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Getting Advice from the Top!. Learning Outcomes: To think about what it means to be successful in life To identify people who would be able to give good life advice To be able to structure a letter requesting advice from a successful person To write a letter requesting advice from this person.
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Getting Advice from the Top! Learning Outcomes: To think about what it means to be successful in life To identify people who would be able to give good life advice To be able to structure a letter requesting advice from a successful person To write a letter requesting advice from this person
What is Success? • Brainstorm ‘success’ • What is inspiration? • Draw a line or symbol that represents success for you. • Look at the next picture. What do you think?
Who is Successful? Who is Inspirational? Who is Influential? • Tutors to put pictures up of who is successful/inspirational to them – could be family members, famous people, anyone… • Tutors to talk about the people who are successful/inspirational/influential to them • Why are they inspirational?
Your Turn… • Students identify these people for themselves
Why don’t we write to them? • What do we want to ask them? • As a class, make a list of things that you might want to ask these people • What kind of advice do you want from them?
Writing your letter • You have just written a letter in your English lessons • Template • Opening paragraph – why are you writing to them • Then your questions • Then thank them for reading and sign off
Sending our letters • We need to send our best work • Get someone to look over your letter before you hand it in in best to be sent • All letters will be sent before the end of term so make sure you get yours in to Ms Gallagher or Ms Coppins