We all know that being a teacher sometimes requires super-human powers, but
what are your class’ special powers? This is intended to be a fun and engaging
“getting to know you” type lesson with extension activities for a new class. It will
test their creativity, provide facts about the children, enable them to show off
their best writing as a baseline assessment and lead onto to further work if you
want it to.
The idea is that they fill out the factsheet as if they are a new Superhero.
So the information is all about them, but they get the enjoyment of making up a
superhero name and creating a new Superhero - relating their superhero’s abilities
to their own talents. The enjoyment will help “drop their guard” enabling more
honest answers and, in our experience, the fact that they are describing a
Superhero as if it were themselves, causes them to think more deeply about their
answers.
Their Superhero’s originality and design can also be used to assess creative and artistic skills.
Starter Idea: In pairs list adjectives to describe themselves or qualities of a
Superhero or ask the question what makes a Superhero?
Teaching Input: you may need to introduce the concept of a superhero using examples
from popular culture that the children would know.
Make sure you model how to fill in the sheet, by filling it in for yourself (A3 size) and
make explicitly clear that they are writing about themselves as if they were a Superhero,
and that the Superhero is exactly like them—just a Superhero outside of school!
Possible Follow-up Activities
Use a thesaurus to find new describing words. Write about the “secret” life of the
Superhero and the crimes they solve - you could even write a story about them! Pick the
a muscly Superhero that was created, and use it to learn about muscles in the body.
Explore the PSHE and SEAL links - good to be me, social responsibility, crime etc. Write
a poem about the Superhero. Create a large-scale artwork of the Superhero in flight...
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Date:
My name:
My Superhero name:
My Secret Base or Headquarters:
(Where you live)
Who lives with this
What is this Superhero’s
Superhero?
favourite food?
What are the Superhero’s
What are the Superhero’s
hobbies?
special powers
Draw a picture of your Superhero’s face
What is your Superhero best at in school?
What should be your Superhero’s targets to improve on in school?
Who are your Superhero’s friends in school?
Is there anyone your Superhero doesn’t get on with?
What makes your Superhero a good friend?
Write some interesting facts about your Superhero
(Sidekicks)
(Arch Enemies or a Nemesis?)
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