INTERVIEW / OFSTED OUTSTANDING LESSON - Years 5/6 English Reading Skills The Titanic

INTERVIEW / OFSTED OUTSTANDING LESSON - Years 5/6 English Reading Skills The Titanic - Maritime Investigators Reading Investigation

An inspiring lesson for developing reading skills, where pupils were tasked with an investigative reading question:

“Did the designers of the Titanic place prestige before safety?”

I taught this as an interview lesson and the children loved it! They really enjoyed the concept of being Maritime investigators and exploring the various factors behind the sinking of the Titanic.

The lesson focuses on 2 high quality extracts detailing the events of the Titanic disaster and I created a Powerpoint which includes a film clip to develop the theme of the children being maritime investigators. There is enough content here to develop this into a whole week project.

Recording sheets included with one adapted for EAL/ SEND. One extract has also been simplified to enable EAL / SEND pupils to access.

Resources included:
2 x Reading Titanic Extracts
1 EAL/SEND Titanic Extract
Titanic Powerpoint
A3 Maritime Investigators Recording Sheet
A3 EAL/SEND Maritime Investigators Recording Sheet