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22 Optional lessons using the DVD

Main language and story practice lesson 3a

The language and story reinforcement lesson is optional in each unit, but it gives teachers a great opportunity to enhance their pupils’ learning experience and enjoyment by introducing an animated version of the unit story and engaging follow-up activities.

• The lesson starts by reviewing the main vocabulary from the unit, using the flashcards and the song.

• The second activity reviews the story using the storycards with a fun, class participation game.

• The third activity introduces the animated version of the story on DVD. Play the DVD story as many times as possible, encouraging children to focus on a different aspect of the story each time. First, focus on the order of the story frames to help foster key literacy skills, then play a game to develop listening for key language.

• The lesson concludes with a colouring or craft activity linked to the theme of the story and the language worked on in the DVD.

• As further practice, the children can make mini books of each story to take home, using the story frames worksheets on the Teacher’s Resource CD-ROM.

• At least one activity in each lesson 3a has a specific focus on one of the Key Competences, for example, craft activities for artistic and cultural competence, or looking at the underlying message in the story to help develop autonomy and personal initiative.

Cross-curricular project lesson 6a

This second optional lesson is designed to allow the teacher to reinforce and extend the cross-curricular topic for the unit through more practical project work. It gives teachers a great opportunity to exploit the cross-curricular content in a way which develops pupils’ key project work skills.

• The lesson begins by reviewing the cross-curricular topic with the unit poster.

• Two new items of vocabulary are then introduced to extend the content presented on the Class Book page in lesson 6.

• In the second part of the lesson, teachers are encouraged to present the pupils with simple outside research linked to the topic. For example, in Unit 1 this might be pictures of similar paintings using shapes from books, magazines and the internet.

• The children then begin work on a project task based on the topic, which ranges from creating their own version of a piece of fine art, to making their own family tree.

• To conclude the lesson, a range of follow-up activities are suggested, which include presenting the projects to the class to further practise the subject-specific language, and displaying the projects for the rest of the school. For further practice and extension, the teacher can play the relevant real-world film clip from the DVD. Play the DVD as many times as possible, pausing it and eliciting language so the children can repeat or describe scenes on the screen. The children can then complete the activities on the DVD cross-curricular worksheet on the Teacher’s Resource CD-ROM. You can also exploit the scenes for cultural content and use them to talk about the children’s own experiences.

DVD cross-curricular sample screen

DVD story sample screen

DVD story worksheets sample

DVD cross-curricular worksheet sample