Learning From the News – A Royal Wedding: Kate and William KS3
Lesson Plan: A Royal Wedding: Kate and WilliamLesson overview: Pupils will learn about recounts and connectives
Key Stage 2 English, Unit 2: Recounts and connectives
Objectives
Pupils should learn:
· Children analyse recounts drawn from a range of media and identify common features (Unit 2) / Outcomes
Pupils should:
· Learn how to write a recount
Resources
· Video lesson starter: http://www.teachers.tv/videos/a-royal-wedding-kate-and-william
· Whiteboard to show the video on
Starter
· Whole class activity: Ask if anyone knows what a recount is. Write the word on the board. Tell them that a recount helps us remember what has happened. Give them an example, such as, when they come in and tell their friends about their weekends on Monday mornings, they are recounting what has happened
· Explain that we are going to look at some of the ways people give us information. Write ‘Who’, ‘What’, ‘When’, ‘Where’ and ‘Why’ on the board
· Show the video http://www.teachers.tv/videos/a-royal-wedding-kate-and-william
· Written activity: When they have watched the video, ask the class to recount what they saw. What is the video about? Who is involved? Where were the weddings? When did they happen? And why are we talking about them now?
· Whole class activity: Talk about the pupils’ answers and then show them the clip again
· How important are the five w’s? Would the video be as interesting if one of them were missing?
Main activity 1
· Whole class activity: Hand the pupils the article from page 2 of this lesson plan
· Pair work: Ask the pupils to make notes about: the headline, how many paragraphs there are, what the five w’s are, what kind of language is used (formal, informal, quotations, and so on), which parts are fact and which are fiction and its conclusion
· Now get the pupils to focus on connectives and new paragraphs. Time connectives can begin each new paragraph and casual connectives like ‘because’ and ‘so that’ can help link what is happening. There is more information on connectives here
· Discuss what pupils have learned about the w’s, connectives and language style
· Written activity: Get the pupils to write a recount of the video they watched using what they have learned when they analysed the newspaper report (the five w’s, connectives, formal language, and so on)
Plenary
· Pupils can also try writing a recount of their weekend
Lesson plan – A Royal Wedding: Kate and William: English p.01
Article on Kate and William’s wedding p.02
Useful links and Teachers TV links p.03
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Royal wedding: Prince William to marry Kate Middleton
Taken from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11765422
Prince William is to marry long-term girlfriend Kate Middleton next year, Clarence House has said.
William, second in line to the throne, will marry in London next spring or summer and live in north Wales where he is serving with the RAF.
The couple, who are both 28, became engaged in October during a private holiday in Kenya.
They began dating eight years ago while studying at St Andrews University in Fife, where they shared a house.
The royal engagement was announced in a brief statement released by Clarence House.
It said: "The Prince of Wales is delighted to announce the engagement of Prince William to Miss Catherine Middleton.
"The wedding will take place in the Spring or Summer of 2011, in London. Further details about the wedding day will be announced in due course.
"Prince William has informed The Queen and other close members of his family.
"Prince William has also sought the permission of Miss Middleton's father."
The Queen said she was "absolutely delighted" for both Prince William and Kate Middleton.
Prime Minister David Cameron said the engagement marked "a great day for our country".
He said he received the news in a call from Buckingham Palace during a cabinet meeting, and it was greeted with "a great cheer" and "banging of the table" from fellow ministers.
Ed Miliband said "the whole country will be wishing them every happiness".
Dickie Arbiter, the Queen's former press secretary, told the BBC: "She'll become a service wife.
"He'll have to do his statutory royal duty, his royal bit, but he will be very much a working helicopter pilot with RAF search and rescue for the next three years, and Kate will have to get used to living in north Wales, although I think she's pretty much used to it at the moment."
Meanwhile royal commentator Margaret Holder said she thought the marriage would give Prince William the warm, cosy, family life he wanted.
"What he's finding with the Middleton family is what he didn't have as a child and I think that's very good for him.
"I think this is going to be a very, very good and successful marriage. And I think this will take the monarchy through well into the 21st Century. I think Kate is very modern, she's very relevant."
Prince William and Kate Middleton both started out on the same history of art course at St Andrews in 2001, although William later switched to geography. For several years, they shared accommodation with friends.
Miss Middleton, who is six months older than William, was credited with persuading the prince to stay on as he struggled to adjust to university life during his first year.
They graduated in the same ceremony from St Andrews in 2005 and their families joined them for a celebratory lunch.
The couple's relationship was exposed in 2005 when they were photographed together on the Swiss ski slopes of Klosters.
They split briefly in 2007, but more recently Miss Middleton - who has no royal or aristocratic family connections - has been to several official events, heightening speculation of an engagement.
Miss Middleton is the eldest child of businessman Michael Middleton and former air hostess Carol.
She was raised in a modern five-bedroom detached house in the Berkshire village of Bucklebury and her family, who are self-made millionaires, run a mail order toy and party goods company.
The couple will marry in the year which would have marked the 30th anniversary of Prince William's parents' wedding.
Useful links
· http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11765422
· http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/pdfs/connectivies.pdf
· http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/englishD6.htm
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· http://www.teachers.tv/videos/learning-from-the-news-poke-the-queen-the-monarchy-on-facebook
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· http://www.teachers.tv/videos/ks2-re-for-pupils-birth-marriage-and-death
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