Containers for Change WA - From the Cradle to the ..?

PrimaryYear 6EnglishCreative writingEnvironmentalRecycling

Lesson Summary

Put yourself in their shoes. It’s a phrase we often say to students to build empathy and in this lesson students will use this technique in a creative narrative to build understanding of the lifecycle of resource and the sustainability impacts of our decisions.

Learning intentions

Students will:

write a narrative to create an emotional link between the reader and the environmental issue being discussed.

Success criteria

Students can:

plan a narrative with a plot reflecting the life cycle of a beverage container
use anthropomorphism to connect the reader to the issue
use a variety of sentence structures, words and phrases to form a descriptive piece of writing
punctuate their work effectively to be clearly understood by the reader.

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Lesson Details

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Containers for Change WA - From the Cradle to the ..?

Lesson Summary

Learning intentions

Success criteria

Lesson Guides and Printables

Lesson Details

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Resources Required

UN Sustainable Development Goals

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