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Lesson plan: Facts about me
From the Nelson Mandela online resource
Before the lesson, the children could undertake some
research into their early lives. This would enable them to appreciate
how people writing their autobiography rely on families supplying
information about their early years. The pupils could draw themselves
a grid with three boxes across the page for each year of their lives.
Using headings for each column, they could find out for each year
information relevant to:
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themselves (when they walked, talked, went to
school, and so on);
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their families (when sisters or brothers were
born, when an aunt came from India to stay, when a grandparent
died, and so on);
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the world (for example, when Nelson Mandela became
president of South Africa, when he retired, when wars happened)
- whatever national or international events seem relevant to
them and their families.
Resources:
You will need:
Introduction and whole-class activity:
Recap on the purpose of biographies and autobiographies.
1. Whose biography or autobiography would the pupils
like to read?
2. Would any of the pupils like to write a biography?
3. Who would they choose to write about?
4. Does the person have to be famous?
Read the extracts from Nelson Mandela's autobiography.
Have the pupils noticed any discrepancies or contradictions between
the biographies and autobiography?
Show an enlarged copy of the Facts
about me worksheet to the class. Model information to include
on the worksheet, including as many interesting points as possible,
without exaggerating.
Group activity:
Give the pupils a Facts about me worksheet to complete. Again, the
worksheet is for making notes rather than writing in full sentences.
The pupils may need additional time to complete the worksheet.
Plenary:
Ask the pupils to share any interesting facts about themselves,
from the Facts about me worksheet and any additional research done
at home.
From the Nelson Mandela online resource
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