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Intro: I would read ‘Aliens Love Underpants’ by Claire Freedman to engage and hook the children on the lesson. Have some props from the story perhaps teddies, puppets for children to refer to.
Literacy- Children focus on oral language talking about the different aliens in the book e.g. similarities and differences, physical description. Focus on description of an alien from the story.
Main Lesson: Art and design- Children design their Alien by drawing their own alien.
Literacy- Create vocabulary based on what they would like their Alien to be like (mind-map ideas or write lists). Write simple and complex sentences about your Alien.
Lesson 2: Create an alien using clay modelling or use junk modelling from recycled materials and art supplies different materials. This can also link with the science strand properties and characteristics of materials. Here children can create 3D models of their Alien.