Aspire To Write + lesson plan

In this lesson, you will teach your students how the experts write. They will have a brilliant text to rehearse and learn and will be able to reproduce it in future lessons. They can internalise very complicated techniques and themes this way.

It will take time to find or write a 200 word aspirational text but the beauty is that you can include any grammar features or vocabulary you want the class to be able to use. The resource presents the text in an attractive way and uses the imagery of a surfer contemplating a huge wave as a metaphor for seeing difficult things as challenges to accomplish.

This is lesson 8 of my Adaptabubble Unit – three weeks of lessons that can be adapted to any text or theme. The included lesson plan contains suggestions for starters, a child-friendly explanation of the lesson, differentiation and plenary. The full unit will probably be available from Easter 2021.

To memorise the text, I recommend textmapping and frequent retelling (as a whole class, in groups, in partners). However, if it’s the first time the simplest way is by printing 10-15 images that they can sequence as a text map with codes and symbols for the trickiest words or phrases.

Please be advised: the preview contains a very short adaptation of Wolves in the Walls by Neil Gaiman as an illustration of how it will look in your lessons. The resource for sale is blank so you can adapt it to any text type or theme.

I aim in the future to make this resource editable online. Feel free to email adaptabubble@gmail.com with any queries.