Hawthorn Tree. Week 4 - Ireland in Schools
Hawthorn Tree. Week 4 - Ireland in Schools
Hawthorn Tree. Week 4 - Ireland in Schools
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Literacy Hour <strong>Week</strong>ly Plan<br />
Class: Y5/6 Autumn Term 1st half <strong>Week</strong> Beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g: 29 th September ‘03<br />
Range: Novels by established authors.<br />
Under the <strong>Hawthorn</strong> <strong>Tree</strong> WK 1<br />
by Marita Conlon-McKenna<br />
Text Level<br />
Shared Work<br />
Mon: Read up to Chapter 2.<br />
Re-cap characters and their situation.<br />
Discuss reasons for and consequences<br />
of the Irish Potato fam<strong>in</strong>e. Discuss<br />
image of <strong>Hawthorn</strong> <strong>Tree</strong> <strong>in</strong> title WHY?<br />
Tues Read up to Chapter 3.<br />
Re-cap on story so far. Identify ma<strong>in</strong><br />
themes: fam<strong>in</strong>e, blight, illness, sense of<br />
poverty, struggl<strong>in</strong>g on regardless,<br />
pull<strong>in</strong>g together as a family.<br />
Wed Read pgs. 21 – 25.<br />
Identify how the themes discussed<br />
yesterday are <strong>in</strong>troduced and explored<br />
further.<br />
Thur<br />
Fri<br />
Share with the children the Irish<br />
bless<strong>in</strong>g poem: May the road rise<br />
with you… Discuss importance of<br />
togetherness and fight<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> order to<br />
achieve success – a typical Irish theme.<br />
Extended Writ<strong>in</strong>g. Shared writ<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
model example of diary writ<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
Text Level Objectives:<br />
Sentence level Objectives:<br />
Word Level Objectives:<br />
Word/Sentence<br />
Guided<br />
Shared Work<br />
Read<strong>in</strong>g/Writ<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Revise Adjectives. Guided Writ<strong>in</strong>g:<br />
Choose a famous C.T to work with one<br />
person - describe group help<strong>in</strong>g them<br />
them us<strong>in</strong>g positive to use adjective <strong>in</strong><br />
adjectives - your hero. sentences effectively<br />
Discuss the<br />
importance of the<br />
family unit, death of<br />
Bridget, importance<br />
of feel<strong>in</strong>gs/emotions.<br />
Discuss<br />
feel<strong>in</strong>gs/emotions of<br />
passage. Identify how<br />
feel<strong>in</strong>gs represented.<br />
Sad – prayer/poem.<br />
Discuss layout of<br />
poems – Illum<strong>in</strong>ated<br />
letters – Monks/bible<br />
writ<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
Re-cap writ<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> first<br />
person. I. In style of a<br />
diary – personal ideas<br />
Guided Writ<strong>in</strong>g:<br />
C.T to work with less<br />
able to support them<br />
<strong>in</strong> complet<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
sheet.<br />
Guided Writ<strong>in</strong>g:<br />
C.T to work with one<br />
group on plann<strong>in</strong>g<br />
out their poem –<br />
content & impact.<br />
Guided Writ<strong>in</strong>g:<br />
C.T to work with<br />
group on edit<strong>in</strong>g/<br />
revis<strong>in</strong>g poem to a<br />
f<strong>in</strong>ished version.<br />
Guided Writ<strong>in</strong>g:<br />
CT with 1 group on<br />
diary writ<strong>in</strong>g style.<br />
Independent Activity Plenary Assessment<br />
Character study – us<strong>in</strong>g<br />
knowledge of adjectives. Choose<br />
a character from the story and<br />
describe them us<strong>in</strong>g<br />
adjectives/descriptive language.<br />
Children to complete worksheet:<br />
The Day We Buried Bridget.<br />
HA – Work on sheet <strong>in</strong>dependent<br />
MA – Independent/outcome<br />
LA – Work<strong>in</strong>g with CT (guided)<br />
Children to consider what they<br />
would say to Bridget if they met<br />
her – highlight her courage and<br />
determ<strong>in</strong>ation. Draft a celebration<br />
poem of Bridget’s life.<br />
Children to complete their<br />
praise/celebration poem. Poems to<br />
be copied out as a handwrit<strong>in</strong>g<br />
exercise us<strong>in</strong>g a Celtic border and<br />
an illum<strong>in</strong>ated 1stl letter - display<br />
Children to write a diary account<br />
