London 2012 Olympics Complete Pack
(London 2012 Olympics Complete Pack - Literacy teaching resource featuring 212 slides)
Key Stage : 2
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Literacy Teaching Resources: London Olympics 2012 - The Complete Pack
212 slide PowerPoint & accompanying worksheets
London Olympics 2012 - The Complete Pack is a detailed and comprehensive resource featuring all four of our London 2012 Olympics literacy resources: The Olympic Torchbearers, Project Olympics 2012, Olympics in their shoes and 2012 Olympians Biography. Please find a description of each resource below with images of the PowerPoint slideshow.
The Olympic Torchbearers (letter writing skills)
The Olympic Torch Relay is a fantastic literacy resource designed to use the London 2012 Olympics
to help inspire pupils and develop knowledge and understanding of letter writing skills. London Olympics 2012 (The Olympic Torch Relay) covers a number of key
areas required by the National Curriculum and includes a range of
activities and lessons for pupils of all abilities.
- An introduction to the Olympic torch relay with video links
- A letter writing task - 'Nominate someone you know to be an Olympic torchbearer'
- Exploring
the key features of letter writing
- Understanding the importance of audience when producing a piece of writing
- Developing awareness of structure - planning a formal letter
- How to use facts and opinions to inform and explain
- Emotive language - how to influence the reader
- Example real life torchbearer nominations
- 18 slide
PowerPoint
Project Olympics 2012 (research and note-making skills)
Project Olympics 2012 features a series of lessons designed to use the London 2012 Olympics
to help inspire pupils and develop knowledge and understanding of research and note-making skills. Project Olympics 2012 covers a number of key
areas required by the National Curriculum and includes a range of
activities and lessons for pupils of all levels and abilities.
- An introduction to the task - create a fact file about a country competing in the London 2012 Olympics
- A research, note making and writing task - research the country, make notes and produce a fact file
- Discovering the key features of effective researching
- Understanding skimming, scanning and highlighting
- How to select appropriate material and make relevant notes
- Using linear and diagrammatic notes
- Diverse research skills - using multi-modal texts (TV, video, DVD, websites, etc)
- How to transform notes into prose
- How to use images and layout for effect
- 44 slide
PowerPoint
- worksheets
Olympics 2012 - In Their Shoes (descriptive writing)
Olympics 2012 - In Their Shoes (descriptive writing) is designed to use the London 2012 Olympics
to help develop descriptive writing skills. Olympics 2012 - In Their Shoes (descriptive writing) covers a number of key
areas required by the National Curriculum and includes a range of
activities and lessons for pupils of all levels and abilities.
London Olympics 2012 - In Their Shoes (descriptive writing) contents:- An introduction to the task: 'Imagine you are a competing athlete at the Olympic Games. Describe the scene inside the stadium.'
- Discussion - what is descriptive writing?
- Planning and structuring descriptive writing
- Using the senses to create effective imagery
- How to use devices in descriptive writing
- Using the MASSIVE mnemonic
- How to write using metaphors, adjectives, similes, sentence variety, imagery, vocabulary, effective verbs and powerful adverbs
- Creating setting using the 5Ws
- Transforming notes into prose
- Checking, drafting and redrafting descriptive writing
- 75 slide PowerPoint
- worksheets
The Olympians (biographical writing)
The Olympians (biographical writing) features a series of lessons designed to develop biographical writing skills. The Olympians (biographical writing) covers a number of key
areas required by the National Curriculum and includes a range of
activities and lessons for pupils of all levels and abilities.
Literacy Teaching Resources: The Olympians (biographical writing) contents:
- An introduction to the task - write an article about an athlete competing in the London 2012 Olympics
- A research, note making and writing task - research the athlete, make notes and produce an article
- What are the key features of biographical writing?
- Writing in the third person and using personal pronouns effectively
- Learning effective researching skills
- Understanding skimming, scanning and highlighting
- How to select appropriate material and make relevant notes
- Using linear and diagrammatic notes
- Diverse research skills - using multi-modal texts (TV, video, DVD, websites, etc)
- How to transform notes into prose
- How to use images and layout for effect
- Writing frame to scaffold the article
- 74 slide
PowerPoint
- worksheets
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