Introduction
School: Arturo Prat Chacon
School context: Private school from Talcahuano
Level: 7 grade (currently, this grade is seen as the first grade of high school)
Unit 1: Feelings and Opinions
WebQuest duration: 90 minutes
Welcome to Billboard Music Awards!
The most popular musical event around the world; "Billboard Music Awards" is coming soon and you are one of the judges!
This 2021, Katy Perry and Bruno Mars were the most voted artists.
So, YOU will be in charge of deciding the winner! 😊
But first, you will need some essential vocabulary:
I am impressed by Bruno Mars performance. I am afraid of Katy Perry's panther.
I consider that Bruno Mars is the best singer. In my opinion, Katy Perry's high notes are good.
I adore Bruno Mars' movements. I feel that Katy Perry should dance more.
Task
Your duty 🧐
As the principal judge, your job is to decide which artist will be the winner of the Billboard Music Awards in the Pop Music category. This 2021, for this category the nominees are Katy Perry and Bruno Mars. You will have to watch one music video of each one of them and write a critique in which you show your opinions and how you feel watching them.
Then, you will present your winner to your colleagues to take the final decision.
You will need:
- Internet connection
- Computer
- Headphones
- Word or Google document
Process
Watch the following videos
Bruno Mars
Katy Perry
Step 1
Write your opinions and feelings about both videos in a minimum of 7 lines.
You can use the following questions to write your critique:
- What do you think about the lyrics?
- Does the video have a high quality of production?
- Do you like the rhythm and melody?
- Do you consider that the artist did a good performance?
- Are the lyrics and video related?
- Do you like the style and colors?
Step 2
According to your critique, grade the videos from 1 to 7 and decide which artist you consider is the winner of the Billboard Music Awards.
Prepare your presentation to the rest of the judges. You should say which artist is the winner for you, and state your opinions and feelings while you watch the video you choose as the best.
Step 3
Present your decision in front of your colleague judges.
Explain the reasons why you selected the artist, specifying your opinions and feelings about the video in 2-3 minutes.
Step 4
Finally, all the judges have to determine which artist deserves to be the winner and deliver the price.
🎉🎉And the Billboard Music Awards in the category of Pop Music goes to... 🎉🎉
Evaluation
Writing |
0-1 | 2-3 | 4-5 | 6-7 |
| Task completion | The task is not delivered | The task is poorly completed | The task is fully completed, but not in the given time | The task is fully completed |
| Lenght | Just one video is criticized and is too short | Just one video is criticized in the respective length | Both videos are criticized but the critiques are too short | The critique is written in the respective length |
| Content | There are no opinions or feelings included in the critique | There is just one opinion and feeling for each video | The critique involves most of the opinions and feelings but not the asked one | The critique covers the opinions and feelings of each video |
| Vocabulary | The critique has poor vocabulary, it is below the level | The critique has few vocabulary of the appropriate level | The critique has some vocabulary below the level | The critique has the correct vocabulary for the level |
| Grammar | The critique is difficult to read | The critique presents some grammatical errors which sometimes make it difficult to understand | The critique presents several grammatical errors but the meaning is not changed | The critique presents 1 or 2 grammatical errors |
Speaking |
0-1 | 2-3 | 4-5 | 6-7 |
| Content | There are no opinions or feelings included in the presentation | There is just one opinion and feeling presented for each video | The presentation involves most of the opinions and feelings but not the asked one | The presentation covers the required opinions and feelings of each video |
| Vocabulary | The student presents poor vocabulary, it is below the level | The student present few vocabulary of the appropriate level | The student presents some vocabulary below the level | The student presents the correct vocabulary for the level |
| Grammar | The information is difficult to understand | The student presents some grammatical errors which sometimes make it difficult to understand | The student presents several grammatical errors but the meaning is not changed | The student presents 1 or 2 grammatical errors |
| Pronunciation | The student mispronounces most of the words | The student presents some pronunciation errors which sometimes make it difficult to understand | The student presents several pronunciation errors but is not difficult to understand | The student presents 1 or 5 pronunciation errors |
| Fluency | The student does not speak fluently, hesitate most of the time | The student presents some fluency difficulties, stops 8 to 10 times | The student presents an adequate fluency, stops 5 to 7 times | The student presents a good fluency, stops 1 to 3 times |
Conclusion
Congratulations to the winner! 🎉
The judges have done an excellent job! 😊🎉
You did a great job as a judge of the Billboard Music Awards by presenting your opinions and feelings about the music videos.
If you want to improve your descriptions and critiques you can practice with other videos of your favorite artists, movies, books, tv shows, etc. The goal is that you become an expert in expressing your feelings and opinions!
Did you like this Webquest?
If you enjoyed this activity, would you like to participate as a judge in the next Academy Awards?
- Which film category do you think that has won more prizes? Why?
- What do you think about International films?
- Do you like a specific actor or actress? Who? Why?
Credits
This Webquest was created in May, 2021 by Andre Artadi, Camila Fernandez, and Dahiana Moraga.
Resources
Chilean Educational basis
Scholar book
Youtube
Teacher Page
Teacher note
First of all, we selected the unit "Feelings and Opinions" presented in the Curricular Basis of Chilean Education for this grade. We consider that this topic is one of the most essential aspects that children in this age average have to learn. In addition, it was the unit we found more interactive to perform a motivating and authentic activity.
We decided to work with productive skills since these abilities encourage creativity and personal perspective about students' feelings and opinions. Regarding the writing activity, we selected the OA 15 which is about writing opinions using the vocabulary and structure correctly. Furthermore, for the speaking activity, we selected the OA 8 which indicates that students should be able to present information about different topics using vocabulary that express emotions, opinions, and common words.
Finally, we wanted to follow the structure that the WebQuest give us creating an imaginary situation in which students are the protagonists being the judges of a contest. We look for a meaningful activity that could be useful in other daily situations as well.