adverbial complex sentence.

The subordinating conjunctions you could use are because, so, that, when, if.

These three subordinating conjunctions will be useful for your writing today, and they have different purposes, so let's take a look at them.

When is used for showing time, so is used for showing an effect, and that is used to add detail to the main clause.

Let's take a look at some sentences using each of these subordinating conjunctions.

She was inspired by her grandma's stories when she was little.

She lived in a quiet part of the city, so she read all the time.

She read books that were full of magic and adventure.

Let's check your understanding.

Select the appropriate subordinating conjunction for the following sentences.

A, she was inspired by her grandma's stories she was little.

B, she lived in a quiet part of the city she read all the time.

And C, she read books were full of magic and adventure.

The subordinating conjunctions for you to choose from are when, so, and that.

Pause the video now and select the appropriate subordinating conjunction for each of these sentences.

Let's take a look at the answers.

A, she was inspired by her grandma's stories when she was little.

B, she lived in a quiet part of the city, so she read all the time.

And C, she read books that were full of magic and adventure.

Well done for showing a great understanding of the subordinating conjunctions you can use in your writing.

It's now time for your first task, and it is a talk task.

Say the first few sentences of the childhood and inspiration section.

Make sure you include the following, key information from the notes in your plan.

Here is an example of some of the notes from my plan for the childhood and inspiration section about Atinuke.

Make sure you include coordination to form a compound sentence using the coordinating conjunctions and, or, or but, and to make sure you include subordination to stretch a main clause using the subordinating conjunctions when, so, or that.

Your main clause comes first, then your subordinating conjunction begins the subordinate clause.

Pause the video and orally rehearse your sentences for the childhood and inspiration section now.

Welcome back.

It was wonderful to listen to you orally rehearsing your sentences.

You did a great job at using your plan to support you, and I could hear just how hard you worked to ensure you were using coordination and subordination to form a range of sentence types.

Let's take a look at a good example now.

Atinuke was born and raised in the wonderful West African country of Nigeria.

She was inspired by her grandmother's oral storytelling when she was a little girl.

She loved listening to these wise African folk tales, and she would get lost in the magic and wonder of them.

These sentences were formed using the notes from my plan, so I know that they include all of the important information like where Atinuke was born.

For coordination, the last sentence uses a coordinating conjunction and.

And for subordination, the second sentence uses the subordinating conjunction when to stretch the main clause.

Well done again for orally rehearsing your childhood and inspiration section.

I am sure that it has really helped you feel confident and ready to do your writing.

It's now time for the second part of our lesson, where you are going to be writing the childhood and inspiration section of your information text.

When we write, we always try to do these things, plan and say each sentence before we write it.

Use punctuation where we know the rules.

Showcase each sentence type we know.

Write letters neatly on the line in joined handwriting.

Use spelling strategies to spell words accurately, and check and improve our writing when we think we have finished.

Here is the success criteria for your writing today.

I will read through this with you.

I have written the subheading, Childhood and inspiration.

I have used notes from my plan to include important information.

I have used coordination, and, or, or but, to form at least one compound sentence.

And I have used subordination, when, so, or that, to form at least one adverbial complex sentence.

You will use the notes from your plan to support you with your writing today.

Here is an example of my bullet point notes for the childhood and inspiration section about Atinuke.

Pause the video now, and make sure you have your notes with you.

Great.

I'm glad you have your plan with you.

I am now going to show you a model of the first few sentences of the childhood and inspiration section.

My model is about Atinuke, and you may be writing about Roald Dahl or Ibtihaj Muhammad, and that's okay.

But I want you to pay close attention to how I am meeting the success criteria in this writing.

The subheading, Childhood and inspiration.

Atinuke was born in the beautiful country of Nigeria in West Africa.

She loved listening to her grandma's storytelling when she was little.

These African folktales were full of wisdom, and she was inspired by them.

Now I really need your help.

Can you check my writing against the success criteria to make sure I have met each part of it? Pause the video and discuss with your partner.

You did such a great job at spotting where I had met each point in the success criteria.

Well done.

Let's go over this together.

So the first part of the success criteria says, "I have written the subheading Childhood and inspiration." We can see that at the top here, and I underlined it so I can tick that.

Then it says, "I have used notes from my plan to include important information." I definitely did this, and we can see evidence of this because I have key facts like where Atinuke was born, so I can tick that for I have used coordination to format least one compound sentence.

The final sentence here says, "These African folk tales were full of wisdom, and she was inspired by them." The coordinating conjunction and has formed a compound sentence here, so I can tick that.

And for I have used subordination to form at least one adverbial complex sentence.

If we look at the second sentence, it says, "She loved listening to her grandma's storytelling when she was little." Here, the subordinating conjunction when has been used to form an adverbial complex sentence, so I can tick that.

Thank you for helping me check my writing against the success criteria.

It's now time for you to write your childhood and inspiration section.

Use your plan and the success criteria to write the childhood and inspiration section of the information text about your chosen author.

Here is an example of the bullet point notes I have for the childhood and inspiration section about Atinuke.

Your notes may be about Atinuke, Roald Dahl, or Ibtihaj Muhammad.

And don't forget to refer to the success criteria while you are writing.

Pause the video and do your writing now.

Welcome back, and well done for writing a wonderful childhood and inspiration section for your information text.

I am so impressed by what I've seen, and I have loved reading different childhood and inspiration sections about Atinuke, Roald Dahl, and Ibtihaj Muhammad.

Let's take a look at a good example of the childhood and inspiration section about Atinuke.

First, I can see the subheading Childhood and inspiration has been written.

It is aligned to the left-hand side of the page, and it has been underlined so I can tick that first part of the success criteria.

Let's now read over this example.

Atinuke was born and raised in the wonderful West African country of Nigeria.

She was inspired by her grandma's oral storytelling when she was little.

She loved listening to these wise African folktales, and she would get lost in the magic and wonder of them.

Her family moved to the city of Lagos when she was five.

They lived in a quiet part of the city, so Atinuke read all the time.

This further deepened her love for storytelling.

Enid Blyton was one of her favourite authors.

This section includes all of the important information from the plan about Atinuke's childhood and the things that inspired her, so we can tick that for I have used coordination to format at least one compound sentence.

I can see the sentence, "She loved listening to these wise African folk tales, and she would get lost in the magic and wonder of them." Here the coordinating conjunction and has been used to form a compound sentence, so I can tick that.

And for I have used subordination to form at least one adverbial complex sentence.

A few sentences here have achieved that.

We have, "She was inspired by her grandma's oral storytelling when she was little." This used a subordinating conjunction when.

We have, "Her family moved to the city of Lagos when she was five." This uses subordinating conjunction when again.

And they lived in a quiet part of the city, so Atinuke read all the time.

This sentence use the subordinating conjunction so, so we can definitely tick that last part of the success criteria.

Well done for writing the childhood and inspiration section about your chosen author.

I could really see how hard you worked to lay your writing out correctly, include all of the important information, and use a range of sentence types.

We've now come to the end of our lesson, so let's go over a summary together.

Notes from a written plan support in writing and ensure important information is included in an information text.

Using a range of sentence types in our writing helps it to flow.

Coordination can be used to join two simple sentences that carry equal importance, and subordination can be used to stretch a main clause and add greater detail.

Well done again for your hard work.

I have really enjoyed teaching you this lesson.