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Lesson plan: Question time
From the Go Bananas! online resource
Age group: 5 - 11
Aims:
To set up a framework for study which starts from what children
themselves want to know.
To motivate children to find out more about growing and trading
bananas.
This activity highlights pupils' assumptions, attitudes, and current
levels of knowledge - providing a basis for teachers' planning.
What to do:
You will need:
Divide the class into small groups. Give a photo to each group
and blutak it to the centre of a large sheet of paper. Ask the groups
to write down as many different questions as they can think of about
the photo. These should be written on the large sheet of paper with
arrows going to the appropriate edge of the photo. Children could
take turns to write a question, or one child could act as a scribe
for the group.
Discussion points:
Can the questions be put into the following different categories:
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those which are easily answered;
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those which require further information from books or other
sources;
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those which have no defined answer, but lead to a wider debate
about the issues raised in the picture.
It is important that children understand that there are no clear-cut
answers to a lot of questions, and that many answers are based on
opinion, although they may sound factual.
Note for teachers:
This activity works best if first demonstrated with the whole class
by the teacher.
Extension work:
Ask each group to underline one question that they think they
could answer using books and reference sources in the school. The
group can work together to decide who will look in which places
- the class library, the school library, the internet... The group
will also need to decide if they need help from adults, and when
they will have access to the resources they want to use. This is
a good introduction to independent research skills.
Curriculum links:
| England |
Scotland |
Wales |
| English:
- Group discussion and interaction; listening - respond to
others appropriately; reading for information. |
English:
- Listening in groups; talking in groups; reading for information;
functional writing. |
English:
- Group discussion and interaction; listening - respond to
others appropriately; reading for information. |
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