Lesson Planning

Class: Year 3 Date: 27.03.17 Time: 10:30

Learning Objective:
To contrast and compare a Roman life to our life

Activity Outline:
To write a diary from a Roman childs point of view.

Steps to Success:
I can describe a Romans life
I can write from a Romans point of view
I can compare between modern times and Roman times
I can clearly and concisely present my findings

Teaching Time Differentiated key questions:

Introduction
Show pictures of:
- Children playing football
- Playing with toys (soldiers) Would children in Roman times do
- A playstation these activities? Give reasons for y
- Horse Cart 0 10 answers.
mins
Peer talk: discuss whether children would have played Can you elaborate on the reason?
with these in the Roman times. Do you agree with xx?

Ask a few children to talk about their conversations (no Can you give examples of other
hands up) activities that Roman children wou
be doing?
Main Teaching
Revise the school trip with the children on a spider
diagram (to be used as a reference during the From the trip, who can remember
independent activity). 10 15 what an average Roman life would
mins entail?
State the independent activity:
Today we will be writing a diary from a Roman
boy/girls point view What are the characteristics of a dia

Peer talk: Ask the children to discuss the characteristics How could we make our diary entr
of a diary. Bullet point it on a flip chart (to be used as a 15 20 even better?
reference during the independent activity). mins
Think of differentiated questions
As a class, model the first three sentences of the diary depending on the childrens answer
and referencing the characteristics.
Mini Plenary
Two stars and a wish Come up with two points that your
Share your work with the partner and state two things 30 mins partner has done well and one poin
that they have done well and an area they can improve point they can improve on. Make sure it
on. relevant to LO and STS
Independent Activity Differentiation
Task: To write a diary from a Roman childs point of Table A: will have a TA on the table supportin
view. the learning

Challenge: In bullet points (full sentences) state three
similarities and three differences that a Roman child
would have, compared to a child living today.
Table B: will have myself on the table support
the learning
Table C: will have sentence starters, to scaffol
and structure the writing

Table D: will write the diary entry without ext

support

Challenge for HA
Write an everyday challenge that a Roman ch
would have that a child nowadays wouldnt ha
Evaluate what they would do overcome it.

Plenary
Hot seat game.
Pupils to come up with Roman related words. Table by table the pupils give clues.

Key Vocabulary
Amphitheatre, Gladiator, Myth, Governor, Roman, Emperor, Empire, Slave, Tax, Villa, Underworld
Organisation
N/A
Resources Assessment Opportunities
Topic books, flipcharts, coloring pencils, pens. Work produced from independent
activity
Answers to questions in teaching
Peer talk in teaching