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      string(5678) "opinions and decisions, develop and combinea variety of imaginative ideas, possibilities and alternatives.Materials Activity sheets 1a, 1b or 1c, coloured strips of paper.Fiction Prediction Chart, Before Reading Prediction Prompts, Prediction Strips,‘What we know About’ board heading, ‘What We Think We Will Find Out’board heading.Groupings Four or fiveInvestIgatIng local hIstory Cross CurriCulum ProjeCt Plan82Volume4.2nCreativeTeaching&LearningProcedure This range of activities encourages pupils to engage with the text prior toreading. Not all the activities outline below are undertaken – choose the oneyou think will most benefit your pupils.Activity sheet 1a – Fiction Prediction ChartThe fiction prediction chart is given to the pupils at the same time as thetext. The pupils quickly flick through the text and place it to one side. Theythen proceed to answer the ‘before reading’ questions. There is no right orwrong answer to the predictions made. After reading, the pupils assess theirpredictions as to how accurate they were. This activity can be undertakenwith pupils of the group completing their own fiction prediction chart and thendiscussing the outcomes as a group, or with pupils discussing it togetherbefore reading and then filling in the chart as a group.Activity sheet 1b – Before Reading Prediction PromptsThis activity can be delivered in the same way as the Fiction Prediction Chart.Activity sheet 1c – Prediction StripsThe teacher sticks up the ‘What we know about’ heading on one side of theboard, and the ‘What we think we will find out’ on the other. Each pupil isgiven two strips of paper in different colours. The strips are approximately 3cmby 24 cm so the pupils have enough space to write on the strips. The teacherintroduces the subject of the text, in this instance, ‘The Legend of PennardCastle’. The teacher can tell the pupils the theme or main idea of the textor, as it is a legend, the pupils could explore this for themselves. The pupilsare asked to activate their prior knowledge, and write on one of the colouredstrips the most important thing they know about the topic. These are stuck onthe ‘What we know about’ side of the board. The teacher asks the pupils toexplain how they know their information, making them focus on explaining theprocess by which they activated their previous learning.Pupils are then instructed to look at the front cover, the text as a whole andany images that have been used. On the second coloured strip, the pupilswrite an ‘I Wonder’ statement, making a prediction or asking a question aboutthe text. These statements are stuck on the ‘What we think we will find out’board.The pupils read the text using their reading role (Activity 2). Having generatedquestions and predictions beforehand, they are more likely to stay focusedon reading and engaged with the text. As they read, they use post-its torecord and track their thinking. They use a code PK showing their previousknowledge and NL showing new learning. After this activity the pupils discusswhat they have learned, as well as explaining the importance of activatingprior knowledge. This will also help the teacher to monitor how well the pupilsengage with the text.Teacher’s Note The activity sheets are to encourage pupils to make meaningful connectionsto the text. They are designed to encourage mental engagement and socialinteraction, and to coordinate a variety of comprehension strategies to controlthe reading process.These activities can be carried out with any text or local legend.InvestIgatIng local hIstory Cross CurriCulum ProjeCt Plan83Volume4.2nCreativeTeaching&LearningPurpose To encourage active thinking and reading through close examination of the text‘The Legend of Pennard Castle’.Curriculum Focus Communication – Reading, speaking and listening, note taking.Thinking Skills – Form considered opinions and make informed decisions,suggest how to find relevant information and ideas, ask questions that build onresponses to earlier questions.Materials Text ‘The Legend of Pennard Castle’, Activity sheets 2a, 2b and 2cGroupings Four or five (Preferably four)Procedure Each pupil is allocated a reading role, and they read the text from thatperspective contributing to the recording sheet (Activity sheet 2a).Teacher’s Note Pupils need to be trained in the roles. This can be done as a class. The pupilswork collaboratively and independently, and will need these notes for lateractivities. If there are five pupils in a group then one needs to take on the roleof group director to ensure that all roles are undertaken conscientiously. Thegroup role cards (Activity sheet 2b) need to be cut out and folded over so thecards stand like place names. The tabs on the top and bottom can be foldedinwards to help the cards stand up better.The roles are:SUMMARISER – Think beyond what actually happens in the text. Identifythe three most important events/details. Why are they important? Are theyconnected in any way?QUESTIONER – Pose at least three questions which look in depth at thetext. Try to ask open, challenging questions that will encourage thought andprovoke discussion. Address confusions.CLARIFIER – Make a note of any words or phrases that will need to bechecked. Are there any ideas or issues that need to be clarified to make thereading clear and easy? 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Project Plan: Investigating local history

18 Oct 2013

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      string(5641) "name,year, or by zooming in ona map of Britain. There arepictures available from all overthe UK, and if selected, open ina new tab, which is quite useful.Each individual picture is clearly labelled with a briefdescription, including the date the picture was taken, amarker on a map of the UK showing where it was taken,and a selection of ‘nearby’ images. The pictures are, asyou might have guessed, taken from the skies, whichmeans they offer a really unique perspective of Britishtowns and cities at the time they were taken. Students ofall ages will enjoy examining areasthey know well, or those they havevisited during their travels. Younever know, there might even bean aerial image of your school fromthe 1920s!Registered users can alsoannotate the images, and manyof the landmarks shown in thephotographs have already beenlabelled, sometimes with linksto other images or the date ofdemolition if the building is nolonger there. 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Here you’ll finda wealth of resources that will come inhandy when investigating buildings andarchitecture in your own town.First up, RIBApix – an online archive ofover 72,00 architectural images from various time periodsand countries around the world. It’s a pretty extensivecollection, although inevitably, there are wider selectionsof images from larger cities.Also worth a visit is the online exhibitions area. Notall are relevant, but highlights include ‘A place to callhome’ which explores houses across a 250 year period.This is structured almost like a project, and could beadapted as such to any areaof the country. ‘How we builtBritain’, an investigationinto aspects of architecturefrom different historicalperiods, could also proveuseful when examining oldbuildings in your own area.‘SAVE Britain’s heritage’ and‘The modern shop’ mightalso merit a visit, dependingon the approach you oryour students have chosento take to your local historyinvestigation.The institute also provides an assortment of lesson plansand resources, available to download from the Teachers’downloads page. Again, not all are relevant, but there aresome interesting activities on how architectural patternsand motifs reflect cultural identity, and also a series ofeight lessons investigating how your local area changedafter World War II.Royal Institute of British Architects – www.architecture.comKey Stages 2-5Britain From Above – www.britainfromabove.org.ukKey Stages 2-5http://www.architecture.comhttp://www.britainfromabove.org.uke-learning–Local history72Volume4.2nCreativeTeaching&LearningA site designed for tourists, Pictures of England is packedfull of information on the most historic places in the UKand equally useful to teachers and students. Its informationcovers the majority of British towns, and all of its cities andcounties. The site gives a brief history of each town, a fewinteresting or historic facts, a map, a list of attractions anda gallery of photographs. The list of attractions is especiallyinteresting – you might ask your students to examine whichsites in your locality attract the tourists and are considered‘historic’ or ‘important’. Students might be surprised thatthe tumbledown church at the end of the road is deemedso valuable to their hometown’s heritage.As the name might suggest though, this site is mostlyabout the photographs. In the ‘Picture Tours’ section,you’ll find a whole host of galleries to explore – fromancient monuments, English castles and haunted houses,to lighthouses, street scenes and pubs. Each photographis accompanied with a brief description from thephotographer. Anyone can register for free and uploadimages – could your students create a picture tour of theirlocal area? What areas do they consider important enoughto include? 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Our place in history

18 Oct 2013

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The castle was rebuilt in the late 13th century and early 14th century using local limestone and reddish sandstone. The rebuilding was undertaken by the de Braose family who held the castle until it passed to the de Mowbray family in 1321.Very few documents exist to tell us much about the site, but the castle is bathed in an air of superstition, with many legends and folktales claiming the castle to be both haunted and cursed! Many of the stories involve faeries, or the Verry Volk as they are known locally. These little faeries are believed to dress in red and green and dance in the moonlight. They are mischievous, but usually benevolent. One such legend tells the story of a bloodthirsty warrior, his gentle princess bride, and the night the Verry Volk came to Pennard Castle…In the Dark Ages, Pennard Castle was the stronghold of a great and mighty warrior chieftain. The chieftain spent his life taking part in battles and skirmishes. He and his men were such a bloodthirsty group, feared by warriors far and wide. In fact, they were so feared that the Prince of Gwynedd asked for the chieftain and his men’s service to help protect his kingdom, which was under threat from a prince who had a much larger army.The Prince of Gwynedd sent his messengers to Gower and asked the warriors and their chieftain of Pennard Castle to come and help save his kingdom, with the offer of a reward of the chieftain’s choice if they were successful in the battle. The chieftain and his warriors accepted the Prince of Gwynedd’s offer and set off for the border of Gwynedd, where his enemies were heading.The warriors were heavily outnumbered, but the bravery, skill, savagery and fierceness with which the Pennard warriors fought proved too much for the enemy prince and his allies, whose forces fled the battlefield fearing for their lives. The chieftain slew more of the King’s enemies than anyone else on the battlefield, saving the life of the Prince of Gwynedd twice.The Prince of Gwynedd wished to bestow the chieftain with his reward for the help he had given him. The chieftain did not want gold, silver or valuable jewels of any kind. He asked for the Prince of Gwynedd’s daughter’s hand in marriage, whom he found very beautiful. A favourite of the faeries, the princess hated violence and bloodshed, but she was so flattered by the chieftain’s desire to marry her that she agreed.The chieftain and his new bride, along with his band of warriors, returned to Gower and his castle in Pennard. Throughout the journey home, the chieftain boasted of his victory in battle, his savagery and bloodlust, and the mayhem he had wreaked on the battlefield. He told his new bride of the mighty celebration and feast that would be waiting for them when they returned to Pennard Castle – not to celebrate their marriage however, but to celebrate the chieftain and his warriors’ success at the battle.The princess was beginning to regret her decision to marry the chieftain. As they approached the castle and saw the drunken warriors, she was sure of her mistake. The warriors were drinking, brawling and spilling each other’s blood, and the women of the castle were fawning over and flirting with these vicious, drunken men. The princess was terrified, for she was a gentle person and what she was witnessing sickened her. She searched for a place to hide from the debauchery and mayhem.Meanwhile, one of the chieftain’s guards had heard mysterious music coming from the castle yard. It was midnight, so he called for the porter to accompany him and the two went to investigate. 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The Legend of Pennard Castle Text (Word doc)

