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Can I Build Another Me

The document outlines 4 lessons to have students create a book called "Can We Build Another Me?" where they will explore what makes them unique by drawing and labeling parts of their body, writing about things they can and can't do, and things only they know, and then painting their pages to assemble into a class book. The lessons include discussing uniqueness, drawing and labeling body parts, choosing pages to illustrate, painting the illustrations, and assembling the finished book.

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Can I Build Another Me

The document outlines 4 lessons to have students create a book called "Can We Build Another Me?" where they will explore what makes them unique by drawing and labeling parts of their body, writing about things they can and can't do, and things only they know, and then painting their pages to assemble into a class book. The lessons include discussing uniqueness, drawing and labeling body parts, choosing pages to illustrate, painting the illustrations, and assembling the finished book.

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Y4: Can I Build Another Me?

-
Shinsuke Yoshitake
Thinking about yourself isn’t always easy, but it can be fun.

A book to get children thinking about what


makes them who they are, what makes them
unique and which allows them to relish being
different.

1 - Exploring the idea of the book, sharing


stories relating to self and body and
beginning to produce the body
diagram page
2 - Producing two more pages from a selection
of
four - sharing of work so far.
3 - Painting the pages, using two colours and
careful colour mixing.
4 - Completing the book; going over edges in black pen, cutting and
trimming, creating a name badge, assembling a class book
titled Can We Build Another Us?

Lesson 1
1. Ask if people know what unique means. Discuss.
2. Explain that our storybook is about a boy who decides he would like
a robot to replace him, so he can get out of chores. It forces him to
realise what it is that makes him unique.
3. Read the book on the carpet with the children, focusing on key
pages (3-4 Facts About Me and My Face and Body, 7-8 Things I Can
And Can’t Do, 15-16 Human Machine, 25-26 Things Only I Know)
4. Show page 4 on the screen (My Face and Body) and discuss with
kids. The side facing cartoon has labels coming off of it, and each
one tells a story.
5. Quick circle time - sharing stories about different parts of our body.
Who can share a story or a fact about their eyes (Something they
have seen, something that happened to them or that makes them
unique), their feet (e.g. an amazing goal they scored, a time they
broke their ankle etc)
6. Demonstrate drawing side profile version of self, narrating it as you
go along.
7. Children work on A4 art paper to produce their side drawing and
label (at least) eight body part facts/tales. ONLY using a pencil and
do not shade because in future weeks we will paint.
8. Story each in a name-labelled plastic wallet ready for next week.

Lesson 2
1. Remind pupils of the work we produced last week. Give out the
labelled folders from last week, so that each child has their own
work.
2. Present the children with printouts from Things I Can And Can’t Do,
Human Machine and Things Only I Know pages
3. Children work to produce two more pages, at A5 size. Again, children
should not shade in, as they will be painting these in future week.
4. At the end of the lesson, all children should have a mini portfolio of
three pieces of work (A4 = My Face and Body, A5 - their two selections
from today)

Lesson 3 - lots to set up; use one classroom


1. Quick colour mixing warm up, sharing key idea about tint. Make it
clear that pupils do not need lots of paint on their plates or on their
brushes.
2. Present pupils with their folders
3. Children work to paint in just three colours, plus white, but a range
of shades and tints. Demonstrate careful painting before setting
pupils off to work on their own.
4. Leave all three to dry - pupils should use the three same main
colours throughout their three pieces (like in the book).

Lesson 4 -
1. Pupils to go over the lines very carefully with black pens.
2. Pupils need to cut and trim down their pages carefully ready to form
the class book
3. Create a name badge on a strip of card
4. Assembly together into a scrapbook
5. Produce a cover page - early finishers can do this.

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