ICT at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 4)

Unit 4A: Writing for different audiences
Section 7: INTEGRATED TASK

Objectives

Children should learn:

to use ICT to organise, reorganise and analyse ideas and information
to edit text and use a variety of presentation techniques

Activities		Outcomes
		Children:
Explain to the class that they will be using the techniques they have learnt to produce newspaper articles. Ask the class to recall what they have learnt so far. Ask children to review the work they have been doing on a particular history study unit. Explain that their newspaper articles will bring together the key points in the unit. The articles must be factually correct, lively and interesting. They must also use appropriate presentation techniques. Put the children into pairs to write their articles. They should amend their articles over a period of time, saving the work as they go. Explain to the class that they need to identify the key points, experiment with sequencing and modify the text to make it more interesting. Ask them also to identify any headings, sub-headings and key pieces of text and to use appropriate effects to make these stand out.		organise and reorganise text on screen use appropriate techniques to ensure that their writing is clear, well presented and free of errors

Points to note

This activity could be extended by including advertising, letters pages, comments and features and could be carried out in 'real time' using simulation software, radio broadcasts or news feeds from the Internet.

Encourage children to think about the content of their articles before considering layout and presentation, otherwise they may become distracted and spend too long changing fonts and making minor adjustments to presentation.

This activity could be set in the context of any relevant work in other subjects, eg writing an article on a science investigation and presenting it as a major discovery, an article on the impact on people's lives of a product that they have been disassembling, designing or making in design and technology.

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	1. SETTING THE SCENE
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	7. INTEGRATED TASK

ICT at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 4)

Objectives

Activities

Outcomes

Points to note

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