Cities, Buildings, and People
Personifying living spaces; Constructing an imaginary dwelling
Personifying living spaces; Constructing an imaginary dwelling
Students go through a series of different problem tasks and activities related to the historical, cultural and social context of the USA which they need to collaborate on in groups. Each group moves between 5 stands, where they can find one task to do, writing their answers on a sheet of paper given on each desk. The aim of the lesson is to elaborate by joint efforts a common handout summarizing the most important points from the activities together with other materials which will serve as a basis for their further studies of the topic of the United States.
What musical features can we find in classic poetry? Do you know poems which are sung?
Students go through a series of information gap activities with the objective to cover the whole topic of Halloween from the cultural, historical, and literary point of view. Each student is responsible for a different piece of information which they need to mediate to the rest of the class in order to complete the gap and create a complete picture. The final collaborative task is to create a mind map summarizing the main points they learned in the lesson.
Students organize a Thanksgiving Fundraising Dinner. In groups they need to resolve which decoration, menu and programme would best represent the event, as well as other aspects like venue, price, and advertising.
What linguistic and visual means are used in advertising? What makes effective non-commercial advertising?