Lesson Three – Turbine Viewpoints
This English teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to select and record arguments that are for and against the erection of a wind turbine in the school grounds that might be argued by some different affected groups.
The class can suggest and illustrate how to use special language to persuade others to support different viewpoints about an environmental issue that can affect the world.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to select and record arguments that are for and against the erection of a wind turbine in the school grounds that might be argued by some different affected groups
Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to identify arguments for and against an environmental issue that might affect the world and differentiated templates to record arguments for and against the erection of a wind turbine in the school grounds from the viewpoint of one group.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to record arguments for and against the erection of a wind turbine in the school grounds.
This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to plan and write a magazine article about an environmental issue, learn rules to spell words with cial and tial endings and use commas to separate phrases and clauses in a sentence. 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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