Using a word bank
Outline of the activity
The teacher tells the class the story of Little Red Riding Hood. Having listened to the story the children work in pairs to develop their own simple alternative versions of the story using the Primary Writer word processor.
Skills Covered
Children discuss the story and suggest simple alternative plots. The children developed the ability to enter words from the keyboard and use a word bank to assemble sentences that communicate meaning. Some children were able to go further and learnt how to add pictures from a picture bank to their story.
Rationale
Primary Writer is a useful tool for teaching young children. This activity shows how it can be used to teach children to use a word processor to assemble text held in a word bank and develop familiarity with the keyboard.
Result
Children printed out their completed stories and read them aloud to the rest of the class , these with other work, formed part of a class display.