from 1 of children’s viewpo<strong>in</strong>ts.<br />
Today I…I did…It made me feel.<br />
I wish. focus=emotions not action<br />
Children to<br />
share writ<strong>in</strong>g<br />
with group<br />
giv<strong>in</strong>g views of<br />
chacs. <strong>in</strong> story..<br />
Children to<br />
share ideas from<br />
sheet – may lead<br />
to personal<br />
experiences.<br />
Share draft<br />
ideas and <strong>in</strong>itial<br />
thoughts for<br />
celebration<br />
poems.<br />
Children to<br />
share their work<br />
– read f<strong>in</strong>ished<br />
poem and show<br />
presentation.<br />
Children to<br />
share their<br />
<strong>in</strong>tro/first para<br />
of diary.<br />
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David Jessop – Birkdale Primary School – <strong>Ireland</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Schools</strong> Project 2003
Literacy Hour <strong>Week</strong>ly Plan<br />
Class: Y5/6 Autumn Term 1st half <strong>Week</strong> Beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g: 13 th October ‘03<br />
Range: Novels by established authors.<br />
WEEK 2 - Under the <strong>Hawthorn</strong> <strong>Tree</strong><br />
By Marita Conlon-McKenna<br />
Text Level<br />
Shared Work<br />
Mon Read Chapter 4<br />
Discuss fact that people are starv<strong>in</strong>g<br />
and the effect this has on people’s lives<br />
Tues<br />
Wed<br />
Thur<br />
Fri<br />
From Ch 3. Old Language usage and<br />
Irish dialect. Discuss use of lang <strong>in</strong> text<br />
to represent dialect of Irish people.<br />
How some dialects/languages die out<br />
when usage becomes limited.<br />
From Ch 3. Re-read the extract when<br />
mother leaves the children. Explore<br />
feel<strong>in</strong>gs and emotions of children and<br />
how the mother would feel at leav<strong>in</strong>g<br />
her children alone.<br />
From Drama of yesterday, develop a<br />
script which tells the story of what<br />
happened the day mother left us alone.<br />
Re-cap on scripts from yesterday<br />
ensur<strong>in</strong>g all children are confident with<br />
layout and features of script writ<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
Text Level Objectives:<br />
Sentence level Objectives:<br />
Word Level Objectives:<br />
Word/Sentence<br />
Guided<br />
Shared Work<br />
Read<strong>in</strong>g/Writ<strong>in</strong>g<br />
From read<strong>in</strong>g chapter<br />
3 discuss road works<br />
– Why is John still<br />
away?<br />
Lang – portrays<br />
character. Irish words<br />
A stor - darl<strong>in</strong>g<br />
A ghile - beloved<br />
Refer back to<br />
children’s work on<br />
Mon – what were<br />
their ideas of<br />
emotions felt.<br />
Features of a script:<br />
layout, stage<br />
directions <strong>in</strong> brackets,<br />
no description only<br />
dialogue<br />
Independent Activity Plenary Assessment<br />
(Speak<strong>in</strong>g and Listen<strong>in</strong>g opps.)<br />
Discuss be<strong>in</strong>g alone – left on your<br />
own – feel<strong>in</strong>gs? Thoughts and<br />
fears. Complete ‘Alone’ sheet as<br />
result of discussions.<br />
Discuss/bra<strong>in</strong>storm alternative<br />
terms of endearment. Parents<br />
from diff areas may have dif<br />
words. Record personal terms<br />
onto ‘Wall of Endearment’.<br />
Drama – Say<strong>in</strong>g Goodbye.<br />
3 Freeze-frame images of family.<br />
Before, dur<strong>in</strong>g and after the<br />
mother has gone. Each has to say<br />
l<strong>in</strong>e to sum up feel<strong>in</strong>gs each time.<br />
Children <strong>in</strong> the same groups as<br />
yesterday - develop script which<br />
tells what happened <strong>in</strong> the house.<br />
A more able group could write a<br />
monologue of mother’s feel<strong>in</strong>gs.<br />
Cont<strong>in</strong>ue to draft and write up<br />
scripts as f<strong>in</strong>ished piece. Scripts/<br />
monologues <strong>in</strong>terwoven to give 2<br />
fold drama, ch/mothers views.<br />
Talk through<br />
ideas. Emphasis<br />
on why?<br />
Personal<br />
op<strong>in</strong>ions.<br />
Children to read<br />
out their<br />
examples.<br />
Discuss any not<br />
heard before.<br />
Watch<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
scenes played<br />
out <strong>in</strong> 3 images<br />
