{"id":1523,"date":"2024-07-02T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T06:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogsaverroes.juntadeandalucia.es\/trainingenglishskills\/?p=1523"},"modified":"2024-07-02T08:51:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T06:51:58","slug":"lets-know-our-relatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogsaverroes.juntadeandalucia.es\/trainingenglishskills\/lets-know-our-relatives\/","title":{"rendered":"LET&#8217;S KNOW OUR RELATIVES"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>LET&#8217;S KNOW OUR RELATIVES<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Centre of interest<\/strong>: Biography (meeting people).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Level<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">3\u00baD<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Date<\/strong>: 3<sup>rd<\/sup>-17<sup>th<\/sup> February (2<sup>nd<\/sup> term).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Final Task<\/strong>: Flipbook of a relative&#8217;s biography.<\/p>\n<h2>Contextualization<\/h2>\n<p>My secondary school is placed in a working and humble <b>neighbourhood<\/b>, made up of a variety of&nbsp; families of different sociocultural and socioeconomic levels. This requires the school to adapt its educational response.&nbsp; <b>3rd CSE-D<\/b> is a <b>mixed ability group<\/b>, and it is quite <b>heterogeneous <\/b>because we can find <b>different learning rhythms and motivation<\/b>.&nbsp; Some of the students roughly fall within the category of \u201cbasic users\u201d of English, according to the <b><i>CEFR<\/i><\/b>.&nbsp; There are four <b>students who repeat<\/b> the course and a student with <b>ADHD<\/b>.<\/p>\n<h2>Justification\/Objectives<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\">In the second term, the learning framework relates to past events.&nbsp; Working on the past allows students to explore the lives of people who belong to their families and have made a difference in the world. It can also help students to develop their research, writing, and critical thinking skills, as well as their creativity, imagination, feelings and emotions.&nbsp; Through this unit, they can discover new aspects of their families, express their socio-affective relations, and share their knowledge with others.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\">The main goal is that students learn how to write a biography. In doing so, they are able to:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;padding-inline-start: 48px\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;color: #111111;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\">explore history, culture, and more through an individual&#8217;s achievements and experiences (stage objectives \u2018c, j\u2019).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;color: #111111;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\">find inspiration in stories of people overcoming challenges and contributing to the world (stage objective \u2018a\u2019).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;color: #111111;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\">practise expository writing and revise the use and form of the past tense (stage obj. \u2018i\u2019).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;color: #111111;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\">organise information chronologically and coherently for an engaging final presentation (stage objective \u2018l\u2019).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Description of the Final Task<\/h2>\n<p>The final task consists of writing a <b><i>biography <\/i><\/b>about one of the students&#8217; relatives, making a <b><i>flipbook<\/i><\/b> and <b><i>presenting<\/i><\/b> it to the rest of the class.<\/p>\n<h2>Curricular elements<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: center;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;margin-top: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-us.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXcFH5iz0lXMxiMVJQk1eFd7ltEynJEj-2P5Ywi4IIsA1UuyUIWTmwJvWdW9AT9HAqctCXHetZpvefTUCS9JlMzEyCZ2kq6PgsCO-jN1ytfBkBqpBuvvQUxZ9r90ma-Pyyn6cKEbaRBcpqikXYSCYjUm32o?key=Q2l2X_RFMP63ddOoQg3YLA\" width=\"25\" height=\"26\"> SPECIFIC COMPETENCY 1. Understand the general meaning and the most relevant details of oral, written and multimodal texts to respond to concrete communicative needs. Stage Obj.: e-l. Descriptors: CLC2, CLC3, MC1, MC2, STEM1, DC1, PSLLC5, CCAE2<\/p>\n<p>ASSESSMENT CRITERIA 1.1. Extract and analyse the global meaning and the main ideas from oral, written and multimodal texts on everyday issues.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>CONTENTS (BASIC KNOWLEDGE)&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>LEX.3.A.2.<\/strong> Basic strategies to understand oral, written and multimodal texts, and techniques to extract the main and secondary ideas.