Name
"Winter wonderland or a nightmare”. What can we do to make a winter wonderland?
Topic
Winter activities
Learning time
4 hours and 40 minutes
Designed time
4 hours and 40 minutes
Size of class
21
Description
Students are 12-14 years old. Using English language, collaborating, practicing, gaining knowledge from specialists they will produce a leaflet how to promote winter activities.
Aims
-Practice written and spoken English language by producing sentences in Present Simple Tense and giving suggestions -Improve entrepreneurial skills -Become responsible digital citizens
Outcomes
Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Evaluation, Synthesis
Editor
MilenaI
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Class 1. Introduction, general survey and task devison
40 minutes)
  • Read Watch Listen
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    Teacher is introducing the driving question "Winter wonderland or a nightmare”. What can we do to make a winter wonderland? She /He explains to the studens that the project should be made in proper English language using present simple tense. Also a deadline for the project is set and students are informed about what proper behavior is. The final product should be a leaflet promoting winter.
  • Investigate
    5
    21
    0
    Teacher is handing a survey papers to each students with the question Is winter a wonderland or a nightmare for you? Why? Give pros and cons. Each student is filling the survey and keeps the survey for her/himself. (the survey is in English language not in students’ mother tongue)
  • Investigate
    15
    21
    0
    Students are grouped in pairs. They are told to go and interview students, teachers, parents, administrative and management staff in the school (there are always unengaged people around our school during the classes). They should use the same survey while doing the interview. They can ask the questions on Macedonian language but the answers should be written in English language.
  • Collaborate
    5
    21
    0
    Students come back to the classroom and fill in the answers from the survey in the answer garden. https://answergarden.ch/
  • Discuss
    10
    21
    0
    Students discuss the topics from the answer garden and groups are formed according to the topics raised from the answers. Teacher’s prediction is that they are going to talk about food, clothes and activities during the winter. So three groups of 7 students are going to be made. Also students are discussing the target group for this leaflet.
Notes:
Homework for the teacher: the teacher prepares handouts- guide the students should follow during the next class; an assessment form that students should fill in at the end of the each class.
Resources linked: 0
Class 2. Start up activities within the group
40 minutes)
  • Read Watch Listen
    5
    21
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    Students are given handouts as a guide what they should accomplish during this class.
  • Collaborate
    10
    21
    0
    Students (using the previous survey) brainstorm questions within each group how they can make winter a wonderland. The teacher follows each group and interferes with guiding questions only when it is needed.
  • Read Watch Listen
    10
    21
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    Students within each group consult their own school books and try to answer the questions by themselves.
  • Discuss
    5
    21
    0
    Students discuss about professional help they can ask for to help them find the answers. The teacher follows each group and interferes with guiding questions only when it is needed.
  • Collaborate
    5
    21
    0
    Students present the results they have come up with in front of all the groups on English language. Other groups can contribute by giving suggestions.
  • Produce
    5
    21
    0
    Students fill in the assessment forms for that class previously prepared by the teacher. In this way they self-evaluate and evaluate other group members. In the classroom there are three boards, one for each group. All the assessment forms are pined on the boards.
Notes:
Homework for the teacher: the teacher analyzes the assessments and look for professionals who can help students to answer all the answers. Doctor, nutritionist and computer designers are going to be invited to the classroom.
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Class 3. Consulting professionals
40 minutes)
  • Practice
    15
    21
    0
    Students are presenting their findings in front of the guests (doctor and nutritionist). Each group is given 5 min
  • Read Watch Listen
    15
    21
    0
    The guests are giving their feedback about students’ work. They suggest new ideas or confirm already given answers.
  • Discuss
    5
    21
    0
    Students discuss the findings among groups .
  • Produce
    5
    21
    0
    Students fill in the assessment forms by self-evaluating and evaluating other group members. All the assessment forms are pined on the boards. In this way everyone can see his/her contribution to the project.
Notes:
Homework for the teacher: the teacher should analyze the students work and notice each student progress. If there is a student who does not contributes to the task, the teacher will think of a way how to motivate this student to improve his/her efficiency.
Resources linked: 0
Class 4. Consulting professionals
40 minutes)
  • Read Watch Listen
    10
    21
    0
    A computer designer is invited to the classroom to explain the students which collaborative tool is the most efficient for their task- a leaflet. The computer designer is presenting the sway – 2.0 collaborative tool.
  • Practice
    15
    21
    0
    Students are practicing the sway asking questions and making pages in it on the computers.
  • Discuss
    10
    21
    0
    Students are discussing how they are going to organize all groups in the sway pages in order to produce the final product.
  • Produce
    5
    21
    0
    Students fill in the assessment forms by self-evaluating and evaluating other group members. All the assessment forms are pined on the boards. In this way everyone can see his/her contribution to the project.
Notes:
Homework for the teacher: the teacher should analyze the students work and notice each student progress. If there is a student who does not contributes to the task, the teacher will think of a way how to motivate this student to improve his/her efficiency.
Resources linked: 0
Class 5. Pre-production
40 minutes)
  • Practice
    15
    21
    0
    Students within each group write short passages about their findings in English language. They use the titan pad for this activity.
  • Investigate
    15
    21
    0
    Students within each group do a web quest for pictures and backgrounds connected with the topic that can be used in the sway.
  • Discuss
    5
    0
    Students discuss the findings among groups .
  • Produce
    5
    21
    0
    Students fill in the assessment forms by self-evaluating and evaluating other group members. All the assessment forms are pined on the boards. In this way everyone can see his/her contribution to the project.
Notes:
Homework for the teacher: the teacher should analyze the students work and notice each student progress. If there is a student who does not contributes to the task, the teacher will think of a way how to motivate this student to improve his/her efficiency.
Resources linked: 0
Class 6. Production
40 minutes)
  • Collaborate
    15
    21
    0
    Students produce the leaflet in sway collaboratively.They edit the passages and pictures they have prepared.
  • Produce
    5
    0
    All students are analyzing the product and fill in the final changings. They publish the sway.
  • Practice
    15
    0
    Each group is presenting the work in front of the class using Sway. Each group is given 5 min.
  • Produce
    5
    0
    Students fill in the assessment forms by self-evaluating and evaluating other group members. All the assessment forms are pined on the boards. In this way everyone can see his/her contribution to the project.
Notes:
Homework for the teacher: the teacher organizes a presentation of the product in front of the other students, teachers, parents and local community.
Resources linked: 0
Class 7. Promotion
40 minutes)
  • Produce
    30
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    In front of the other students, teachers, parents and local community students explain their work process and present the final product a leaflet to promote winter. Also they answer guest questions.
  • Investigate
    10
    21
    0
    At the end of their presentation students conduct a survey among the guests about their work. In their survey they will also ask for a sponsor to make a paper leaflets.
Notes:
Resources linked: 0

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