Rice 1 - Dharam's Diary - English
In this lesson the children write a diary entry of a member of Agrocel's Premium Commitee.
Curriculum links: EN2 1d, 2b, 3g, 5c, 5g, EN3 1a, 1d, 9a, 9d, 12; Citizenship 1a, 2j, 4b, 4e Learning Objective: To know the features of a diary entry.
Learning Outcome: To write the diary entry of a member of Agrocel’s Premium Committee.
Resources needed : Agrocel producer stories (Dharam Pal’s Story), The Fairtrade premium cartoon sheet, Fairtrade premium teachers' notes if necessary.
Starter: Ask the class what the Fairtrade premium is; if applicable use The Fairtrade premium cartoon sheet to explain how it works. Why is it important to communities?
Main activity: In pairs pupils read or listen to Dharam’s story and write down examples of the ways Fairtrade and Agrocel have made a difference to him and his family e.g. his children receive a better education, organic rice is healthier, has a better house and healthier food, gets seeds and machinery from Agrocel etc. Explain that they are going to write Dharam’s diary entry after a premium committee meeting and plan with the class the different things they can include as well as some sentence starters for them to use e.g:
• Dear Diary, today I went to an Agrocel premium committee Meeting. We decided.....
• Fairtrade has been very important to my family because.....
• In the future I would like to....
Plenary: Write 3-5 statements related to the content of the lesson e.g. The premium is important because some money from each product sold is given back to producers in the developing world. Draw/mark a line in the classroom or playground. One end of the line is the “totally agree” end, the opposite end is the “absolutely disagree” end. The middle of the line is a neutral area. Ask students to stand at a place on the line which represents how they feel about each statement.
Click here to download the accompanying resources in Welsh: Agrocel Producer Stories, The Fairtrade Premium cartoon sheet.