HAVE YOU EVER FELT YOU CAN´T DO SOMETHING? .....jumping a high fence, parachuting, piloting a plane, hang-gliding......
Before watching the film:
-Discuss about activities you may find difficult or risky
- Would you dare to do any of them?
Now, watch the following short film
Answer the following questions:
- Who is the main character in the story?
-What can you say about him?
-What are the feelings shown in the film?
- What happens at the end?
-Write a brief summary of the story
-What have you felt while watching the film?
NO LIMITS
LET´S OVERCOME DIFFICULTIES
Here we have some pictures of the boy starring the film: Nick Vujicic
He was born on 4th December 1982 in Brisbane,Australia. He was born with this disability (he had no legs, no arms). With a great effort and the help of his family, he got his degrees, and nowadays, he gives conferences to help other people; he´s written some books and he also made that film "The Butterfly Circus)
Look for information and answer the following questions:
-Have you ever heard about The Little Prince?
-What do you know about him?
-Who was the story written by?
-Look for some important data about the writer and the story
-Look for some famous quotes by The Little Prince
SOME SONGS TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS When Christmas is getting nearer, we always think about some songs to be played in the classroom to celebrate this time of the year.
The students can be given the lyrics of the songs with some gaps to be filled in, and do practice of Listening
students will listen to the song twice to try to complete it
Then, they´ll listen to the song again with the lyrics to check
-Why is 11th November a date to remember?
-Why is the poppy a symbol on this date?
-Which countries conmemorate this date? - Why?
-What do people do to conmemorate this day?
Watch the following video and then, answer the following questions:
The story takes place in a viking little village
- What´s the relationship between the boy and his black dragon?
- What does the boy lose?
- What does the boy´s father want him to do?
- What does the boy´s invention consist of?
- What´s the girl´s great idea?
- Different ways to say "¿Que pasa?"
- Write a summary of the story / Tell the story: summarize it
- What happens in the end?
Listen to the song "Sticks and Stones" by Jonsi
(the students are given the lyrics of the song with some missing words)
Not long ago, we thought that ROBOTS were only science-fiction.
Along these days, there has been a robot exhibition at the IFEMA in Madrid.
A new robot has been introduced. His/Her name is QBO
You can look for further information about QBO in the following web:
What´s new about Qbo? Qbo has been made in Spain. It´s been created by Francisco Paz.
It´s a little robot, kind of pet, made from a kit. Qbo is 45 cm tall and 10 kg fat. He/She can connect to the world via wireless Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
WILL QBO ENTER CLASSROOMS AND HELP US?
Set of questions to be made to students introducing the session:
-Would you like to have a robot in your classroom?
- What can a robot do in a classroom?
- What would you like a robot for in the classroom?
- Could a robot take the place of a teacher?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a robot in the classroom?
Questions to be answered after watching the videos:
- Can robots recognize people or things?
- Can robots make friends?
- Can robots have feelings?
Would you like to get a QBO? You´ll be able to buy one along the last term of the year!!!.....and it´s not so expensive as you may think!!!
Recommendation: Watch the animation film: "Wall-E" or the film: "I Robot"
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