Our writing focus for this term will be around creating picture books.

We aim to use the skills developed during reading time to create our own books with deeper meanings.

During this work their will be several key learning goals for students
1/ Use specific vocabulary to imply information about a characters personality		This means we will ... use specific verbs to describe how the character talks use specific punctuation to show how the character talks use specific verbs to describe how the character acts use specific punctuation to show how the character acts describe the effect of characters actions on other characters
2/ Use visual features to add to the meanings in the story		This means we will ... add illustrations to our stories use angles to manipulate the view of characters for a purpose use a range of shot distances for effect make choices around the use of colour to match the message of text think about the layout of each object, and how this effects the story
3/ Be able to create visual representations of characters personalities		This means we will ... use objects, colours, borders to illustrate aspects of a character discuss how their representation shows the character

New Zealand Curriculum Exemplars
These examples were put together to show how students work looks at each level. The interesting page is the one with the childs work in the middle, and the various skill indicators listed around the outside. Examples of each skill are identified in the students work.
In class we do a similar thing with our students, and identify any missing components. These form our next learning steps.

Visual Language Exemplars
Level 2 Exemplar (by end of Year 4)
Level 3 Exemplar (by end of Year 6)
Level 4 Exemplar (by end of Year 8)
Level 5 (Year 9 / 10)

Exemplars for characters descriptions and other writing types