Mae among the stars by Roda Ahmed by Harriet Emily Davison https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d Made with joy en-us 2021-05-18 14:44:26 UTC 2025-11-06 15:10:00 UTC hello@padlet.com Mae among the stars hdavison8594 https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1535913559 2021-05-18 14:46:10 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1535913559 The Book ameliaboyde https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1535936093 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_mfdqyBqT8]]> 2021-05-18 14:50:46 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1535936093 ameliaboyde https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1535942476 2021-05-18 14:52:05 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1535942476 Hot Seating hdavison8594 https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1535964199 2021-05-18 14:56:34 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1535964199 hdavison8594 https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1535969531 2021-05-18 14:57:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1535969531 Example Questions ameliaboyde https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1535972116 1. What made you want to become an astronaut?
2. How did you feel when your teacher said you should be a nurse instead?
3. Describe what the Earth looks like from space
Questioning the children allows them to infer and give meaning and reasoning to develop and improve their oracy. ]]> 2021-05-18 14:58:08 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1535972116 Oracy from Hot Seating ameliaboyde https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1535980232 - Encourages children to personify a character and think like someone else
-Others in the class can be inventive with their questions - what would they want to ask a real astronaut?]]> 2021-05-18 14:59:47 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1535980232 Oracy from Visualisation hhutchinson8992 https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1535983813 Working in pairs after reading the book,  partner 1 faces the board and has to briefly describe to partner 2 the picture from a scene in the book without giving it away and partner 2 has to draw the scene they think partner 1 is describing, they then swap roles with a different scene/picture]]> 2021-05-18 15:00:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1535983813 Text Comprehension ameliaboyde https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1536009960 -Children have learnt about space before, they can picture what Mae can see from space
-All the other contexts of the book are things children experience on a day to day basis eg, car rides, classrooms, being at home
-This helps them to understand the text]]> 2021-05-18 15:05:30 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1536009960 hdavison8594 https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1536045570 2021-05-18 15:12:32 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1536045570 Definition of Oracy hhutchinson8992 https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1536047213 It can be defined as ‘what the school does to support the development of children’s capacity to use speech to express their thoughts and communicate with others, in education and in life’ (Alexander, 2012)]]> 2021-05-18 15:12:53 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1536047213 Drama techniques hhutchinson8992 https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1536058192 Act out seeing space for the first time- room could be decorated like space.
Dress as an astronaut
Eat astronaut food
Role on the wall- for every character
Build spaceships
Using imagination act out the next part of the story ]]> 2021-05-18 15:15:09 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1536058192 hdavison8594 https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1536060947 2021-05-18 15:15:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1536060947 Key Moments in the book ameliaboyde https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1536100966 Moment 1: Mae deciding she wants to become an astronaut - what led her to this decision?
Moment 2: Mae`s teacher telling her to become a nurse - how does this make her feel? How does she overcome this?
Moment 3: Mae as an adult in space - how is she feeling now she`s achieved her dream?]]> 2021-05-18 15:23:57 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1536100966 By: hhutchinson8992 https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1536102941 Holly Hutchinson, Harriet Davison and Amelia Boyde]]> 2021-05-18 15:24:21 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1536102941 hdavison8594 https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1536109136 2021-05-18 15:25:35 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1536109136 Understanding Meaning in a Text ameliaboyde https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1536201675 -Questioning is used in Hot Seating and the Visualisation task which encourages children to think about why they are asking this specific thing and what information they will get from it
-When children use their imagination to act out the next scene they are being encouraged to ask "what if?" This helps their oracy and social development as it aids their co-operation and collaboration skills]]> 2021-05-18 15:44:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavison8594/jq704adb96vyou1d/wish/1536201675