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Scripted Storyboard Link: []

**Explanation of resource** This resource is a website page ([]) which provides a model of a storyboard for students. The page details the importance of storyboarding, as well as outlines the way in which a scripted storyboard aids in the organisation and planning of a filmed piece of work, in this case a documentary.

**Relevance to outcome** This website page is an effective resource to incorporate into this lesson, as a means of further introducing and developing the concept of structure and logical sequence to students. Such a sequence is vital in ensuring that information researched for the student’s information reports are ordered in an appropriate way. Ordering information in an appropriate way ensures that the meaning of such information remains the same, yet is more appealing for someone to listen to in a documentary setting. This resource allows students to present their information about the features and functions of, and interactions between, mini-beasts and other living things in a structured way, clearly linking to the outcome: LTS2.3. By collaborating in documentary groups, students are able to identify important information about their mini-beast and can recognise the information that an audience would need to know first, to fully understand what the documentary is about.

**Aspects of literacy to be explored** Understanding logical sequence and appropriate ordering of text is a vital aspect in student understanding the importance of various pieces of information. Within an information report, there are numerous and varied pieces of information provided and with the help of this website page resource, students are guided in identifying the information that is related and the pieces of information that are dependent on others. Such a structure is vital when writing a documentary script, and this resource allows students the opportunity to enhance and develop their awareness and understanding of how certain multimodal texts, in this case a documentary, uses the written word in a specific way, as a means of portraying information and achieving a certain social purpose. Students are able to structure their written information reports in an appropriate manner. By structuring their language and information in a logical order, as well as writing what they are planning on recording as their voice-over, students will be using a higher level of descriptive language in their script. This development in language points students in the direction of a “spoken information report, which is characterised by such descriptive language (Droga and Humphrey, 2008, p.136). Additionally, in using this resource, students are able to clearly identify and understand the written information which is to be recorded for their documentary, hence allowing for easier organisation and planning of visual aspects in the following lessons. Providing students with a model of a scripted storyboard, allows them to clearly see what is expected of them when they produce their own piece of work. Modelling is a vital part of teaching writing, as students are able to recognise correct structures from incorrect structures, as well as identify the various ways in which language is used to create meaning and portray a specific idea, a significant aspect in the making of a documentary (Winch, Johnston, March, Ljungdahl and Holliday, 2007, p.303).

**References** Droga, L. and Humphrey, S. (2008). //Grammar and meaning: An introduction for primary teachers.// Berry: Target Texts.

Winch, G., Johnston, R. R., March, P., Ljungdahl, L., and Holliday, M. (2007). //Literacy: Reading, writing and children’s literature.// South Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

//Tanya Georges (SID: 308152840)//