The Worlds Worst Children - Lesson 1 - Dribbling Drew PowerPoint

"Dribbling Drew" is a creative and engaging lesson plan from the English Teaching Resources at Teacher-of-Primary.co.uk, aimed at enhancing children's literacy skills. The lesson is structured around a series of activities that align with the national curriculum's literacy objectives. The first activity encourages speaking and listening skills, prompting pupils to use their imagination to extend their understanding of the story's character, Dribbling Drew, by thinking of unusual places where he could fall asleep. This is followed by a 'Get Active!' spelling game focusing on homophones found within the story, where students can learn through a variety of interactive and team-based games, reinforcing their understanding of words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings.

The subsequent activities are designed to develop various competencies, including the ability to retrieve information from the text. Students work in pairs to delve deeper into the story's setting, characters, and plot, fostering analytical thinking and comprehension skills. Another activity engages students in planning and writing, as they discuss and record ideas for an alternate setting for the story. This creative exercise is supplemented with an example that vividly describes a museum setting, encouraging children to identify descriptive language and adjectives. In the drafting and writing activity, children sketch their chosen setting and compose descriptive paragraphs, which they then share and refine with a partner. Finally, the lesson plan connects literacy with science by exploring the theme of 'Living Things and their Habitats', where students classify various museum exhibits that were once living, stimulating discussions about grouping and categorisation in science.