LESSON PLAN
UNICAES
TEACHERS: Liliana Yadira Chamul
Reina Guadalupe Tobar Alvarado
LEVEL: Advanced
TOPIC: Food and culture
TIME: 3 hours
INTERNET TOOLS:
Facebook, voxopop, wordle, youthink, mind42, blogger, google, youtube, moodle, messenger, mybrainshark.com
OBJECTIVE:
SWBAT talk about exotic and typical food around the world including exotic food from their native country in a oral presentation.
WARM UP:
Students are going to give their opinion and discuss the following statement posted on the wall of the class on facebook.
"Mention and talk about the most exotic food you have ever tasted or known"
PRESENTATION
Pre activity:
Ask the students to mention and talk about the exotic food in their native country. As they already have their moodle account, there will be a forum especially opened for them to participate.
During activitiy:
Have students watch the following video on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKwVqUzzNH4&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PLEB374F0FEAE1B21F
They should pay attention and write down important details.
Post activity:
Ask students to go to blogger and write an entry in which they are going to create a list of the countries and their specific exotic foods mentioned on the video.
CONTROLLED PRACTICE:
1. Wordle
Get the students go to the following links and ask them to rearrange the words to create logical sentences. After that they are going to send the answers to the teacher's email: lilianalic.2008@hotmail.com
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4958051/SENTENCE1_
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4958093/SENTENCE2_
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4958113/sentence3_
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4958128/SENTENCE4
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4958147/sentence5
2. Youtube
Ask the students to go to this link and watch the video "tropical and exotic fruits of the Philippines" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_QjEs47xr0&feature=related. Then, they have to write correct sentences using just the exotic fruits that are common and known in our country. After that, they are going to record the sentences using vocaroo and they will post the link on facebook for the teacher to check.
3. Youthink
After watching the following video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98On7UZk_dg&feature=showob have the students take the following quiz: http://www.youthink.com/quiz.cfm?action=go_detail&sub_action=take&obj_id=209126
SEMI CONTROLLED ACTIVITIES
1. Interview
The teacher is going to schedule video-calls with each student (using messenger). They are not going to be longer than three minutes.
The teacher is going to lead the interview asking the following questions to the students:
a) If you were the owner of a restaurant would you like to add exotic food to you menu? Which ones and why?
b) What places do you know in El Salvador where people prepare and sell exotic food?
c) What`s your opinion about killing and eating animals as exotic foods? Do you think it will contribute to the extinction of those animals?
2. Mind42
Ask the students to go to MIND42 and create a conceptual map in which they will have to include a country, and specific exotic food and a picture of that food. They can take advantage of what we have studied or they can research more information about it using google.
3. My brain shark
Using my brain shark create a photo album in which you include information and pictures of typical food form you native country, and send it to the teacher´s email: tobarguadalupe@gmail.com
FREE ACTIVITIES
1. Essay
Students are required to write an essay in blogger. Topic: "If you could add a typical or exotic dish to our typical food, which one would it be?" (you can invent a dish or include one that already exists).
2. Voxopop
Have the students create an entry in our
talkgroup in which they will talk about the following statement: "Why do
you think food and culture are extremely connected?".
3. Teacher-Students chat
The teacher lets students know via facebook the time and date all of them are going to sign in on facebook. The teacher is going to open the chat with the following question: If you had the chance to taste any exotic food from any country, which one would you choose and why?
and he/she is going to invite the students to continue with the discussion. The topic of the chat must be related to what they have been studying previously. The chat is going to last 15 minutes maximun. So that all the students have the chance to participate and ask questions to one another.
(This is a very good chance for the teacher to test students' writing skills since the complete conversation is saved on facebook.)
4. Presentation
Using mailvoo, ask the students to prepare a five minutes presentation about typical and/or exotic from their native country. Then everybody will have the chance to present it in the classroom.
WRAP UP:
Have the students write a 10 lines blog entry to talk about their experience learning about food and culture through the use of internet tools.
HOMEWORK:
Ask the students to get prepared for a debate that will take place in the classroom. The topic is going to be: "What's better, common/typical or exotic food?
