ICT at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 2)

Unit 2A: Writing stories: communicating information using text
Section 7: SHORT FOCUSED TASKS

Objectives

Children should learn:

key idea: that ICT can be used to improve text and make a message clearer
technique: to delete and insert text to improve readability

Activities		Outcomes
		Children:
Enter an extract from a familiar children's book but replace the full stops with the word 'and'. Discuss the extract with the class and explain that the repeated use of 'and' makes it repetitive and difficult to read. Demonstrate how to delete an 'and', insert a full stop and change the following letter to upper case. Divide the class into pairs and ask them to edit the prepared text. Ask them to print out their work and compare it with the original version.		recognise that text can be edited to improve it recognise that changes can be made at a later stage

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 extract for support.

Children who are confident using full stops and capital letters could be encouraged to use connectives, such as 'then' and 'meanwhile'.

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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