ICT at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 2)

Unit 2A: Writing stories: communicating information using text
Section 4: SHORT FOCUSED TASKS

Objectives

Children should learn:

key idea: the difference between running text (text wrap) and text with line breaks
technique: to use the return/enter key to insert line breaks

Activities		Outcomes
		Children:
Enter a poem with repeated rhyme as a piece of prose with no line breaks. Discuss the difference between the way poetry and prose are presented and demonstrate how to use the return/enter key to make line breaks. Divide the class into pairs and ask them to insert line breaks in the poem. Print out the children's work and compare it with the original version.		identify where the return/enter key has been used in text and why use the return/enter key where appropriate

Points to note

Children should work on a copy of the teacher's pre-prepared file.

Children who find the work difficult could be given a copy of the original poem for support.

Once they are familiar with the return/enter key, children tend to use it when it is not needed.

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	1. SETTING THE SCENE
	2. SHORT FOCUSED TASKS
	3. SHORT FOCUSED TASKS
	4. SHORT FOCUSED TASKS
	5. SHORT FOCUSED TASKS
	6. SHORT FOCUSED TASKS
	7. SHORT FOCUSED TASKS
	8. INTEGRATED TASK

ICT at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 2)

Objectives

Activities

Outcomes

Points to note

Sections in this unit