Brian the brave by Paul Stewart and Jane Porter

 

Year 3/ Year 4

Text: Brian the brave by Paul Stewart and Jane Porter 

LI: To speak up for diversity 

Success criteria: I know what diversity means / I know how diversity affects me / I know why diversity is a good thing

RSE: that healthy friendships are positive and welcoming towards others, and do not make others feel lonely or excluded

Starter: What is diversity? Children come up with definitions in pairs and then feed back. Ask children to give an example of something that is diverse.

Main : Read “Brian the brave” but stop before the last page, “some of you go Mehehehehe and one of you goes baaaa-carumba, and I think…”

ask the children to predict the last page. Say we will come back to the last line at the end of the lesson. Discuss the following questions:

-at first Rose and Brian play together, what changes the situation?

-Rose plays with Stanley and leaves Brian out, what other choice did she have? How does that make Brian feel?

- when Tracey and Frank arrive and want to play with sheep who have horns, Brian has horns so he is ok. Why do you think Brian does not say anything to challenge Tracey and Frank?

- when does Brian first speak up for diversity, what does he say?

- what is the response from the other sheep?

- what happens to make the sheep change their minds?

- how do you think the book will end?

Role play/activity: There are many ways the sheep in this story are different. Ask children to discuss the differences and write them up on the board. Ask children to design their own flock of sheep and label differences. Then children draw Brian and record how he is going to end the story; point out some of the differences and complete the sentence, “And I think…”

Plenary: share the end of the story; were we right? Why do you think the author chose to end the story in this way? Look at the LI; how is this story about speaking up for diversity? What would happen if we didn’t speak up for diversity? How is this story related to real life and why is it a no outsiders story?

 No Outsiders: Everyone different, everyone equal by Andrew Moffat

www.no-outsiders.com

 

 


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