Global Citizenship

What and why

Curriculum

In the whole school

School speakers

Literacy and English

About the lesson plans

Bullying

Fair and unfair

Hurtful statements, positive statements

Different but equal

Characters and feelings

Resolutions

Role playing

Creative writing

Children's rights

Nelson Mandela

Booklist

Geography, people and place

Bullying

This series of lessons is suitable for use in Year 2 and Year 3 (6-8 year olds). If you are following the Literacy Strategy, it is particularly designed to fit with Year 2, term 1.

Lesson series:

• Lesson plan: Fair and unfair (Hurrah for Ethelyn) - using sequencing activity

• Lesson plan: Hurtful statements, positive statements (Hurrah for Ethelyn)

• Lesson plan: Different but equal (Hurrah for Ethelyn)

• Lesson plan: Characters and feelings (Frog and the Stranger)

• Lesson plan: Resolutions (Frog and the Stranger)

• Lesson plan: Role play (Frog and the Stranger)

• Lesson plan: Creative writing (Hurrah for Ethelyn and Frog and the Stranger)

Note: Some of the activities used in these lessons are based on ideas from Our World, Our Rights by Amnesty International.

aims:
The following objectives are covered in this series of lessons.

Comprehension and composition (text-level work)
- T4 To understand time and sequential relationships in stories - what happened when.
- T5 To identify and discuss reasons for events in stories, linked to plot.
- T6 To discuss familiar story themes and link to own experience in same or similar form.

Grammar and punctuation (sentence-level work)
- S2 To find examples, in fiction and non-fiction, of words and phrases that link sentences, such as 'after', 'meanwhile', 'during', 'before', 'next', 'after a while'.
- S4 To re-read own writing for sense and punctuation.

Spelling and vocabulary (word-level work)
- W10 new words from reading linked to particular topics, to build individual collections of personal interest or significant words.

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