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//Winter festivals//: Lesson Plan **  ** -Grade Level: ** 4º ESO / 1º BACH (pre-intermediate, B1)  **-Theme:** **f**estivals around the world and weather
 * - Time Schedule: ** 6 hours / a term /the whole year
 * -Crosscurricular links:** Science, Ethics and Art
 * -Created by:** Mª José Díaz Rodríguez


 * OVERVIEW **

This wiki has been designed to be managed as a unit or a whole year project depending on the teacher’s schedule and spare time. As a unit, it could be developed in two weeks if we only try the worksheets and do the homework task. If our aim is to go into this topic in depth and compile projects about different festivities around the world, it could be continued throughout the year. The wiki is divided into five sections: OBJECTIVES ** Socio-cultural **
 * The **Home** section: introduction, project outline and lesson plan
 * The **Worksheets** section: general culture and four skill practice 
 *  ** Homework ** : writing task (product)
 * ** Projects ** created by students on their favourite festival or festivity (product)
 * ** Resources **: videos, reference and didactic website
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 * 

Linguistic (Linguistic competence) **
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US;">To learn about folklore and traditions from other countries
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US;">To learn about Harbin in general and its extreme weather conditions specifically
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US;">To show respect about other countries' customs (social competece)
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US;">To acquire group interaction skills (social competence)
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US;">

<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US;"> <span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-language: ES; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastlanguage: ES;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-language: ES; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastlanguage: ES; msoasciifontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msoasciithemefont: major-latin; msohansifontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msohansithemefont: major-latin;">
 * To learn vocabulary about weather and festivities
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US;">To practise the passive voice in present and the simple past tense
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US;">To express their opinion about a fact (speaking)
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US;">To answer questions after watching two videos (listening)
 * To find out specific information in articles (reading)
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US;">To ask questions about a holiday (speaking)
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US;">To write a short paragraph about a classmate’s experience of a festival (writing)
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US;">Non-linguistic **
 * <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-language: ES; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastlanguage: ES; msoasciifontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msoasciithemefont: major-latin; msohansifontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msohansithemefont: major-latin;">To learn how to work autonomously (autonomous acting = "aprender a aprender")
 * <span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-language: ES; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastlanguage: ES;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: black; font-size: 10pt; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastlanguage: ES; msoasciifontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msoasciithemefont: major-latin; msohansifontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msohansithemefont: major-latin;">To practise high level thinking skills: analysis, comparison, synthesis, etc. (Informational literacy)
 * <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: black; font-size: 10pt; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastlanguage: ES; msoasciifontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msoasciithemefont: major-latin; msohansifontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msohansithemefont: major-latin;">To make use of web tools and word processors (digital competence)
 * To illustrate projects making use of art (artistic competence)

METHODOLOGY ** <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: black; font-size: 10pt; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastlanguage: ES; msoasciifontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msoasciithemefont: major-latin; msohansifontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msohansithemefont: major-latin;">The methodology will be interactive and will benefit from the use of web resources. There will be activities to be done individually ,in pairs or groups of 3 or 4. Autonomous and self-learning approaches will be promoted as well. Finally, all the activities have been gradated from easier to more difficult, from closer to more open or free.
 * <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: ES; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastlanguage: ES; msoasciifontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msoasciithemefont: major-latin; msohansifontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msohansithemefont: major-latin;">


 * Procedure

1. Activating background knowledge (Breaking the ice)** It has been done by an introductory activity of brainstorming to check what the students already know about the topic. Then they will read both general and specific information about it.

At this stage students will mostly do listening and reading activities such as:
 * 2. Developing Knowledge**
 * Watching two videos
 * Reading comprehension on Harbin
 * Vocabulary matching, etc.

This stage will comprise more open tasks. Students will have to use what they have learnt to carry out the activities. Among them we can point out:
 * 3. Using the knowledge**
 * Interview your classmate about a real or imaginary holiday
 * Write a short paragraph about it
 * Make a mini-project about your favourite festival or festivity
 * Make a scrapbook of your favourite holiday

** ASSESSMENT ** <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-language: ES; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastlanguage: ES; msoasciifontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msoasciithemefont: major-latin; msohansifontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msohansithemefont: major-latin;"> <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US;">It will be carried out through class direct observation, the accomplishment of the activities, their correction and <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: 10pt; mso-spacerun: yes; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msospacerun: yes;"> <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US;">portfolio (self-assessment). Aspects such as methodology efficiency, adequacy of materials and students' satisfaction will also be taken into account. (Formative evaluation.) RESOURCES **<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;"> <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US;"> // (Some parts of this lesson plan outline has been adapted from Isabel Perez's wiki on The Simpsoms and from [|Scholastic website]. I would like to say thank you and give credit to them) //
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US;">
 * <span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;"> <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US;">Wikipedia
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US;">Word Reference Dictionary
 * <span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;"> <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US;">BBC articles and quizzes
 * <span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;"> <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US;">2 Videos from //Youtube//
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US;">Scholastic website