We have been having tonnes of fun lately in class working on procedural writing. We have been using Scratch to support our writing.
As Teachers we have all looked at recipies, done the oragami thing, or the numerous other activities around procedural writing. This software has numerous connections all while the kids are making games! The Game factor has been a huge draw card for my kids who have been programming their own games relentlessly since I introduced the software to them.
They develop the scripts required for their game to work by thinking about sequencing, giving clear instructions to the software, and using coordinate geometry. For my reluctant writers who can find it hard putting the sentences together, they have really enjoyed using the drag and drop feature of the software to do all the written work.
After the scripts are complete and the game is working and published onto the site (all free) my class then have had to write instructions for users. Yes more instructional writing. I am in love with this software and I know this post sounds like a sales pitch I encourage you to try it in 1:1 programs.
As always simply giving this type of task is really not going to work and the kids need the explicitly teaching. Once the kids get started though they can use youtube to find all sorts of tutorials
I challenge you to try it and make a better game than my one below!
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