Resource #V104221

Précis

The text has been carefully selected and is an interview with a long-standing member of staff at the IWDS. It helps to engage the pupils with their visit whilst practising their reading, comprehension and writing skills. Students are asked to practise reading the interview to achieve a realistic fluency. They then attempt to remember the answers from memory. They finally write up the information from the interview as a magazine article.

Contextual Summary

This resource is designed to be used in the classroom as a post-visit resource. It is a comprehensive English task that engages students with their visit to the Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary. The resource tasks enable them to practise their speaking and listening, reading and writing skills. Students are asked to read an interview and to practise fluency. They then have a go at summarising the answers from memory, before attempting to write the interview up as a magazine article in third person.

Curriculum Relevance

English → Reading → Comprehension

Implementation

The tasks can be integrated into English lessons at any stage throughout the academic year as a revision tool although the best results will be achieved immediately following the visit. It is anticipated that students will have an enriched experience as they will be reflecting on their school visit activities in a creative way, and this will reinforce how written language can be a valuable informative and expressive tool.

Key Skills Practised

• Reading with fluency
• Understanding text
• Learning to recognise first, second and third person
• Picking out key information

Learning Outcomes

Students will demonstrate their reading skills, showing evidence of understanding the meaning of a text and the ability to put it ?into their own words?. They will also demonstrate their ability to identify first, second and third person pronouns and to apply what they have learned in the creation of their own writing.