Introduction
You are planning your visit to the cinema with your friends. There ara too many interesting christmas films and you can't choose. Discuss it with your friends and try to find a compromise.
Task
Find some information about these films and retell it to your friends. Which one do you like most of all? Give some arguments.
Working in groups, you will follow the instructions on the process page. You will have the entire lesson for this task which is to be completed for home work if necessary.
Every group receives only one film to discuss about and the questions are the same for every group.
Process
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Let's start!
Answer the following questions.
1. What is this film about?
2. What is the genre of the film?
3. Who is the producer of the film?
4. Who is the scriptwriter of the film?
5. Who are starring?
6. Is this film dubbed into Russian or with subtitles?
7. What can you say about the cast and acting?
8. Have you read some reviews?
9. What critics think about the film? Do you agree with them?
10. What impression did you get?
These links will be helpful for you.
Group 1: A princess for christmas
Group 2: Deck the Halls
Group 3: Santa buddies
Group 4: The Search for Santa Paws
DO NOT REPEAT ANSWERS WORD FOR WORD FROM THE WEBSITES!
Evaluation
This table will help you to evaluate your work.
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Poor “2” |
Fair “3” |
Good “4” |
Excellent “5” |
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Content |
Shows no significant understanding of material. |
Has mostly shallow grasp of the material; rarely takes a stand on issues; offers inadequate levels of support.
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Shows evidence of understanding most of the major concepts; is skilled in basic level of support for opinions; offers an occasional divergent viewpoint.
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Demonstrates excellence in grasping key concepts; provides sample evidence of support for opinions; readily offers new interpretations of discussion material. |
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Use of English |
Writing is largely unintelligible.
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Poor use of the language; only an occasional idea surfaces clearly; there is overuse of the simple sentence and repetition of words; paragraphs are often unrelated to each other.
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Sentences are generally grammatically correct; ideas are readily understood but show signs of disorganization; some transitions between concepts are missing; there are occasional misspellings.
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Student uses complex, grammatically correct sentences on a regular basis; expresses ideas clearly, concisely, cogently, in logical fashion; uses words that demonstrate a high level of vocabulary; has rare misspellings. |
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Organization |
There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts
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Content is logically organized for the most part
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Uses headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed |
Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material |
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Cooperation |
Rarely takes part in group discussions, shares very few ideas and does not respect others' opinions
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Occasionally takes part in group discussions, shares some ideas and respects others' opinions to a limited degree
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Takes an active part in group discussions, shares ideas most of the time, and respects others' opinions
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Takes the initiative in group discussions, shares ideas and encourages others to do the same, respects others' opinion |
Conclusion
Children learn
- to find necessary information,
- to discuss,
- to communicate with each other,
- to work in groups,
- to express opinion,
- to express agreement and disagreement,
- to use necessary vocabulary and grammatical structures.