Mª CRISTINA GARCÍA

 

LEVEL: 1st year of ESO

The activity is designed for a group of 1Year Eso and it is meant to be done by each student using their own Chromebook or laptop . It is programmed to last around one hour and to be done during a class session. Its main objectives are based on the development of the students´digital competences and their English writing skills.

The first step is to watch a video in the platform Youtube. It is a Disney Pixar short film. They are told yo pay attention to all the details carefully. The level of comprehension is low because the characters do not speak so all students will be able to get the information they need for the further exercises.

In a second phase, they are given a google document link in which they have different questions on the short film they have watched. The questions are designed to be accesible to all the students of the class. There are some short questions that required very basic answers such as:

-Who were the characters? - What is the big alien´s job? - Did the small alien pass the test? why? - Where and when does it take place? There are also questions in which higher level students will be able to use their skills and weaker students could answer briefly.

-What is the short film about? Make a summary - Find a picture or freeze frame of the pilm, paste it in the doc and describe it. Finally, there are some questions so that they can express their opinion on the topic that the short film presents. There is room for longer os shorter answers, they are told to support their arguments only if they feel confident about how to do it based on their writing abilities. -Do you believe we are alone in the universe? Why? -Do you believe in aliens and UFOs? Why or why not? - What do you think aliens might look like?

During the session , they can unse dictionary online and the teachers support. The send the final product to our google classroom virtual class. Each student is assessed taking into account skills, effort and result of the activity.