Making your own book

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.
Study the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements.

Design and Technology

Select from and use a range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks.
Explore and evaluate a range of existing products.
Evaluate their ideas and products against design criteria.

Lesson Planning

Discuss writing own book. Make a book to fill with magical stories.

Teaching Outcomes
To review what has been learned about Shakespeare and J. K. Rowling.
To fold and cut paper accurately to make a folded book.

Children will:

Review what they have learnt about J. K. Rowling and William Shakespeare.
Gain some understanding of the way a book is made.
Make and evaluate a simple folded book.

Planning

Provided Resources

How to make a folded book

Unit Resources

You Will Need

Venn diagram of Shakespeare and J. K. Rowling (from session 1)
Hardback and paperback books
A3 white paper
Coloured paper

Weblinks

How a hard book is made from wheredobookscomefrom.com
How to make a 8-page folded book − YouTube clip