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Julia donaldson – Lesson Plan 3

TYRANNOSAURUS DRIP

For Key Stage 1

Learning outcomes

• That everyone belongs to a group and is part of a wider community

• To think about emotions and produce a piece of writing or artwork about their thoughts

Resources

• Tyrannosaurus Drip Storybook

• Tyrannosaurus Drip Song from . Go to Clips, where you can watch the song and also print out the lyrics.

• Tyrannosaurus Drip egg hunt game. You can print this from . Click on Games & Activities, then on Activities to find it.

• Tyrannosaurus Drip model dinosaurs. You can print this activity from . Click on Games & Activities, then on Activities to find it.

Introduction

• As a starter activity, read aloud Tyrannosaurus Drip to the class and/or play the song.

• Ask children to explain in their own words what they think the story is about. For instance, they could say that it’s about ‘not fitting in’ to a group or family. Or they could say that it’s about different groups being similar but different. Or they could say it’s about dinosaurs!

• Ask children what they thought about the Tyrannosaurus Drip character. Did he deserve the name ‘Drip’? How did he manage to rescue his Duckbill dinosaur family?

Activity

1. As an individual activity, encourage children to think about an experience where someone from their family or friends didn’t fit in or felt unfairly left out. Think about how that person felt – what were their emotions? You can also use Tyrannosaurus Drip story as a starting point or a scenario from the SEAL document.

2. Then encourage each child to choose either to write a story or poem or produce a piece of artwork about the experience. They could use speech bubbles, as an alternative to writing a whole story.

3. They should first plan their piece of work – what is it about? They should then concentrate on showing emotions in their writing or artwork.

Plenary

• Ask for volunteers to share their work or their ideas (if that’s as far as they get) with the rest of the class.

• Lead a discussion about the emotions that the children explored in their work. Do some of the children have the same or different viewpoints? Do they have the same likes and dislikes?

For older or more able children:

• What other books have the children read about the experience and emotions of ‘not fitting in’, for instance The Ugly Duckling.

• What else might inspire people to think about emotions? You could talk about films, television or music, for example.

Note: This lesson could take place over two sessions – discussing and planning, then writing or creating artwork.

Extension activities

1. Ask the children to help make a wall display of all their pieces of work. They could group the work into themes or they could suggest other ways in which the work can be displayed.

2. Play the Tyrannosaurus Drip egg hunt game. You can pre-prepare the game pieces or ask the children to help make the game as part of the activity.

3. Make paper models of the dinosaurs in Tyrannosaurus Drip. See instructions on the print-out.

Curriculum areas covered

Key Stage 1

4Art & Design, 5a: exploring a range of starting points for practical work (for example, themselves, their experiences, stories, natural and made objects and the local environment)

4Art & Design, 2b: represent observations, ideas and feelings, and design and make images and artefacts.

4Citizenship, 1a: to recognise what they like and dislike, what is fair and unfair, and what is right and wrong

4English, En3 1f: use the texts they read as models for their own writing.

Look out for...

... more books by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by David Roberts:

Tyrannosaurus Drip Activity Book

The Troll: Storybook

Jack and the Flum Flum Tree: Storybook (available ?)

For more teaching activities, games and puzzles for use in the classroom,

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