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>LEX.3.A.5.<\/strong> Recognition of the context, organisation and structuring according to genre, textual function and structure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LEX.3.A.7.<\/strong> Vocabulary of common use and of interest to students daily life: family, jobs and professions, verbs, etc.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: center;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;margin-top: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-us.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXfitMa8kqmGWfhO6khHFKzdpPnOhk_bttMvQ1ioKHeQFITVy_InTKtojx5eBude2J2S-CFR0YhRaMdx6EWfyq7ZGTu9OYnzWNxsuWtVPr6L-18MOab5OfthqHtT3VXVmIJcE44S_cxwsr1QpuSNr6gpX5FQ?key=Q2l2X_RFMP63ddOoQg3YLA\" width=\"26\" height=\"26\"> SPECIFIC COMPETENCY 2. Produce oral, written and multimodal texts, searching in reliable sources and using planning strategies to express in a creative and coherent way. Stage Obj.: b, d-l. Descriptors: CLC1, MC1, MC2, STEM1, DC2, PSLLC5, EC1, CCAE3<\/p>\n<p>ASSESSMENT CRITERIA 2.1. Express orally medium extension texts, structured and appropriate to the communicative situation on personal relevance, to explain and describe in different supports and gradually autonomous.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\">CONTENTS (BASIC KNOWLEDGE)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\">LEX.3.A.4. Commonly used communicative functions: introduce oneself, describe people, narrate past events, paraphrase and summarise.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\">LEX.3.A.6. Linguistic units of meanings associated with the expression of space and spatial relations, time and temporal relations, affirmation, denial and logical relations.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\">LEX.3.A.7. See above.<\/p>\n<p>LEX.3.A.8. Commonly used sound, accent, rhythmic and intonation patterns.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: center;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;margin-top: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-us.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXcr1gAAibkW0ExrlzPAmbV9zoXVVLpRMA7ZnL9CamR2eE-7KJW9ZKbhYhkqseh2TRwIhRZDuXg_zvOw7T6nb0-ClCiCq4NW40m2iObI8zBa-BRTawPcDhbY6se3LUS9WU3yPbyfnZFsg0FxXlJz10kYANk?key=Q2l2X_RFMP63ddOoQg3YLA\" width=\"26\" height=\"26\"> SPECIFIC COMPETENCY 3. Interact with others orally and written with growing autonomy, using cooperation strategies to respond to concrete communicative purposes using respect and courtesy standards. Stage Obj.: a-k.&nbsp; Descriptors: CCL5, CP1, CP2, CPSAA3, CC3<\/p>\n<p>ASSESSMENT CRITERIA 3.1. Plan and collaborate actively, through different supports, in interactive situations, on daily issues close to their experience, adapting to different genres, showing initiative, empathy and respect for linguistic courtesy, as well as for the different ideas, concerns and motivations of the interlocutors, determining responsible communication<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\">CONTENTS (BASIC KNOWLEDGE)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\">LEX.3.A.8. See above.<\/p>\n<p>LEX.3.B.1. Strategies and techniques to respond effectively and with increasing levels of fluency, adequacy and correctness to a specific communicative need despite the limitations derived from the level of competence in the foreign language and in the other languages of one&#8217;s linguistic repertoire<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: center;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;margin-top: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-us.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXfYs5f1rZz8T-7EMLAPGFWk0kC5gYTp192C5yFgGXEq1fBnWZxnKY6YSzERhXZVfovEwa9iRn3xXmO7EkCuFJ_jb989WJIpIizfZu_STskAA4AnMxFECI3P8mXiY3037DiYr02So4NjcxIxted2tGC19otH?key=Q2l2X_RFMP63ddOoQg3YLA\" width=\"26\" height=\"26\"> SPECIFIC COMPETENCY 4. Mediate in everyday situations using simple strategies and knowledge aimed at explaining or simplifying messages, to transmit information efficiently, clearly and responsibly. Stage Obj.: a-l.&nbsp; Descriptors: CCL5, CP1, CP2, CP3, CPSAA1, PSLLC3, CCEC1.<\/p>\n<p>ASSESSMENT CRITERIA 4.1. Infer, analyse and explain brief and simple texts and messages, showing respect and empathy for the interlocutors, relying on various resources.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\">CONTENTS (BASIC KNOWLEDGE)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\">LEX.3.A.1. Self-confidence and initiative. Error as an integral part of the learning process and an instrument for improvement. Respect for intellectual property and copyright on the sources consulted.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\">LEX.3.A.3. Knowledge, skills and attitudes that allow carrying out mediation activities in everyday situations.<\/p>\n<p>LEX.3.C.1. The foreign language as a source of information and as a tool for social participation and personal enrichment.