Module 3: WHAT FOR?

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Read the class the following simple story and then ask several in turn to re-tell it without using names. What were the difficulties?

Jane and Betty went out to the shops because Jane wanted a new T-shirt. They walked along together making an odd pair as Jane was tall and thin and Betty was short and fat. On the way they caught up with old Mrs. Bates who was struggling along with a heavy load of shopping so Betty offered to carry it for her. When they reached her house they waited while she got out her key and then Jane pushed open the door so that Mrs. Bates could get in with the shopping Betty had returned to her.

The pupils should now write the paragraph entitled I am on worksheet 1 (page 4) which should not include their name but a description of their character and physical appearance which they think will identify them to others. If possible each of these should be typed out before the next lesson. The originals should have their names on them for your information only.

Preparation for next lesson:

a) Number each description and place the correct numbers by the names on a list of the class.
b) The descriptions should be placed on desks around the classroom at the beginning of the lesson.

Explain that the class should go around and try to guess to whom each description belongs ,writing down on a piece of paper the number and then the name of the ones they guess. When this is completed, read out the correct names and numbers and see how many have been correctly identified. Finally the pupils should find and collect the description of themselves writing their names on it.

Follow this with some of the facts found on resource sheet 1 (page 5) Names which will help to launch them into the research suggested on the second side of the worksheet.

project work

If the school is a multi-cultural community a piece of research could be done by the whole class. They could ask fellow pupils around the school the questions on worksheet 1 (page 4) and correlate their findings.