Exploring aspirations and the future: 'Ada Twist, Scientist'
I can use a character's experience to consider what aspiration means and write about my future.
Exploring aspirations and the future: 'Ada Twist, Scientist'
I can use a character's experience to consider what aspiration means and write about my future.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- An aspiration is a hope or ambition of achieving something, such as what someone wants to be when they grow up
- To achieve an ambition or goal, a person must work for it and have certain character traits
- Someone's future ambition may be different to another person's and it is important to respect other people's opinions
- Certain character traits can be linked to specific ambitions or aspirations
Keywords
Future - something that has not yet happened
Personal response - expressing your own opinions, ideas or feelings
Adjective - a word that describes a noun
Adverb - a word that describes a verb
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to share what their aspiration is.
As well as listing the jobs referred to in the lesson, refer to jobs or careers that your pupils have specific interests in, such as sports people, authors, singers as well as jobs that parents or family members may have.
Equipment
You will need a copy of the 2016 Abrams Books for Young Readers edition of 'Ada Twist, Scientist' by Andrea Beaty.
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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Starter quiz
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Exit quiz
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