(Conversation / mini project) Teaching a skill

Mini Project: Teaching a skill 

Task:

You are going to stand in front of the class / your group and teach the students a skill.  

Outcome:

At the end, the students should be able to do whatever it is that you are teaching them.  

Language focus:

You need to use imperatives and sequencing language.  

Materials:

You can use the whiteboard and pens, pieces of paper etc. But keep it simple.

The students will vote for the best teacher at the end, based on how clear the explanation was, how fun it was, and if they honestly think that they can do that thing now.  

Ideas for a skill are: 

• Origami 
• Your country’s dance (students have to get up and do this with you) 
• A song 

• Difficult hairstyles 
• A recipe 
• Pronunciation 
• How to flirt 
• The perfect press-up 

• A different language  
• A magic trick
• A secret handshake
• 
  
• 
  

But you can do anything that you want.  

(Advanced) Who is America - a modest proposal

Discuss the picture above. What is going on?

Who is America?

Part 1. 0:00 - 5:15

1. Who is Philip van Cleave?

2. "We've been pushing something _____ this ____ for years but really haven't ____ any _____ with it."

3. "This year in our state government they had a bill ____  ___ that would have made it illegal for someone four years old to twelve years old to ____ _____ _____ a gun. We killed the bill."

4. They call it the _______ twos for a reason.

5. How do you feed Puppy Pistol?

6. What is an Uzicorn?

7. What can Dino Gun do really fast?

8. What does BFF stand for?

What do you think of the episode so far?

Do you feel Cohen has unfairly manipulated Philip? Did you notice any manipulative editing?


Part 2. 5.15 - 7:55

1.  The Second Amendment right of toddlers to ____ firearms at preschool.

2. Who is Larry Pratt? What does he do?

3. "This _____ of the conversation would absolutely cause heads to explode ____ in this country."

4. How does Cohen draw attention to the unintended irony of Pratt's statement?

5.  "It's not ___ if its your wife, eh?

6. Why does Cohen end this statement with "eh?" with his hand extended for a handshake?

7. Where are they supposedly sending the video?

8. "There a few _______ of Congress who will be as _______ to what you're doing as I have been."

9. "to set some time _____."

10. According to Pratt, who has blood on their hands?

What is your impression of Mr Pratt? Has Cohen exploited him or exposed him? 


Part 3. 7:23 - end

1. Now that I have this ____ on board, I was welcomed into the _____ of Congress.

2. How is Cohen playing on Pratt's name?

3. Why is it ironic that Cohen gets access to congress through Mr Pratt?

4. What is Matt Gaetz's response to Cohen's proposal?

5. "______ they be teachers, or ______ they actually be talented children or even _____ trained preschoolers."

6. "...introduces ______  ______ children from twelve to four years old to pistols, rifles, semi-automatics, and a ________ knowledge of mortars."

7. Why is the age range said in reverse?

8. "In less than a month, a first grader can become a first ______"

9. "Toddlers are pure - uncorrupted by _________ or __________. They don't worry if it's ______ _______ to shoot a mentally deranged gunman."

10. "The science ____ this programme is ______."

11. How are young children able to see according to the science evidence offered?

How do you think the makers of this show got these congresspeople and senators to say these things?

Again, have they been exploited or exposed?


_____


Joe Walsh was, who ended the episode by saying "Happy shooting kids" explains how he was "duped" into saying that an other things.

Listen:


Joe Walsh (victim) explains

1. Are you satisfied with Walsh's explanation?

2. Does the interviewer ask the right questions?


Compare that interview with this one:


Piers Press Joe Walsh

Quizlet:

24 pairs

What is the missing word? Its the same word in different forms.

Walsh apparently ______ that saying something doesn't mean you have to ______ it. _______ the things he was saying were Israel's ______, he said them, despite his own ______. Piers, on the other hand, ______ that if someones says they ______ something, you should assume that they hold those ______. Walsh asks Piers if he seriously ______ that all the people in the video ______ what they were saying. Piers says he must, because they said they so. Walsh finds this __________.

Just like that - Bonnie Raitt

 

Just Like That

I watched him circle round the block
Finally stopped at mine
Took a while before he knocked
Like all he had was time

Excuse me, ma'am, maybe you can help
The directions weren't so clear
I'm looking for Olivia Zand
They said I might find her here

I looked real hard and asked him
What she's got he's looking for?
Said there's somethin' I think she'd want to know
And I let him in the door

It's not like me to trust so quick
Caught me by surprise
But somethin' about him gave me ease
Right there in his eyes

And just like that your life can change
If I hadn't looked away
My boy might still be with me now
He'd be 25 today

No knife can carve away the stain
No drink can drown regret
They say Jesus brings you peace and grace
Well he ain't found me yet

Na, na, na, na, na. Na, na, na, na, na, Na, na, na, na, na, na

He sat down and took a deeper breath
Then looked right in my face
I heard about the son you lost
How you left without a trace

I've spent years just trying to find you
So I could finally let you know
It was your son's heart that saved me
And a life you gave us both

And just like that your life can change
Look what the angels send
I lay my head upon his chest
And I was with my boy again

I spent so long in darkness
Never thought the night would end
But somehow grace has found me
And I had to let him in

Na, na, na, na, na, Na, na, na, na, na, Na, na, na, na, na, na

(Advanced) Fake News

The rise of Fake News



Some words to check before listening / watching:

trickery

backdrops

cross the threshold

facial reenactment

dissemination

game changing

watermarked

debunked

virality

flipside

distrust

deployed


Guide questions

1. Why does it not make any difference whether fake news is able to be exposed as fake or not?

2. Why is the term "fake news" so destructive?


Writing task

1. Write a short paragraph about how facial reenactment technology could be used.

2. How could such a tool be countered? Write a paragraph on this.

3. Write a paragraph about how this video made you feel.

please send me your responses via email

C1.1 Unit 5 - Good News bad News

10 terms