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LESSON 8

Writing an email

Give the children an opportunity to write an email. Talk about how to address people,
how to end the email, how to spell check it, etc. Talk about serving and honouring

people in all our communication.

LESSON 9

Writing instructions

Refer to Exodus 26 where God gives Moses the instructions for building the
tabernacle.
Let the children recall other occasions when instructions are given, e.g. a game, a new

toy or tool, machine, etc. Discuss the importance of writing accurate instructions. Let
the children write instructions to show how to write a letter referring to the previous
lessons.

The teacher may prefer the instructions to be written as bullet points or as prose. If
time allows, the children could give their writing to a friend who could try to follow
the instructions to produce a short letter.

LESSON 10

Writing instructions

Ask the children to bring in, or select from the school resources, their favourite

game. Talk about how to write instructions for others to play the game. This could be
written as prose or as bullet points.

LESSONS 11-13

The Christmas Story

This may be approached in different ways, eg each child taking a character and

writing from the character’s perspective, eg Mary, Joseph, a shepherd, a king. It
could be written as a newspaper article with different headlines. Illustrations could
be added in art lessons or once the writing has been completed. A booklet may be
made up of each child’s work.

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