expressing your own opinions, ideas or feelings

Exploring aspirations and the future: 'Ada Twist, Scientist'

English

Characters and plot in the story 'Ada Twist, Scientist'

The theme of resilience in 'Ada Twist, Scientist'

Using evidence from 'Ada Twist, Scientist' to write a character description

Using descriptive language to describe yourself

In this unit, pupils applied their learning about descriptive writing to write a detailed character description of the character and themselves. In 'Otherwise', pupils will build on this by describing what they see on film.

In 'School Trip Recount', pupils described their feelings, activities and journey of a school trip. In this unit, pupils will build on this by writing a more detailed character description of themselves based on personal experiences.

In this unit, pupils will engage in the story, 'Ada Twist Scientist'. Pupils will compare stories by the same author and share their preferences about which book they'd like to read. Pupils write character descriptions of Ada Twist and then apply this to writing a description of themselves.

'Ada Twist Scientist': reading and writing

Complete the sentence: Thinking about what you want to be when you grow up is thinking about the ...

Which is the correctly punctuated expanded noun phrase?

Which of these are adjectives that could describe skills?

Correct the spelling in bold in the sentence. I aspire to be a creative artist **wenn** I grow up. 

Correct the spelling in bold in this sentence. I aspire to **bee** a curious scientist. 

Complete this sentence. Andrea Beaty is the __________ of the book, 'Ada Twist Scientist'.

jobs that children want to do in the future

What does Andrea Beaty like to write about?

You try your best without giving up even when things are difficult.

Correct the spelling in bold in this sentence: I aspire to be a doctor **wen** I grow up. 

Starter Quiz

Complete this sentence. Andrea Beaty is the __________ of the book, 'Ada Twist Scientist'.