Lesson Planning

Discover that many words we commonly use are from languages other than English/Old English. Realise that language travels with people and is not confined by borders (just as the goods and cultures that passed along the ‘silk road’).

Teaching Outcomes:

• To use an etymological dictionary effectively.

Children will:

• Use an etymological dictionary to discover that many words in common use today have their origins in the time of the early Islamic civilisation