domingo, 1 de abril de 2007

Where in the world is Susana? (draft 2)

Activity 1

Title: What’s Happening in 2025?

Activity Type: Project – Story Creation in Wiki

Language: Spanish

Also possible: Any

Topic: Grammar – Future Tense

CMC Tool: Wiki
also possible: Discussion Board

Group Size: Individual and Whole Class
also possible: Small Groups

Description:
The project must be preceded by the ANGEL lesson and written assignments.

As students have already been presented with and used the future tense on their ANGEL assignments, this activity will be a continuation of the lesson. Students will work individually to create a round robin story. Students will be assigned a date and time when they are to write their section of the story. They will comprise this story about the future on a Wiki, which the instructor will start. The instructor will have access the Wiki to give enhanced recasts/feedback on the story. At the beginning of the next in-class period the teacher will bring copies of the completed story and students will take turns reading the parts the wrote.

Student work should be assessed according to each point below.

Activity Objective – The purpose of this activity is to further the student’s knowledge and use of the future tense and their understanding of advanced technology through the use of Wikis.

Variations: “Choose Your Own Adventure” Story – Students will create a story that can have different endings. The story will have the same beginning but the readers can choose their own ending. Each small group of students will be responsible for writing a different ending. The class as a whole will decide on the story topic and its beginning.

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Activity 2

Title: Scavenger Hunt

Activity Type: Project – Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt

Language: Spanish

also possible: Any

Topic: Environment and Technology vocabulary

General Tools: Digital Camera, Computers, E-mail, Spanish-English Online Dictionary and Photo Editing Software

CMC Tool: Wiki

also possible: Discussion board

Group size: Small groups

also possible: Individual

Description: Scavenger Hunt! Class is divided up into groups and each group is sent a different set of vocabulary words. They are asked to take pictures of these vocabulary words using a digital camera. They will post these pictures onto the class Wiki including a clue to their vocabulary word. The other class members must give the word and write a sentence using that new word.

Variations: A Wiki is perfect as a shared Internet encyclopedia. The theme of this Wiki could effortlessly be a number of things: family member, different places or any vocabulary activity.

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Activity 3

Title: Where in the World is Susana (Instructor)?

Activity Type: Discussion

Language: Spanish

also possible: Any

Topic: Grammar – Future Tense and Vocabulary – Technology and Environment

CMC Tool: Email, Skype chat, SCMC chat, blog
also possible: Wiki

Group Size: Small Groups and Whole Class
also possible: Individual

Description:
The project must be preceded by the ANGEL lesson and written assignments.

Class will be divided into groups of 2-3 students. Susana (Instructor) will email different clues to each group about where she will be and what she will be doing in the future (for example, in the year 2025). Students must meet via Skype chat and SCMC chat during assigned days and times to discuss the clues they were given, and then each group will post on a blog their answers and their steps in finding Susana (Instructor). Each group will have to guess where Susana (Instructor) is and post their guess in a final blog entry by a given date. During the next class period, Susana (Instructor) will tell the class if they guessed correctly.

Student work should be assessed according to each point below.

Activity Objective – The purpose of this activity is to be a wrap-up activity that combines what the students have learned in their grammar and vocabulary lessons as well as give the students an opportunity to learn about other types of technology.

Also possible: This activity would be enhanced if the What’s Happening in 2025? and the Scavenger Hunt activities were completed previously.

Variation: “Guess Who I Am”. The instructor could assign students roles of famous people. These students would then need to give the other student groups clues to their identity. Each group would then have to work together to guess the student’s identity.

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