Exploring aspirations and the future: 'Ada Twist, Scientist'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use a character's experience to consider what aspiration means and write about my future.
Key learning points
- An aspiration is a hope or ambition of achieving something, such as what someone wants to be when they grow up
- To achieve an ambition or goal, a person must work for it and have certain character traits
- Someone's future ambition may be different to another person's and it is important to respect other people's opinions
- Certain character traits can be linked to specific ambitions or aspirations
Keywords
Future - something that has not yet happened
Personal response - expressing your own opinions, ideas or feelings
Adjective - a word that describes a noun
Adverb - a word that describes a verb
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to share what their aspiration is.
As well as listing the jobs referred to in the lesson, refer to jobs or careers that your pupils have specific interests in, such as sports people, authors, singers as well as jobs that parents or family members may have.
Teacher tip
Spend time with the pupils reading and discussing the books mentioned in the lesson. As you are reading, talk about and generate a word bank about the jobs that you see as well as the skills that are required to have that job. Emphasise to pupils it is ok to not know what they want to aspire to.
Equipment
You will need a copy of the 2016 Abrams Books for Young Readers edition of 'Ada Twist, Scientist' by Andrea Beaty.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Complete this sentence. Andrea Beaty is the __________ of the book, 'Ada Twist Scientist'.
Q2.What does Andrea Beaty like to write about?
Q3.Match the word to its word class.
verb
noun
adjective
adverb
Q4.What does 'collaborative' mean?
Q5.What does 'resilient' mean?
Q6.Correct the spelling in bold in this sentence: I aspire to be a doctor wen I grow up.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Complete the sentence: Thinking about what you want to be when you grow up is thinking about the ...
Q2.Which is the correctly punctuated expanded noun phrase?
Q3.Which of these are adjectives that could describe skills?
Q4.Correct the spelling in bold in the sentence. I aspire to be a creative artist wenn I grow up.
Q5.Correct the spelling in bold in this sentence. I aspire to bee a curious scientist.
Q6.Match the word to its word class.
adjective
adverb
verb
noun
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