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| Speaking and listening |
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| The activities provide many opportunities for the children to work together in a group to discuss the issues and agree on a resolution. |
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| Group discussion and interaction |
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Make contributions relevant to the topic and take turns in discussion. |
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Vary contributions to suit the activity and purpose, including exploratory and tentative comments where ideas are being collected together. Reasoned, evaluative comments as discussion moves to conclusions or actions. |
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Qualify or justify what they think after listening to others' questions or accounts. |
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Deal politely with opposing points of view and enable discussion to move on. |
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Take up and sustain different roles, adapting them to suit the situation, including chair, scribe and spokesperson. |
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Use different ways to help the group move forward, including summarising the main points, reviewing what has been said, clarifying, drawing others in, reaching agreement, considering alternatives and anticipating consequences. |
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| Writing |
| There is a wide range of writing activities which enable the children to: |
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Choose form and content for a particular purpose. |
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Use language and style that are appropriate to the reader. |
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Use features of layout, presentation and organisation effectively. |
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Planning - note and develop different ideas. |
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Furthermore, the activities provide a particular purpose for the children's writing, including:
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To inform and explain
To persuade.
To review and comment. |
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