Life After The Oasis - Telling a Life Story

In this lesson, students build an understanding of the value of stories and storytelling. They will watch one or multiple clips from Life After The Oasis documentary film and consider whether the story has influenced their personal views in each, then engage in a teacher-facilitated class discussion about stories. Students will explore the biography genre of storytelling by investigating key features of a biography, relating their understanding to biographical texts they have encountered, and plotting the key life events of a person featured in a Life After The Oasis clip. Students will then apply their learning to plan, research, draft, and publish their own biographical text.