runn<strong>in</strong>g on from<br />
each other.<br />
Children to read<br />
out scripts<br />
tak<strong>in</strong>g parts –<br />
more able to<br />
read monologue<br />
Read out as 2<br />
fold drama<br />
giv<strong>in</strong>g diff view<br />
of same situatio<br />
Are children<br />
aware of<br />
conventions of<br />
scripts. Can they<br />
write us<strong>in</strong>g them<br />
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David Jessop – Birkdale Primary School – <strong>Ireland</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Schools</strong> Project 2003
Literacy Hour <strong>Week</strong>ly Plan<br />
Class: Y5/6 Autumn Term. 1st half <strong>Week</strong> Beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g: 20 th October<br />
Range: Novels by established authors<br />
WEEK 3 Under the <strong>Hawthorn</strong> <strong>Tree</strong><br />
By Marita Conlon-McKenna<br />
Text Level<br />
Shared Work<br />
Mon Read Ch 4 & 5.<br />
Discuss children’s options – stay at<br />
home or go on a journey.<br />
Discuss pros and cons of each<br />
Tues Shared Writ<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Persuasive writ<strong>in</strong>g – model a piece to<br />
persuade that your ideas are the right<br />
course of action. (Follows yesterday.)<br />
Wed<br />
Thur<br />
Fri<br />
Chapter 5 – The Workhouse.<br />
Bra<strong>in</strong>storm all <strong>in</strong>fo about workhouse<br />
and read any other historically based<br />
<strong>in</strong>fo about Victorian workhouses.<br />
Shared writ<strong>in</strong>g – Sue Palmer Big<br />
Books<br />
Model how to use ideas from yesterday<br />
to structure a balanced argument<br />
Re-read their wishes section – as she<br />
leaves the children<br />
-List her wishes for her children<br />
Text Level Objectives:<br />
Sentence level Objectives:<br />
Word Level Objectives:<br />
Word/Sentence<br />
Guided<br />
Shared Work<br />
Read<strong>in</strong>g/Writ<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Children split <strong>in</strong>to groups for discussion. What would you<br />
have done <strong>in</strong> their situation? Stay at home? Workhouse?<br />
Journey? When each group have decided (all must agree),<br />
Powerful words:<br />
Superlatives<br />
synonyms<br />
Connectives:<br />
What are they, how<br />
are they used. Give<br />
examples from the<br />
text.<br />
How to use<br />
connectives correctly<br />
<strong>in</strong> a piece of writ<strong>in</strong>g<br />
list all reasons for that course of action…all benefits.<br />
Us<strong>in</strong>g wr. frame plan & write<br />
Guided Read<strong>in</strong>g their argument from yesterday as<br />
Class groups a piece of persuasive writ<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
us<strong>in</strong>g prompts to support their<br />
work.<br />
Guided Read<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Class Groups<br />
Guided Read<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Class Groups<br />
Independent Activity Plenary Assessment<br />
Plann<strong>in</strong>g a piece of writ<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Good – bra<strong>in</strong>storm as many good<br />
po<strong>in</strong>ts for go<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to workhouse<br />
Bad – offer bad po<strong>in</strong>ts for<br />
w’house. Decide upon one po<strong>in</strong>t<br />
of view or another.<br />
Us<strong>in</strong>g plan from yesterday, and<br />
with aid from writ<strong>in</strong>g frame<br />
( Sue Palmer ) children to develop<br />
their balanced argument piece of<br />
writ<strong>in</strong>g.* Complete for homework<br />
Option 1 If book has been f<strong>in</strong>ished by this po<strong>in</strong>t – Ask<br />
children to plan and write an alternative end<strong>in</strong>g to the story<br />
from the “Dogs attack” po<strong>in</strong>t onwards.<br />
* Option 2 cont<strong>in</strong>ue with balanced argument.<br />
One<br />
spokesperson<br />
from each grp to<br />
feedback ideas.<br />
Ch to read their<br />
pieces. Do you<br />
th<strong>in</strong>k ch <strong>in</strong> story<br />
made correct<br />
decision?<br />
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<br />
David Jessop – Birkdale Primary School – <strong>Ireland</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Schools</strong> Project 2003