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: center;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;margin-top: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-us.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXeG_7drIdDT54Me6EP18qVDqTdWUbJgXmra1I0BVoY5Eeg0oB4xQH_CeiN8gX01Bn8o01uvSTgynFuEuyJDH6rLzze40FZWyu5Ays7Kz2IcdAWbcpg_feg5zimNKRCLAA5w81WL11Gfn9Otinn8BtUcSwnC?key=Q2l2X_RFMP63ddOoQg3YLA\" width=\"26\" height=\"26\"> SPECIFIC COMPETENCY 5. Expand and use personal linguistic repertoires between different languages, analysing and reflecting on their similarities and differences to improve the response to specific communicative needs. Stage Obj.: b, d-i, k&nbsp; Descriptors: CP2, PSLLC1, CPSAA5, CD2<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\">ASSESSMENT CRITERIA&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>5.2. Creatively use strategies and knowledge to improve the ability to communicate and learn the foreign language, in real situations with support from other participants and analog and digital tools adapted to an intermediate level of complexity for oral and written co-production.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\">CONTENTS (BASIC KNOWLEDGE)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\">LEX.3.B.1. Strategies and techniques to respond effectively and with increasing levels of fluency, adequacy and correctness to a specific communicative need.<\/p>\n<p>LEX.3.B.2. Commonly used strategies to identify, organise, retain, recover and creatively use linguistic units, lexicon, morphosyntax, sound patterns, orthographic, based on the comparison of the languages.<\/p>\n<p>5.3. Register and analyse the progress and learning of foreign languages by selecting the most effective strategies to overcome the difficulties and consolidate their learning, carrying out self-assessment activities.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\">CONTENTS (BASIC KNOWLEDGE)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\">LEX.3.A.1. See above.<\/p>\n<p>LEX.3.B.3. Commonly used strategies and tools for self-assessment, co-assessment and self-repair, analog and digital, individual and cooperative.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: center;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;margin-top: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-us.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXcnOB81St2geFLwALU5HUE-ABmatlr8RbSvYs2WRndd_ivDCsDpI8Zgj8ZwxEry0krsVlOVJGt2T9Q0FScws-snFBXRKPxDctr4tpnaYtklIE9d8QAHLRz9wMwXuGJ1q_kKSh9K-3yDorf9v8jxc56i0SBt?key=Q2l2X_RFMP63ddOoQg3YLA\" width=\"26\" height=\"26\"> SPECIFIC COMPETENCY 6. Value critically and adapt to linguistic, cultural and artistic diversity, identifying similarities\/differences between languages and cultures, to act empathically and respectfully in intercultural situations. Stage Obj.: a-d, f-l.&nbsp; Descriptors: CCL5, CP3, PSLLC1, CC3, CCEC1.<\/p>\n<p>ASSESSMENT CRITERIA 6.1. Act adequately, empathically and respectfully in common intercultural situations, building links between different languages, rejecting any type of discrimination, prejudice and stereotype in daily communicative contexts.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\">CONTENTS (BASIC KNOWLEDGE)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\">LEX.3.C.3. Cultural patterns of the foreign language and sociocultural and sociolinguistic aspects of common use related to daily life, living conditions and interpersonal relationships.<\/p>\n<p>LEX.3.C.4. Commonly used social conventions; non-verbal language, linguistic courtesy and digital etiquette; culture, customs and values of countries where the FL is spoken.<\/p>\n<h2>Methodology<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\">Based on the Decree 102\/2023. Art.6. Pedagogical principles, this unit follows a project-based learning (PBL) method together with learning stations and flipped classroom.&nbsp; It helps students develop skills such as critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and communication, as well as deep content knowledge. Regarding a biography as a non-fiction text that tells the story of someone\u2019s life, highlighting their achievements, challenges, and experiences, involves students in research, reflection and, at the same time, dealing with Sustainable Development Goals, by sharing knowledge about influential individuals and gender equality (4\/5) and with the Andalusia\u2019s culture as a cross-curricular topic.&nbsp; This unit is directly related to other linguistic subjects (Spanish and French), art, in which students will design and draw their relatives\u2019 portraits to make the flipbook and ICT, since students will develop the activity in google slides.<\/p>\n<h2>Lessons Sequence<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\">All lessons include a warm-up activity (think outside the box, tongue-twister, word-ladder, brain teaser.&nbsp; Regarding the grouping, students will work individually on learning stations.&nbsp; As far as resources are concerned students will use their notebook, oral and written texts, worksheets and their flipbook.&nbsp; As a final task, after every lesson, students will complete their learning logs.<\/p>\n<p>The lessons\/activities students will do in this teaching unit\/learning situation are the following:<\/p>\n<h2>1<\/h2>\n<p>I<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1-jHUO4duxLTEx44NPMiHW1ykDxLvAzX8\/view?usp=sharing\">nitial assessment<\/a> and working with vocabulary related to family, verbs, etc. <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1wzVo3IIfTXiAxAPc11ixVOoCQ-g2gx36\/view?usp=sharing\">Memory game, crossword and wordsearch, fill-in-the-blanks<\/a>\u2026 + Google classroom (<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vTb2eITbdTcCBJAuKzwG8EJTczQO-l2Xjbe0rGIhvMd3_nTv_1sXy60wMAy_nbqqz2RF7-amXmj6o4x\/pubhtml?gid=0&amp;single=true\">flipitty cards<\/a>) for revision. &nbsp; + <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mwh_IWwwN8Y&amp;pp=ygUXcGFzdCBzaW1wbGUgZXhwbGFuYXRpb24%3D\">Flipped classroom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>2<\/h2>\n<p>Read about <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1wr7gg09VZJbNykRjGW3frM0dzQNw5KrW\/view?usp=sharing\">what a biography is and how it is structured<\/a> + apart from analysing the different information included in the text. Grammatical aspects: <strong>past simple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveworksheets.com\/w\/en\/english-second-language-esl\/103473\">liveworksheets <\/a><\/strong>and <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1giYRYHNXuIasucEchEDlmJ3oBMbmBP_w\/view?usp=drive_link\">story cubes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>3<\/h2>\n<p>Listen to different videos dealing with biographies and answer some questions about them, paying attention to the different elements included in a biography:<\/p>\n<p><b>Video-Audio Material<\/b><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.islcollective.com\/english-esl-video-lessons\/listening-comprehension\/deep-listening-focus-on-meaning\/walt-disney-biography\/579968\">Walt Disney Biography<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.islcollective.com\/english-esl-video-lessons\/listening-comprehension\/deep-listening-focus-on-meaning\/william-shakespeare-biography\/55183\">William Shakespeare<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.islcollective.com\/english-esl-video-lessons\/listening-comprehension\/deep-listening-focus-on-meaning\/oprah-winfrey-biography\/547426\">Oprah Winfrey<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.islcollective.com\/english-esl-video-lessons\/listening-comprehension\/deep-listening-focus-on-meaning\/past-simple-tense\/celine-dion-biography\/34755\">Celine Dion<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.islcollective.com\/english-esl-video-lessons\/listening-comprehension\/deep-listening-focus-on-meaning\/helen-keller-biography\/603842\">Helen Keller<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.islcollective.com\/english-esl-video-lessons\/listening-comprehension\/basic-listening-focus-on-hearing\/english-speaking-cultures\/prince-william-biography\/962214\">Prince William<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b>HOMEWORK<\/b>: Watch a video about <a href=\"https:\/\/en.islcollective.com\/english-esl-video-lessons\/listening-comprehension\/deep-listening-focus-on-meaning\/writing-a-biography\/90014\">Writing a biography<\/a>. (flipped classroom).<\/p>\n<h2>4<\/h2>\n<p>Reading comprehension about <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1atoZTnJ8JMysoChDuXCufYI_U-qivAcT\/view?usp=sharing\">Marie Curie<\/a>. Read a text about a biography and analyse the linguistic aspects such as: verb tenses and the vocabulary used and the structure of the text.<\/p>\n<h2>5<\/h2>\n<p>Answer a <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1SmYa5AJ_AKAXzjq0mbc5CWODKibpWJFO\/view?usp=sharing\">questionnaire<\/a>: choose one of your relatives to write about their life. Research about the person\u2019s life using reliable sources.&nbsp; Contrast: past and present (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plickers.com\/seteditor\/66782a2c8c2fea519bbf0b8b\">plickers<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h2>6<\/h2>\n<p>Create a <a style=\"color: #ff6600\" href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/templates\/?query=timeline\">timeline<\/a> of the main events of the person\u2019s life (Canva). Ask and investigate: How did this person contribute to the world? What were the main obstacles they faced? How did they overcome them? What can we learn from their life?<\/p>\n<h2>7<\/h2>\n<p>Write a draft, using the timeline as a guide. Write in the third person and in the past tense objectively. Start making your flipbook (<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1J9RtBp4833hpunbKIEsRXEBmmLwT3wO07tfLnaA1-gI\/edit?usp=sharing\">google slides<\/a>).&nbsp; Revise and edit your biography, checking for accuracy, clarity, and coherence.<\/p>\n<h2>8-9<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Present<\/strong> each biography. Use your flipbook to showcase your work. <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/143b-VPrDM31LWEN-QyqVzfuVZQzpPpgU\/view?usp=sharing\">Reflect <\/a>on your learning process and your final product: what you learned, what you enjoyed, what you found difficult, and what you would do differently next time\u2026 + <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeTLE83ljRXXmOx9fgzLLYVEGr_B9P8JDA4EgtQTrAy9DEFEw\/viewform?usp=sharing\">co-evaluation time<\/a> (coRubrics).<\/p>\n<h2>Attention to diversity and UDL guidelines<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\">My students show different capacities to learn, activities with different degrees of complexity are designed to fulfil the learning objectives, varying the types of activities (learning stations) to suit my students\u2019 multisensory modalities, following the basic UDL guidelines:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;padding-inline-start: 48px\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;color: #111111;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\">Action and expression: provide meaningful ways that learners can present their projects.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;color: #111111;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\">Representation: make dictionaries available, highlight patterns, clarify vocabulary with pictograms, customise perception by posting charts so that all students can view them.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;color: #111111;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\">Engagement: provide feedback and self-assessment tools, promote expectations and beliefs that optimise motivation, and foster collaboration and community.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My ADHD student will work as the rest of her classmates, but she will have a guide with the steps to follow, like a checklist and the different steps will be always visible in the IWB, to know the step they are in every moment, favouring the concentration in class.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Reinforcement and Extension activities are available in google classroom to overcome any learning necessity, either the general group or the 4 students who repeat the course.<\/p>\n<h2>Assessment and instruments of evaluation<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The evaluation of this unit and the final task will be carried out through a <strong>rubric<\/strong>, which will take into account the different assessment criteria mentioned above.&nbsp; It will measure the students\u2019 progress and achievement with some indicators of success for each criteria.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Initial assessment <\/strong>consists of discussing what students already know about biographies. defining the term &#8220;biography&#8221; and discussing its purpose by highlighting key elements such as factual information, achievements, and the significance of the person&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Self-assessment<\/strong> strategies are used to help my students reflect on their own work during the project-based learning process. They write a learning log after each lesson in order to reflect on their own progress and identify their strengths\/weaknesses. <strong>Co-evaluation<\/strong> will take place during the presentation when students value one another through the app CoRubrics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Assessment of the teaching process<\/strong> and materials\/resources.&nbsp; It will also be evaluated by keeping a record.&nbsp; The teacher reflects on the degree of attainment of the specific competency and the assessment criteria, and takes note of any difficulties concerning any particular point, by using a google form.&nbsp; On the other hand, the suitability and interest of <strong>materials and resources <\/strong>will be evaluated as well.&nbsp; As for the activities, it will be valued to what extent they were appropriate, interesting, attractive and engaging for the students.<\/p>\n<h2>EXTRA PRACTICE ON PAST TENSE<\/h2>\n<p>Click on this link to visit another post of this blog related to <a href=\"https:\/\/blogsaverroes.juntadeandalucia.es\/trainingenglishskills\/past-simple-form-regular-and-irregular-verbs\/\"><b><u>Past Simple<\/u><\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1523\" data-postid=\"1523\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1523 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LET&#8217;S KNOW OUR RELATIVES Centre of interest: Biography (meeting people). 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