Browsing English for Primary School Curriculum by Publication date
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Creating a newsletter or newspaper.Creating a class newsletter, students will build their vocabulary and writing skills through drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. Students will become familiar with the process of producing formal written documents, such as magazines and newspapers. Through interacting with others in the class, students will also learn how to work within a team.
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Creative writing: adventurers on the seashore.By creating and using a list of marine related words in the story, students will demonstrate what they know about Ireland’s marine life and seashore.
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Writing poetry about Ireland’s seashore and oceans.Students will learn about the different types of poems using structures and formatting techniques. As part of the lesson, students will read, listen and develop their understanding about a poem by expressing their reaction through discussion. The students will use their creative thought to write a poem about the seashore and Ireland’s oceans. *This lesson plan can be used over a number of days due to all the activities and time restrictions.
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Explorer's classroom aquarium writing bookStudents will become familiar with the Irish and English names of the animals that live on the Irish Seashore by writing about the animals that live in their Explorers aquarium. They will also be able to develop their imagination, writing a story about a “new” species they have never seen before.
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English: 3rd and 4th Class - Marine TV and reporting on Marine Pollution (English and Irish version available)The aim of the lesson plan is for the children to learn how to use key media questions: Who? What? Where? When? Why? How? The children will discuss cause and effect in relation to processes and events and predict possible outcomes. They will also explore reactions to ideas through improvisational drama.
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English: 1st and 2nd Class – Soundscapes and the Big Blue Sea (English & Irish version)The aim of the lesson plan is for the children to develop receptiveness to language by listening to stories and responding to them; listening to sounds and responding to them; and using gestures and movement to extend the meaning of what he/she is saying.
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English: 1st and 2nd Class - My Boat Story – Reading activities (English and Irish versions available)The aim of the lesson plan is for the children to continue to experience the reading process being modelled through receptiveness to language. The children will also engage in shared reading activities.
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English 5th and 6th Class - Marine Litter and What is in the News (English and Irish version available)The aim of the lesson plan is for the children to explore new interests and perspectives through reading about the effects of marine litter. The students will continue to develop a range of comprehension strategies to deal with narrative, expository and representational reading materials.
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English: Juniors and Seniors Infants Class - Ocean Swap Game and Marine Vo-back-ularyThe aim of the lesson plan is for the children to experience, recognise and observe simple oral commands while participating in games relating to marine animals.
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Juniors and Seniors Infants Class - I Spy an Ocean in Our Class – Learning about Irish marine animalsThe aim of the lesson plan is for the children to develop and interest and an ability to think about marine animals through stories and games. The children will be able to predict future incidents and outcomes in stories.
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English: 3rd and 4th Class –Jigsaw discussions on Ireland’s Mackerel Fishery (English and Irish version available)The aim of the lesson plan is for the children to develop their reading skills while learning about Ireland’s Mackerel Fishery. The children will learn skimming, scanning, note taking and summarizing. The children will explore non-fiction texts for a variety of purposes. They will also get to use information retrieval techniques in cross curricular settings.
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English 5th and 6th Class - The Energy Debate (English and Irish version available)The aim of the lesson plan is for the children to develop cognitive abilities in developing ideas and discuss issues of major concern relating to energy. The students will justify and defend particular opinions or attitudes they have developed and try to persuade others to support a particular point of view.
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English 5th and 6th Class: Marine TV - An investigative report on the marine science survey aboard the RV Celtic ExplorerThe aim of the lesson plan is for the children to learn how to use key media questions: Who? What? Where? When? Why? How? They will work in groups to write a script where they can play different characters aboard the research vessel, allowing them to work collaboratively and use their imaginations.
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English 5th and 6th Class: Storyboard your own deep sea voyage of discoveryThe lesson introduces students to how stories are developed for film. Students will draft a storyboard for a film imagining they are a team of marine scientists embarking on their own underwater voyage of discovery. They will interpret marine and scientific language and through a combination of the real and the imaginary, develop their own storyboard and film.
