What are Dadwavers literacy shed?
The Literacy Shed DADWAVERS app is a tool that can be used by teachers and students to help with their writing. The app provides a word bank, over 70 model sentences and a model text for each of the following genres: Adventure, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Ghostly, Mystery, Myths and Legends and Sci Fi.
What is a Dadwavers sentence?
It is a mnemonic which stands for: Description. Action. Dialogue.
What are Dadwavers in writing?
DADWAVERS! is a mnemonic used to support writing success with students and stands for: Description. Action. Dialogue.
How do I use Dadwavers?
Using DADWAVERS, write a description of your creature. Remember this is a descriptive piece of writing, no action needs to take place. Just describe. Make the reader visualise your creature with no need for a picture.
What is a number 1 sentence opener?
1. Subject opener: A sentence that starts with a subject or has a. subject near the beginning of the sentence. The tortoise felt confident and challenged the hare to a race. You must put the number of the opener in the margin next to the sentence.
How many dadwavers planning sheets are there on literacy shed?
After posting some images of Y6 Sam’s work last week these DADWAVERS planning sheets have been proving very popular. There are over 120 of these planning sheets on www.literacyshedplus.com but some teachers would like to also make their own. You can see Sam’s work on the left here.
What can the literacy shed dadwavers app do for You?
The Literacy Shed DADWAVERS app is a tool that can be used by teachers and students to help with their writing. The app provides a word bank, over 70 model sentences and a model text for each of the following genres: Adventure, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Ghostly, Mystery, Myths and Legends and Sci Fi.
What do we do at the literacy shed?
Here at Literacy Shed we aim to provide teachers with high quality films and animations that can be used in the primary classroom to enhance the teaching of reading and writing. All of the films on the site we think are suitable for primary aged children although some films may not be suitable for younger children.
Where can I find a dadwavers planning sheet?
There are over 120 of these planning sheets on www.literacyshedplus.com but some teachers would like to also make their own. You can see Sam’s work on the left here. He has created a range of sentences using the DADWAVERS acronym as a prompt. These are then used in his writing which you can enlarge by clicking on the image.