Here Comes The Bride - Activity Overview & Worksheet Template
ADVERTISEMENT
1
2
3
4Here Comes the Bride
ACTIVITY OVERVIEW
SUGGESTED TEACHING AND LEARNING SEQUENCE
In this activity students will design, make and
1.
The teacher explains that the students are going to design, make and model a bride or groom outfit out of a range of paper and
model a wedding outfit made out of paper and
other resources commonly found at school.
other resources that are readily available at
2.
Students are grouped into teams of 4-6 members.
school.
3.
The teacher sets up ‘The Warehouse’ (where students can purchase the resources from). Students get the chance to see what
resources will be available to them.
The purpose of the activity is for students to
apply a range of enterprising attributes to an
4.
Each group is given an envelope which contains the allocated classroom currency and a cashbook template.
activity and reflect on their success in applying
5.
Job cards are handed out and students match these to their personal strengths, ie: accountant, model, designer, resource
them.
manager and a compere.
6.
Groups plan and design their outfit on paper first.
In completing this activity, students should
understand how important it is to allocate jobs to
7.
Students then purchase the required resources and begin making their outfit. Students may be given about 45 minutes to
personal strengths in order to work together and
complete the task - some groups will finish sooner, and some may not complete the task by the allotted time.
successfully complete a task. They will also
8.
Each group will model their outfit along the catwalk. Music can be played, a compere can help promote the design to explain
learn how important it is to plan and stick to a
finer details of the design.
Photos are taken throughout the lesson by the teacher to help with the final evaluation stage.
budget.
9.
A guest judge could award prizes for different categories - ie: most creative, environmental award for least wastage, best catwalk,
best compere, best group work, etc.
NB: Designing a wedding party outfit is just one
suggestion for this lesson plan. Students could
10. The teacher shows the students the list of Enterprising Attributes required for this lesson (see below) and students name a stage
make a clown outfit, space suit, corporate outfit,
in the lesson when they used (or could have used) each one. Using the photos taken by the teacher, students match the
etc.
Enterprising Attributes to the photos and make a display. Students can also rank their application of these Enterprising
Attributes using a continuum and identify areas for improvement.
Reflective questions/discussion
VOCABULARY FOR THE
LEARNING OUTCOME/S
LANGUAGE WHEEL
1.
Which enterprising Attributes did we use well? Give examples.
Students will be able to:
•
Apply a range of enterprising attributes as
Creative ideas
2.
Which Enterprising Attributes do we need to work on?
they participate in a team to design, make
Budget
3.
What could we do to make improvements in these areas?
and model a wedding outfit.
Capabilities
•
4.
Which team worked well together?
Reflect on their use of enterprising attributes
Capital Resources
by giving examples of their own enterprising
Cooperation
5.
What did they do to make their group work a success?
behaviour and identifying areas for
Design
6.
If we had to do this challenge all over again, what would we do differently?
improvement.
Material Resources
Resources
Key competencies and enterprising attributes to consider:
RESOURCES
Roles
Thinking
Team work
Warehouse of resources displayed for purchase
Generating and using creative ideas and processes
– see additional sheet with suggestions.
Time Management
Managing Self
Warehouse
Envelope with cash book on front. A Warehouse
Matching personal goals and capabilities to an undertaking
price list and group start up money, e.g. $20
Relating to Others
NB: The context for these words is
(classroom currency) is inside the envelope.
Working with others and in teams
Education for Enterprise’s set of
Job cards.
Negotiating and influencing
enterprising attributes and this
activity.
Participating and Contributing
Planning and organising
Here Comes the Bride
Page 1 of 4
Accessed from Education for Enterprise website:
ADVERTISEMENT
0 votes
Related Articles
Related forms
Related Categories
Parent category: Education