Improvise a play

Topics Year 4/5

Objectives

English

  • Take part in performances.

Science

  • Learn about the life of famous palaeontologists, like Mary Anning.

Lesson Planning

Improvise a play to tell other children about Mary Anning, drawing on all your previous research.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To perform a play about Mary Anning.
  • To review what they know about Mary Anning.

Children will:

  • Perform in a play
  • Review their performances
  • Recap what they know about Mary Anning

You Will Need

  • Stone Girl, Bone Girl by Laurence Anholt
  • Mary Anning and the Sea Dragon by Jeannine Atkins
  • The Fossil Girl by Catherine Brighton
  • Mary Anning: Fossil Hunter by Sally M. Walker
  • Ichthyosaurus and Little Mary Anning by Brooke Hartzog