miércoles, 24 de agosto de 2016

PROJECT "SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE KITCHEN" 8C

FIRST TASK

Rubric to assess students' recipe video


Situation

Students from 8th grade are starting to work in the project “Science and Technology in the kitchen” This is an heterogeneous group which level vary from beginner (A1)  to intermediate level (B1). However the majority is placed in A2 accomplishing the expectation from the Ministry of Education. The first topic for the project is “Presenting a recipe”

Task

Students are going to watch two videos related to cooking actions and a recipe. They will reconstruct the recipe and they will write their own recipe working in teams of three.
Production: Students are going to record themselves presenting their recipe. And bring degustation to the class if it is possible.

To complete this task successfully you need to

1.     Greet the audience
2.     Introduce yourselves
3.     Present the name of the dish
4.     Show and name each ingredient including quantities.
5.     Present the kitchen tools you need.
6.     Explain the recipe and show the process.
7.     Say good bye to the audience
8.     Ask three questions to the audience. Bring sample to the class. (optional) 


Suggestion: After watching your video-recording ask some questions to the audience and give degustation students who answer well.

RATING SCALE


LEVELS OF ACHIEVEMENT
Poor 
(NA)
1-2
Average
 (AB)
3
Good job
 (AA)
4
Outstanding 
(AM)
5
Ideas were no understandable and there was a lot of hesitation. They sometimes used L1.

Students were able to express some ideas even though some of them were not clear enough. There was some hesitation
Despite occasional errors, ideas were understandable.
There was a little hesitation. 
Ideas were clearly expressed.
There was no hesitation.

%
Descriptors
Grade
%(x)       
Comments
5
Greet and say goodbye to the audience.

0.05(  )=

5
Introduce yourselves  and present the name of the dish.

0.05(  )=

10
Show and name ingredients including quantities. Use vocabulary learn in class and present new words if it is necessary.

0.1(  )=

10
Present the kitchen tools you need. Use vocabulary learn in class and present new words if it is necessary.

0.1(  )=

30
Explain the recipe and show the process

0.3(  )=

5
Students ask the audience three complete and grammatically correct questions.

0.05(  )=

5
Oral presentation is distributed evenly.

0.05(  )=

10
Fluency. Keep the flow of the presentation going. Talk naturally at a “normal speed"

0.1(  )=

5
Grammar correctness. Use imperative, present continuos, and sequence connectors.

0.05(  )=

15
Understandable ideas. Pronunciation does not affect meaning.

0.15(  )=





Final Grade



miércoles, 10 de agosto de 2016

Remember the Task (8ºC)

Remember to check these links
http://www.shertonenglish.com/resources/es/adjectives/adjectives-intensifiers.php
http://www.shertonenglish.com/resources/es/adjectives/adjectives-making-comparisons.php

Tomorrow you are going to report your classmate's interview.
The questions are:

1. What are your likes and dislikes about food?
2. What time do you have breakfast? What do you eat?
3. What time do you have lunch? What do you eat?
4. What time do you have dinner? What do you eat?

lunes, 6 de junio de 2016

martes, 3 de mayo de 2016

Do you need the audios to practice listening? ) 9th grades

If you want to get the English, Please! 1 fast track edition. Interactive book, pdf version.
go to Colombia aprende then click on Colombia bilingüe and finally click on English, Please.
You can download it here.

http://www.colombiaaprende.edu.co/html/home/1592/w3-channel.html



Then unzip the file and go to "libromedia" (Descomprima el archivo y vaya a libromedia)

Open the folder of resources and find the audio tracks
And enjoy it!

sábado, 30 de abril de 2016

viernes, 22 de abril de 2016

8th and 9th grades. HOME and Earth song

Dear  students:
Today our school was celebrating the "day of the Earth"
Remember the task we were doing all the day:
After watching the video "HOME" taking into account its content, answer this questions:
1. What is the cause of the equilibrium loss in our planet?
2. What  are we doing in favor of the sustainability?
We did it in Spanish, now try to do it in English.


HOME

Earth song





Lyrics

domingo, 13 de marzo de 2016

jueves, 10 de marzo de 2016

Remember to work in the 6th basic learning right. Relevant fact: elections (8th grade)


Relevant fact : election of the "personero"the student who will represent you in the school government.

Key words: Rights and duties
Write at least two sentences. For example:
You should choose or vote for a person who has ethical values like responsibility, commitment, among others.
Then prepare your presentation. You can do it like your classmates did it last class or like the following example: