ICT at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 3)
Unit 3E: E-mail
Section 3: SHORT FOCUSED TASKS
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Objectives |
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- technique: to read, annotate and reply to e-mail
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Activities |
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Children: |
- Ask teachers at another school to get their class to send e-mails containing first drafts of short pieces of writing, eg poems. Remind the class how to open and read messages. Show children how to print a message and discuss the advantages of printing messages, eg allowing others to use the machine, providing a permanent record.
- Ask the children to print out the e-mails. Tell them that they are first drafts and that they are going to improve them. After the children have annotated the drafts by hand, show them how to send replies which include annotations that explain why they are suggesting changes.
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- send annotated replies to e-mails
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Points to note |
Children will benefit from seeing other groups sending their replies.
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