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Lesson plan: Expanded paragraphs
From the Children's rights online resource
Resources:
You will need:
Introduction and whole-class activity:
Read the book For Every Child, showing and sharing the pictures.
Re-read the book, following the enlarged copy of the text. Ask
individual pupils to give the key point brought up on each page.
Are there any points the pupils don't understand? Write the key
points on sugar paper in note form. Now ask individual pupils to
explain what each key point means in their own words. Look at the
way in which each 'right' has been introduced, for example: 'Allow
us …', 'All children shall …', 'Teach us …', 'No
one …'. How is this more effective than beginning each page
in the same way, for example with 'All children …'? Now take
one of the points written on the sugar paper and model a paragraph
expanding on the point to show how it relates to everyday life.
Group activity:
Choosing three or four points from the sugar paper, ask the pupils
to write their own expanded paragraphs. (A discussion about the
impact of the pictures in the book could be used as the basis for
an art activity.)
Plenary:
Cut the sugar paper into 14 pieces with one key point on each piece.
Give these out randomly to 14 pupils. Ask individual pupils to read
one of the paragraphs they have written to the class. As they read
out their paragraph, the pupil with the matching key point on the
sugar paper holds it up in the air. Which of the rights did the
pupils feel were the most important? Which ones affected the way
they felt?
From the Children's rights online resource
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