Year 1 - English
Exploring aspirations and the future: 'Ada Twist, Scientist'
'Ada Twist Scientist': reading and writing
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils will engage in the story, 'Ada Twist Scientist'. Pupils will compare stories by the same author and share their preferences about which book they'd like to read. Pupils write character descriptions of Ada Twist and then apply this to writing a description of themselves.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use a character's experience to consider what aspiration means and write about your future.
Key Notes
- An aspiration is a hope or ambition of achieving something, such as what someone wants to be when they grow up
- To achieve an ambition or goal, a person must work for it and have certain character traits
- Someone's future ambition may be different to another person's and it is important to respect other people's opinions
- Certain character traits can be linked to specific ambitions or aspirations
Vocabulary To Learn
- future: something that has not yet happened
- personal response: expressing your own opinions, ideas or feelings
- adjective: a word that describes a noun
- adverb: a word that describes a verb
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may struggle to share what their aspiration is.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
An aspiration is a hope or ambition of achieving something, such as what someone wants to be when they grow up. To achieve an ambition or goal, a person must work for it and have certain character traits.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'future'
something that has not yet happened.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils may struggle to share what their aspiration is. Correction: As well as listing the jobs referred to in the lesson, refer to jobs or careers that your pupils have specific interests in, such as sports people, authors, singers as well as jobs that parents or family members may have.
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