20 Feb 2014

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      string(5277) "Activity 1 InstructionsInvestigating Local HistoryActivity 1: Making predictions about the textPurposeTo ask questions and make sensible predictions about the text ‘The Legend of Pennard Castle’ using one of the activities described below.Curriculum FocusCommunication – Reading, writing, speaking and listening.Thinking Skills – Identify the problem and set the questions to resolve it, build on existing skills, knowledge and understanding required for the task, suggest a range of options as to where and how to find relevant information and ideas, consider others’ views to inform opinions and decisions, develop and combine a variety of imaginative ideas, possibilities and alternatives. MaterialsActivity sheets 1a, 1b or 1c, coloured strips of paper.Fiction Prediction Chart, Before Reading Prediction Prompts, Prediction Strips, ‘What we know About’ board heading, ‘What We Think We Will Find Out’ board heading.GroupingsFour or fiveProcedureThis range of activities encourages pupils to engage with the text prior to reading. Not all the activities outline below are undertaken – choose the one you think will most benefit your pupils.Activity sheet 1a – Fiction Prediction ChartThe fiction prediction chart is given to the pupils at the same time as the text. The pupils quickly flick through the text and place it to one side. They then proceed to answer the ‘before reading’ questions. There is no right or wrong answer to the predictions made. After reading, the pupils assess their predictions as to how accurate they were. This activity can be undertaken with pupils of the group completing their own fiction prediction chart and then discussing the outcomes as a group, or with pupils discussing it together before reading and then filling in the chart as a group.Activity sheet 1b – Before Reading Prediction PromptsThis activity can be delivered in the same way as the Fiction Prediction Chart.Activity sheet 1c – Prediction StripsThe teacher sticks up the ‘What we know about’ heading on one side of the board, and the ‘What we think we will find out’ on the other. Each pupil is given two strips of paper in different colours. The strips are approximately 3cm by 24 cm so the pupils have enough space to write on the strips. The teacher introduces the subject of the text, in this instance, ‘The Legend of Pennard Castle’. The teacher can tell the pupils the theme or main idea of the text or, as it is a legend, the pupils could explore this for themselves. The pupils are asked to activate their prior knowledge, and write on one of the coloured strips the most important thing they know about the topic. These are stuck on the ‘What we know about’ side of the board. The teacher asks the pupils to explain how they know their information, making them focus on explaining the process by which they activated their previous learning.Pupils are then instructed to look at the front cover, the text as a whole and any images that have been used. On the second coloured strip, the pupils write an ‘I Wonder’ statement, making a prediction or asking a question about the text. These statements are stuck on the ‘What we think we will find out’ board.The pupils read the text using their reading role (Activity 2). Having generated questions and predictions beforehand, they are more likely to stay focused on reading and engaged with the text. As they read, they use post-its to record and track their thinking. They use a code PK showing their previous knowledge and NL showing new learning. After this activity the pupils discuss what they have learned, as well as explaining the importance of activating prior knowledge. This will also help the teacher to monitor how well the pupils engage with the text.Teacher’s NoteThe activity sheets are to encourage pupils to make meaningful connections to the text. They are designed to encourage mental engagement and social interaction, and to coordinate a variety of comprehension strategies to control the reading process.These activities can be carried out with any text or local legend.BEFORE READINGUse the clues in the textAFTER READINGWere your predictions accurate?What happened?Setting SettingCharacters CharactersProblem ProblemMain events Main eventsEnding EndingThemes/messages Themes/messagesYOUR PREDICTIONWhat do you think this will be about? What do you think will happen next? What clues did you use?AFTER READINGWas your prediction accurate? What, if anything wasdifferent?When?What clues have you about the time that this was written?Are there any useful questions beginning with when?Where?What clues do you have about where the action takes place?Are there any useful questions beginning with where?Who?What clues do you have about who the story is about?Are there any useful questions beginning with who?What?What clues do you have about what happens?Are there any useful questions beginning with what?What do you think will happen?What We Know AboutWe have activated our prior knowledge and we are predicting that:This is what we know about the book we are readingWhat We Think We Will Find Out© Imaginative Minds Ltd."
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Creative Teaching & Learning

Activity 1 Resource Pack: Making predictions about the text

19 Nov 2013