KS: Upper KS2
Year Group: Year 6
Literary Theme: Utopia vs. Dystopia
Author(s): The Guardian
This is a two-session spelling seed for the book The Three Little Pigs Project using the film by The Guardian. Below is the coverage from Appendix 1 of the National Curriculum 2014.
Spelling Seeds have been designed to complement Writing Roots by providing weekly, contextualised sequences of sessions for the teaching of spelling that include open-ended investigations and opportunities to practise and apply within meaningful and purposeful contexts, linked (where relevant) to other areas of the curriculum and a suggestion of how to extend the investigation into home learning.
There is a Spelling Seed session for every week of the associated Writing Root.
apparent, government, neighbour, parliament, thorough
Homophones and other words that are often confused
Words containing the suffixes -ate, -ify, en
A Writing Root is available for The Three Little Pigs Project.
Newspaper headlines, news report, persuasive speeches, diary narratives from a particular point of view, comments for newspaper comments section, debate
A collection of letters to a newspaper expressing a range of different opinions on the same issue
15 sessions, 3 weeks
Using the award winning 2012 Guardian advert ‘Three Little Pigs’, this Writing Root gives the children opportunities to explore journalistic writing by identifying viewpoint and bias. It also looks at other writing which requires a ‘stance’ or point of view portrayed from a particular angle, such as a diary, a defence case for a lawyer and balanced debate/discussion text. There will be opportunities for embedded grammar work throughout, in particular that of active and passive voice and the role these can play in reported events.
This video advertisement was created by the Guardian newspaper and won the Cannes-Lion award upon its release. Created to portray the newspaper’s approach to open journalism, it shows how they would report on a story like The Three Little Pigs in print and visually. Children will explore bias, objectivity and justice as they unpick the different voices and perspectives which make up the well-known story. The advert will open up plenty of opportunities for debate and children will understand the importance of considering all sides of a story before jumping to conclusions.
Film, traditional tales, fairytales, fairy tales, tolerance, understanding, perspective, bias
Date written: April 2013
Updated: October 2023
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