NiE Elementary 2017 Vol 470

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NiE Activity 1 Creative thinking

Critical thinking ● Identify ● Reason

● Imagine ● Invent ● Brainstorm

● Organise

Creative thinking ● Imagine ● Connect ● Brainstorm

Problem solving ● Question ● Present

Communicating ● Oral

● Recreate

On his subsequent voyage, Gulliver was stranded on an island where the inhabitants were giants compared to him. In the Land of Giants, he became part of a travelling show and was later bought by the Queen of Giants. He had a few dangerous encounters with giant animals but was well looked after by Glumdalclitch, the daughter of the first giant farmer who found him. Eventually, he managed to leave the island. If you had to make a choice of either being smaller or bigger than everyone else you knew, which would you choose to be and why? In groups of four, discuss and make your own choices. Then, write down your individual reasons under the heading “Bigger than” or “Smaller than”. Do this activity on a sheet of A4 paper. Next, as a group, look in The Star for a person (in the form of a picture or name) who, you think, should be bigger or smaller than everyone else. Cut it out and paste it on the same paper. Provide a reason for your collective choice.

Example

Problem solving ● Question ● Present ● Recreate

Imagine that Gulliver had no way to escape Lilliput and had to stay there for many more years. What do you think would have been a suitable job or position for him in Lilliput? In groups of four, look in The Star for the name or

NiE Activity 2

● Identify ● Reason

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A voyage of discovery

EVER since he was a young boy, Lemuel Gulliver always believed that he would sail across the seas. His dream came true when he joined Captain Prichard and his crew on a voyage. However, his ship crashed into rocks and he was washed up on the shores of an island called Lilliput. Its inhabitants were only about six inches tall. At first, Gulliver was made a prisoner but after he helped the kingdom fight against its Blefuscudian enemies, he was freed. Later, however, it was the Blefuscudians who helped him to build a boat and set sail again. Read the graphic novel Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift to find out what happened in the end.

Critical thinking

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● Written

Collaborating ● Listen ● Contribute respectfully

● Attain goal

Communicating ● Oral ● Written

● Aural

Collaborating ● Listen ● Contribute respectfully

picture of a job which you think would have been suitable for Gulliver in Lilliput. Cut it out and paste it on a sheet of A4 paper. Write down three reasons for your choice and take turns to present them in class.

● Attain goal


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