Starter quiz
- Complete this sentence. Andrea Beaty is the __________ of the book, 'Ada Twist Scientist'.
- character
- author ✓
- illustrator
- reader
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- What does Andrea Beaty like to write about?
- fictional adventures
- holidays
- jobs that children want to do in the future ✓
- animals
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- Match the word to its word class.
- thinks⇔verb ✓
- scientist⇔noun ✓
- curious⇔adjective ✓
- patiently⇔adverb ✓
- What does 'collaborative' mean?
- You try your best.
- You work as a team. ✓
- You work on your own.
- You ignore what other people say.
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- What does 'resilient' mean?
- You give up when something is difficult.
- You find things easy straight away.
- You try your best without giving up even when things are difficult. ✓
- You do not try.
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- Correct the spelling in bold in this sentence: I aspire to be a doctor wen I grow up.
- wehn
- when ✓
- wenn
- whenn
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Exit quiz
- Complete the sentence: Thinking about what you want to be when you grow up is thinking about the ...
- past
- present
- future ✓
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- Which is the correctly punctuated expanded noun phrase?
- creative, smart illustrator ✓
- creative smart illustrator
- creative, smart, illustrator
- creative smart, illustrator
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- Which of these are adjectives that could describe skills?
- creative ✓
- red
- resilient ✓
- round
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- Correct the spelling in bold in the sentence. I aspire to be a creative artist wenn I grow up.
- 'when' ✓
- Correct the spelling in bold in this sentence. I aspire to bee a curious scientist.
- 'be' ✓
- Match the word to its word class.
- resilient⇔adjective ✓
- resiliently⇔adverb ✓
- draws⇔verb ✓
- artist⇔noun ✓
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Lesson Details
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
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.
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
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