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Creating magical stories

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Famous for more than Five Minutes - NEW LOOK Authors

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Objectives

History

  • Gain historical perspective by placing their growing knowledge into different contexts, understanding the connections between local, regional, national and international history.

English

  • Use spoken language to develop understanding through speculating, hypothesising, imagining and exploring ideas.

Lesson Planning

Study the story of Midsummer’s Night’s Dream. Work as a group to create a story/play about a magic object.

Teaching Outcomes
 To understand that Shakespeare wrote stories a long time ago that we can still enjoy today.
To work together as a group to create ideas for a story or play.

Children will:

  • Understand more about Shakespeare’s historical context.
  • Work collaboratively and develop ideas through speaking and listening.

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