Main: Tourist Information The children are workers in the local tourist information office. They must put together some Lower achieving information that can be used to tell visitors all about their local area. They need to make the group choose 2/3 things they love to do information sound as appealing as possible Discuss and highlight the differences between formal and informal language. When is it ok to speak in their local area informally (at home, to a friend or someone you are familiar with etc)? Compare with formal language. Give examples Support thinking with Children are split into groups. They will need access to some recording equipment question (below) Their task is to make a promotional podcast for their local area. They should start by brainstorming Where is it? What do you love ideas about all the information that they want to include. Children to be reminded of all the categories about it? of information for example shops, services, activities, features, events. Children must work together in Who goes there? their group to plan the structure of their podcast, what information they want to include and how they Taken from I CAN’s can make it seem appealing to visitors. Children must consider the type of information that visitors will Communication want to hear about Cookbook, available Children must record their promotional podcast to make a Pens’ summary of the features of their ‘No at local area Each group to play their podcast to the rest of the class Plenary: Class discussion What are the similar features of each podcasts? What things did they tend to include? What are the differences? Tell Your Neighbour Class teacher gives an informal greeting to the class Children to turn it into – – formal greeting tell their neighbour. Repeat for other examples. Remind children that the meaning – of what is being said stays the same, it is just the way it is worded that needs to be altered Assessment for learning: In think about what you have learned and how you will remember it Homework: Children to play 20 questions at – share some examples with the class home what I am thinking about, it’s – something in our local area Year 3 Lesson Plans
Main: Tourist Information The children are workers in the local tourist information office. They must put together some information that can be used to tell visitors all about their local area. They need to make the information sound as appealing as possible Discuss and highlight the differences between formal and informal language. When is it ok to speak informally (at home, to a friend or someone you are familiar with etc)? Compare with formal language. Give examples Children are split into groups. They will need access to some recording equipment Their task is to make a promotional podcast for their local area. They should start by brainstorming ideas about all the information that they want to include. Children to be reminded of all the categories of information for example shops, services, activities, features, events. Children must work together in their group to plan the structure of their podcast, what information they want to include and how they can make it seem appealing to visitors. Children must consider the type of information that visitors will want to hear about Children must record their promotional podcast to make a ‘No Pens’ summary of the features of their local area Each group to play their podcast to the rest of the class Lower achieving group choose 2/3 things they love to do in their local area Support thinking with question (below) Where is it? What do you love about it? Who goes there? Taken from I CAN’s Communication Cookbook, available at Plenary: Class discussion What are the similar features of each podcasts? What things did they tend to include? What are the differences? Tell Your Neighbour – Class teacher gives an informal greeting to the class – Children to turn it into formal greeting – tell their neighbour. Repeat for other examples. Remind children that the meaning of what is being said stays the same, it is just the way it is worded that needs to be altered Assessment for learning: In think about what you have learned and how you will remember it – share some examples with the class Homework: Children to play 20 questions at home – what I am thinking about, it’s something in our local area Year 3 Lesson Plans