Generating a plan for a letter to be written to Joseph Coelho
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can generate a plan for a letter to be written to Joseph Coelho.
Key learning points
- A letter is a piece of writing that someone sends to someone else.
- There are many different reasons why a person may write and send a letter.
- The sender is the person who wrote the letter and is sending it.
- The recipient is the person who the letter is written to and is receiving it.
- Letters follow a specific structure and layout.
Keywords
Letter - a piece of writing that someone sends to someone else
Sender - the person who wrote the letter and who is sending it
Recipient - the person who the letter is written to and who is receiving it
Common misconception
Pupils may be unclear as to the position of the addresses and the date in a letter.
Teach pupils that the features of a letter follow strict layout rules. Have some examples of written letters for the children to engage with.
Teacher tip
You may wish to spend time as a class to generate ideas for questions you want to ask Joseph Coelho and to brainstorm ideas of what you might write in the letter before children complete their own plans.
Equipment
You will need access to the Joseph Coelho poems explored earlier in this unit for pupils to refer to. See previous lessons which provide details on how to find them.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these are poems by Joseph Coelho?
Q2.Fill in the blank. Learning something by heart means to learn something in such a way that you can say it from ...
Q3.Which of these are things that you might learn by heart?
Q4.Which of these is a step to take to learn a poem by heart?
Q5.True or false? A recital means to speak or perform a poem aloud from memory.
Q6.Which of the following should we try to do when reciting a poem to an audience?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Fill in the blank. A __________ is a piece of writing that someone sends to someone else.
Q2.Which of these are reasons someone may choose to send a letter?
Q3.What is the name of the person who is sending the letter?
Q4.An __________ is a location at which a person lives or receives mail.
Q5.What is the name for the person who is receiving the letter?
Q6.True or false? The layout of a text refers to the way the information is organised on the page.
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