Introduction Each day introduce the session with a clown joke . Record these jokes on a clown shape, colour and hang as a mobile. Read a clown book to the class. Record students' responses. See Reading To from the Fools and Tricksters unit.
Students share their clown experiences, eg.
Discuss the clowns they have seen or read about. Discuss the training needed to be a clown. Students talk about the daily activities of a clown. Record student responses on pieces of paper. Make a class Venn diagram using two large hoops.