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Aliens and Space
Junior end of the school.
Introduction: Elicit prior knowledge of space and Aliens.
Stimulus: The Smeds and The Smoos by Julia Donaldson.
Using my space projector, I would darken the classroom and turn on the projector of the solar system. I would ask the students to get into a comfy position. I would read the story aloud. I would ask the students questions based the book I read and about the image they have of the aliens.
Drama : Imagine you were one of the aliens in the book. I would like you to act out a scene in groups to show how an alien would handle 1) going to school 2) going swimming 3) going to the hospital 4) going food shopping.
Art lesson: using clay we would create what we think the aliens look like and present to the class.
Finally show the students the aliens in the story.