Presentation: Checking a Concert Poster Is Easy to Read

Slide 1 of 7 · Settling starter · Art · Year 2

5 minutes

Checking a Concert Poster Is Easy to Read

Year 2 at Ysgol y Felin are having a Summer Concert. 3 groups made a poster on a tablet to tell the families.

While the register is called: write your name on your sheet. Look at the 3 posters on the stimulus sheet.

Starter question: Which poster can you read from far away? Which one is hard?

DCF: Producing → Evaluating and improving digital content No computers needed · the tablets are drawn on paper

Supply teacher script (no subject knowledge needed)

Hand out: the activity pages (Part 2 of the worksheet), one per pupil, pencils, and one stimulus sheet Three posters for the Summer Concert per pair. Prop one stimulus sheet at the front, open at the 3 posters. Write the 2 checks on the board in big letters: 1. You can read it from the back of the hall. 2. It tells you what, when and where.

Say aloud: “Year 2 at a school called Ysgol y Felin are having a Summer Concert. 3 groups made a poster on a tablet to tell the families. The school is made up, and so are the children. Look at the 3 posters. Which one can you read from far away?”

Starter answer: Posters B and C are easy to read from far away. Poster A is hard: its writing is tiny and pale yellow on white.

Slide 2 of 7 · Today’s job and key words · Art · Year 2

5 minutes

Our job: check the posters, then make our own

We will check 3 posters with 2 checks, say why, then plan our own poster for the families.

Success criterion

A check that tells us what good work looks like.

Check 1

You can read it from the back of the hall.

Check 2

It tells you what, when and where.

LNF: Literacy → Writing → Planning and organising for different purposes, audiences and context Point to the 2 checks on the board

Slide 3 of 7 · Step 1: Check 1 and Task 1 · Art · Year 2

5 minutes

Step 1: can you read it from the back of the hall?

Hold your stimulus sheet out at arm’s length, as far away as your arms go.

Task 1: For each poster ask: can I read it from the back of the hall? Circle thumbs up if you can. Circle thumbs down if you cannot.

Poster A by Cerys and Tomos → thumbs down. The writing is tiny and pale.

Task 1 on your sheet · 5 minutes Arms out straight, then look

Slide 4 of 7 · Steps 2 and 3: Tasks 2, 3 and 4 · Art · Year 2

20 minutes

Steps 2 and 3: say why, then check what, when and where

Task 2: circle the problem on Poster A. Task 3: finish the sentence. Word bank: small, pale, big, dark, colour.

Poster B is easy to read because the writing is big and dark.

Poster A is hard to read because the writing is small and the colour is too pale.

Task 4: Poster C by Mia and Amir. Tick what, when and where if you can see it. Cross if you cannot.

Tasks 2, 3 and 4 on your sheet · 20 minutes Say why, and say it kindly

Supply teacher script (no subject knowledge needed)

Say aloud (10 minutes): “Bring your sheet close and look at Poster A. Cerys and Tomos did write all the facts. So why is it hard to read from far away?” Steer to: the writing is very small, and it is pale yellow on white. “Task 2. Circle the problem on Poster A. When we check someone’s work, we say why, and we say it kindly. Listen to my comment about Poster B: Poster B is easy to read because the writing is big and dark. Task 3. Finish the sentence: Poster A is hard to read because... Use the word bank.” Read the word bank aloud: small, pale, big, dark, colour.

Say aloud (10 minutes): “A poster has a job. It tells families what is happening, when to come, and where to go. Our second check is: It tells you what, when and where.” Point to Poster B: “What is happening?” (the Summer Concert) “When?” (Friday, 2 o’clock) “Where?” (the school hall) “Poster B passes both checks. Da iawn, Gwen and Osian! Task 4 is Poster C, by Mia and Amir. Look for what, when and where. Tick the box if you can see it. Put a cross if you cannot.”

Quick check: Task 2 circles the tiny pale writing, not the daffodil. Task 3 names size or colour (small, pale, not dark). Task 4: what tick, when cross (the pictures cover the time), where cross (there is no place). Mia and Amir should use fewer pictures and add the time and the place.

Slide 5 of 7 · Step 4: Task 5, plan your poster · Art · Year 2

15 minutes

Step 4: now you are the poster maker

Who will read your poster? The families. Copy the words from the info card onto the lines in big, dark letters. Draw just 1 picture.

Line	What to write
Title	Summer Concert
Day and time	Friday, 2 o’clock
Place	school hall
Who is it for?	Families welcome!

Task 5 on your sheet · 15 minutes Big, dark letters · 1 picture only

Supply teacher script (no subject knowledge needed)

Say aloud: “Now you are the poster maker. Who will read your poster? The families. So it must tell the families what, when and where, and they must be able to read it from far away. Task 5 is a pretend tablet screen. Copy the words from the info card onto the lines: the title, the day and time, the place, and who it is for. Write in big, dark letters. Then draw one picture in the box. Just one, so it does not cover your words.” Read the info card aloud: Summer Concert; Friday, 2 o’clock; the school hall; families welcome.

Walk the room: if a pupil writes tiny letters, ask: “Could Nain read that from the back of the hall?” Pupils who finish early can go over their words with a dark felt pen or pencil. Look for all 4 lines on the right lines, the title biggest, and only 1 picture.

Slide 6 of 7 · Step 5: partner check and Task 6 · Art · Year 2

7 minutes

Check your poster with a partner

Swap sheets. Your partner holds your poster at arm’s length and says if they can read it. Then swap back and do Task 6.

I can say if I can read a poster from the back of the hall.
I can say why a poster is hard to read.
I can check if a poster tells you what, when and where.
I can check my own poster and say how to make it better.

Task 6 on your sheet · 7 minutes Finish: I will make the ... bigger.

Slide 7 of 7 · Plenary: share and collect · Art · Year 2

3 minutes

Thumbs up or thumbs down? Let’s check together

2 or 3 posters come to the front. Class: thumbs up or down for each check. Then answer together.

Question	Correct answer
Which poster passes both checks?	Poster B, by Gwen and Osian.
Why is Poster A hard to read?	The writing is small and pale.
What is missing from Poster C?	The time is covered by pictures and there is no place.

Check your name is on your activity pages Stimulus sheets in a neat pile on the desk