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Websites consulted to create the quizzes
INTRODUCTION:
This entry will be about the websites
Lily and I consulted in order to create our quizzes for the different age
levels. We will also include the links for each quiz and their corresponding
description.
QUIZ FOR CHILDREN
For the quiz, we consulted the following
website:
http://www.ziggityzoom.com/stories/princess-little
This website is really interesting for
children because it has readings, audio, and colorful pictures which make it
attractive for any child. It is also helpful for children to improve listening
and reading skills. It also helps to improve pronunciation.
Children are going to read and listen to
the story and then they will answer 12 multiple choice questions. To take the
quiz click on the following link:
QUIZ FOR
TEENAGERS
This quiz is based on a video that you can find on youtube.
This is about an American T.V show which is very popular among teenagers, and It´s
name is Drake and Josh. Such video can be seen in the following link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp4UwZF2-XQ
The quizz contains 12 questions about certain
situations performed by the actors during the video. Teenagers are going to
enjoy taking this quiz.
This quiz is about an interesting video on Youtube containing some awesome facts of the human brain. Adults will enjoy taking it since it will encrease their knowledge about the human beings and their unique characteristics.
Here´s the link for you to watch it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmcHH4wPpMU
The quiz contains 12 multiple choice estatements to be solved by adult learners based on the information given on the video.
Click on the following link to check the quiz:
CONCLUSION:
We already know that nowadays using technologycal tools is not only crucial but also mandatory to have more successful classes. As future teachers we must be updated with technologycal development and improvement.
Students of these days enjoy to be in touch with technologycal devices and they know a lot about it, so teachers must take advantage of that.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
MY COMPUTER SKILLS
From the last decade up to now we have seen a huge development of technology in the world and a massive demand of computer skills in order to fill the requirements to be a good professional or to get a job. Even people who do not have a degree or other studies are concerned about learning how to use a computer. In the past, the use of computers was not essential as it is since people noticed the requirements that a globalized world demands. Now having a computer has become more accessible and easier than it was in the past. The access to internet and other technological devices is more common and cheaper than it was some years ago. If we take a look of our reality in the past, the school programs were different; they have changed a lot; students did not have the use of computers as a subject. Now they do. Students are studying technology from kindergarten and in few years they are able to work in the computer.
Besides, there has been a huge increment of academies and institutions that serve courses for people who want to learn how to use the computer. In fact, nowadays to have computer skills has become not only an extra option of studies, but also a need to survive. I remember that when I started using computers, (it was about 7 years ago) I was afraid of damaging the computers I was going to touch and I know that many people still have the same fear. I had my first computer 4 years ago, and from that moment I started to be more curious about all the benefits a computer can offer. I remember that I used to click whatever I saw in the screen and now that I remember this is really funny for me because I used to say to myself “I am going to click this button and let’s see what happens” then, when I saw the results I used to start reading and trying to understand what I was looking at and why those things appeared.
That was the method I used in order to learn and it worked. I know that I am not an expert in the usage of computers but at least, I try to learn every single thing that is available for me. I can say that I can use the basic programs like Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Paint, etc. I know how to send e-mails, attach documents to e-mails, receive and save anything people send to me via e-mail. I know how to surf the net, look for important information and get it to my own computer. I know how social networks work and how to take advantage of them. I know some tricks to fix photos; I know how to install some programs, the useful benefits of USB, SD and all those types of devices, I have a little knowledge of the programs I should use to keep my computer clean, fast, and protected from viruses, etc. I must say that some of the things mentioned above have been taught to me by my friend Jonathan Urrutia Figeroa. (So please, credits for him).
There is plenty of advantages of having computer skills, however as everything in life it also has some disadvantages. Let´s think about the advantages. First of all we now that having computer skills open many doors for job opportunities, and the more you know about it the better chances you get. For students, computer skills are just indispensable since we need them to do the homework. Computers allow us to keep close communication with the people we love but for any reason they are far away from us. Another advantage is that computers avoid the extreme use of paper, because we can keep any document we want without having a lot of paper in our house.The advantages could be that people learn to use computers just to waste their time, watch pornography, still important passwords, or simply for cyberbulying. I think that everybody learns according to his/her needs, tastes, interests, etc. What is important is that we take advantage of our computer skills to help our students and help ourselves when teaching.
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