Updated for 2019! Young people are interested in drones, so if you are teaching argument, persuasion or discussion, make the most of their enthusiasm for these popular flying gadgets. Also, drones are always in the news and it is motivating to pick a current issue.
Here are two fantastic drone themed lessons (around 150 minutes required) broken into nine activities, suitable for Key Stage 2 writers and no doubt useful for KS3 as well.
All children will have opportunities to ‘talk the language of debate’ and produce a piece of writing either ‘for’ or ‘against’ drones. It’s a winner!
There is also drone background information; links to videos; key argument cards; banks of useful sentence openers; modal verbs; suggestions for support/extension activities; a planning sheet; an example text and a detailed self/peer assessment sheet (or toolkit). Everything you need.
The nine fully resourced activities are:
1. Get to know drones!
2. Meaning breakdown – understand tricky new words
3. Pick a side
4. ‘For’ or ‘against’?
5. Organise your debate
6. Useful sentence openers for debate and persuasion
7. Switch sides!
8. Write a persuasive letter/blog for the school website
9. Self assessment/peer assessment
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