Activity Set: Space & Aliens. How I would use this in my classroom.
Introduction:
Firstly I would elicit prior knowledge about aliens from the children. I would show them various images on line and play clips of aliens in space. I would then put them into smaller groups of five. Research can be completed on Chrome books via Epic and Britannica.
English Lesson
The children are to create an alien name in the group. They would write a short story based on their alien. They would also draw what their alien would look like. A short story about the alien can be created via Book Creator. The speech to text tool may also be used to write the story.
Extension activites
Write a Haiku poem
Art
Create the aliens from plasticine. The groups use the Fis film programme to create a short film based on the story.
Gaeilge
The film could be translated into Irish
Music
Music and sound effects can be composed for the film using percussion instruments and body percussion.
Presentation of the work to the class