Circus Animals
This English teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to compose and present a discussion text to outline some of the different arguments that are for and against families visiting a circus with performing animals.
The class can compose a letter to the owner of circus in favour of or against attending a circus with performing animals using special vocabulary and sentence structures.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to compose and present a discussion text to outline some of the different arguments that are for and against families visiting a circus with performing animals
Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to identify and explain how to structure and format a discussion text to present arguments for or against an issue, a worksheet to select and list a range of different arguments for or against an issue about animal welfare and a template to compose a letter to the owner of circus in favour of or against performing animals.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to write a discussion text to outline some of the arguments for and against an animal welfare issue.
This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to practise structuring and formatting a range of discussion texts to present arguments for or against issues that are important to a family. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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