Excalibur Primary SchoolEnglish (World Book Day) - 04.03.21
World Book Day - Inspirational People (Malala Yousafzai)
Our whole-school theme for this year's World Book Day is "Inspirational People". In Year 6, we are going to be focusing on Malala Yousafzai. Go through each of the tasks below in order:
Task 1: Learn about Malala
- Click here to listen to me read the prologue from Malala's book I Am Malala.
- Watch the following assembly from BBC Teach:
- Click on the link below (click on the video on the webpage) to find out about Malala:
- You can read Malala's life story on the following link:
Task 2: Consider the perspective of Malala
- From January 2009, the Taliban closed all schools for girls in Pakistan. Girls were not allowed to receive education.
- For today's writing task, I want you to think about how you would feel if schools were closed permanently.
- You will need to write two or three paragraphs explaining how you feel and why you feel that way.
- Consider the following questions to help you:
- What is the purpose of education and school?
- What would it feel like not to see your friends anymore? Why is socialising important?
- How would you feel that education is being denied to you based on the fact you are a girl?
- How might not going to school effect your future dreams and aspirations?
- Answer each of the questions by completing the Question Template below.
Task 3: Planning the writing
- Use the Planning Template below to jot down brief notes to help with your writing.
- Your plan needs to have a brief overview of what you are going to include in your introduction and two additional paragraphs.
Task 4: Writing from the perspective of Malala
- Write from the perspective of Malala about how you feel about schools being closed.
- Click here for a video of me modelling the writing process for today.
- Send your completed pieces of writing to me on Seesaw.