A children's story about the narrator and her Uncle, who makes fantastical shirts with the Machine. It deals with issues of friendship over distance. A children's story about the narrator and her Uncle, who makes fantastical shirts with the machine.
Teaching Ideas
This film was part of the Year 4 scheme of work in the old Literacy Framework. It is still worth a look. I have used this animation on numerous occasions in years 4- 6.
- Draw plans of the shirt machine. Label the parts that the children use and where they find them.
- How to use commas in lists - Make a list of all the components of the shirt machine.
- Write instructions for the Shirt Machine using temporal connectives. Next, then and imperative verbs, stamp, push, pull etc
- Discuss the use of Onomatopoeia (sound words) to describe the sound the machine makes as it works. Can the children describe the sounds of other machines? There machines?
- Children can create a ledger as a class full of their shirt ideas. Draw and label designs based on the animation, flying shirt, edible shirt etc.
- Write adverts - advertise their shirt and it's benefits.
- Hot seating - Can we ask the uncle questions? What would his answers be?
- Why is the girl's favourite shirt so special? What makes something special? Do the children have any special items of clothing? Why are they special?
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