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Day 12 · What the layout asks us to noticeYear 6 English · T1 W3–4 · Day 12 lesson

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Year 6 / English / Term 1 / Weeks 03 04

Part of the full two-week lesson sequence. Check the pack guide and taught point before teaching.

Open for this lesson: Pack guide · Daily routes · Worked swaps · Fresh learner checks · Aids and text routes.

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Learner prompts

Codes: AC9E6LA02, AC9E6LA07, AC9E6LY03. Goal: explain how accurate numbers and selective visual size can still persuade. Prepare: A poster print/text route, B tally, highlighter or tactile line labels.

  1. Invite · 2 min. Ask where the eye or reading order goes first on A. The text alternative explicitly says the ELEVEN headline is largest and the four/three line smaller below; no colour perception is required.
  2. Model · 5 min. Say: “Eleven working at closing is a number from B. Large type makes it salient; it does not say the other seven were fixed. The poster also names four waiting and three not repaired, in small type.” Mark what is true in the fiction versus what is emphasised.
  3. Guided · 6 min. Compare Source E's invented zine sign “most loved” with its 18 taken / 12 remained table. Ask which sentence is source-supported and which extends beyond the data. Let pupils offer a fairer headline.
  4. Choice · 6 min. Choose D12-A/B/C. A response must name a design or wording feature and a meaning effect, not simply “it is bold.”
  5. Exit · 4 min. “Does making 11 the biggest text change 11 + 4 + 3 = 18?” No. It changes attention, not the counted categories. Ask what smaller information a skimming reader might miss.
  6. Note · 2 min. Keep the child's exact design-effect sentence and whether they used visual view or the text layout route.

Home/extension: Draw two type-size boxes or arrange word strips; no printer is required. Extension: make all three B categories equally easy to find and explain what remains unknown.