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summary
Young Dragons is a project that provides an opportunity for
students to explore the importance and potential of public
transport, while improving on their speaking, listening and
persuasive writing skills.
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teaching delivery map
Areas within the Key Stage 3 (KS3) Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA)
scheme of work – KS3 strategy
Subject Unit summary
Speaking and listening • Speak fluently and appropriately in different contexts
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Areas within Every Child Matters (ECM)
Objective How does the project link to the ECM objective?
Be healthy Health and fitness will be an area of consideration
at the planning stage of the project.
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lesson plans
Lesson 1
Group discussion
Lesson 1 is a chance for students to begin working in groups. They are
encouraged to consider transport issues and begin thinking about priorities
for their own inventions.
Lesson 3
Your invention
Lesson 3 is a creative group-work lesson. The students invent their
transport and write persuasive descriptions to deliver as presentations
in the Dragons’ Den.
Lesson 4
Into the Dragon’s Den
Lesson 4 is a speaking and listening assessment lesson. Students present
their ideas and question each other on their inventions. They are also
encouraged to peer- and self-assess according to criteria for success.
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lesson 1 – structure
Group discussion
Slide 1 – This project will focus heavily on group-work skills. The learning
focus needs to be on the dynamics of a group from the first lesson.
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Slide 2 – This activity allows the students to consider their own experiences.
It asks them to question the modes of transport they use and consider
alternatives. This is a good thinking starter which gives every student
something to do as the register is taken and all the class settle ready
for the lesson.
Slide 3 – The students are first asked to talk in pairs. This will break the
ice for those who find group discussions intimidating. Teachers need
to carefully consider the impact of seating plans on the success of
this lesson.
Slide 4 – This is a key word. Encourage the students to discuss the word
‘ideal’, and consider whether it is a realistic or desirable goal. It might be
worth making a distinction between, for example, an unobtainable ‘ideal’
body and a highly desirable and beneficial ‘ideal’ mode of transport.
For higher-ability students, it is also worth considering how what is ‘ideal’
in one circumstance is not in others. Is it possible to define an ideal?
Slide 5 – The teacher leads a discussion that collects the ideas of the
class. Here a teacher can intervene if an important feature of transport
is overlooked.
English Teaching notes and
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Resources:
Worksheet 1 Dragons!
Worksheet 2 Inventors!
PowerPoint™ Slide presentation
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Lesson 1
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English Lesson 1
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Class
Dragons!
Write in this box your ideas of what you are looking for in the
perfect form of transport.
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You need to order your ideas, with the most important first and the
least important last. Try to get everyone in the group to agree!
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10.
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Inventors!
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Objective –
Starter –
In pairs –
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Environmentally friendly
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Dragons –
If you had to judge a competition to design
the ideal form of transport, what would you
be looking for?
In groups, make a list of ten things and agree
the order of importance.
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Inventors –
In teams, come up with some ideas of the
ideal form of transport.
What features will it have?
Plenary –
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lesson 2 – structure
Persuasive writing
Slide 1 – The students need a toolkit of persuasive techniques to use
in the Dragons’ Den. You may have already covered some of these
techniques with the students, but it is useful to cover them again,
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Slide 2 – This brief discussion allows the students to clarify the key word
and share previous knowledge.
Slides 10, 11 – This technique also helps the students keep their writing
in the third person with an appropriate degree of formality.
Slides 12, 13, 14 – Enjoyable games that encourage the students to share
their ideas and constructively criticise each other’s work.
Resources:
Worksheet Persuasive techniques
PowerPoint Slide presentation
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Lesson 2
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Name Date
Class
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Objective –
What is persuasion?
Emotive language
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Weak
Helpless
Soft
Bewildered
Hungry
Curriculum Focus on Cycling 2008 Transport for London
Healthy
Innovative
Efficient
Ground-breaking
Unique
Marvellous
Responsible
For example:
– 98 per cent of people surveyed said they
would definitely buy my invention if it was
available in the shops
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Rhetorical questions
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For example:
– Together, we can help save energy
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lesson 3 – structure
Your invention
Slide 1 – The emphasis is still on working collaboratively. If the groups
are carefully organised, lower-ability students will be supported by
higher-ability ones.
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Slide 2 – For this lesson, the Dragons need to be sent as ‘advisers’ into the
Inventors’ camps! This is so that they can join in with the use of
persuasive techniques. They can also advise the Inventors about their list
of requirements.
Resources:
Worksheet Your invention
PowerPoint Slide presentation
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Lesson 3
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English Lesson 3
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Your invention
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Name Date
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Your invention
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A group of inventors
Objective –
Dragons –
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A group of inventors
A people- Explanation
powered car You all need one of these amazing
cars. They run without any use of
fossil fuels, they are extremely
cheap to run, and they keep you
fit and healthy in a fun way!
We all know that the planet is being
seriously injured by our use of
wasteful and expensive fossil fuels.
Using our bodies to power our
Plenary –
Have you:
Used emotive language?
Used a rhetorical question?
Included the audience?
Used facts and figures?
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lesson 4 – structure
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lesson 4 – structure
Resources:
Worksheet 1 Self-assessment grid
Worksheet 2 Peer-assessment grid
Worksheet 3 Dragons’ prompt sheet
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Lesson 4
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Self-assessment grid
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Peer-assessment grid
What advice would you give them to improve their speaking and listening?
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Name Date
Class
5. Is it safe?
6. Is it easy to park?
7. How fast can it go?
Decision time: