the mole gardener

L2 DIDACTIC PROJECT

(using videos to teach foreign languages)=

THE ADVENTURES OF THE MOLE

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THE MOLE GARDENER

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<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> 1- CLASSES DESCRIPTION:=

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The activity is intended above all for the 4^t=
hlevel but can be used even for the 3^rd level classes just using simple= r structures.

Linguistic abilities required:

students know some of the words useful to describe the landscape, many an= imal names and the names of the parts of their bodies; structures as it’s,= it isn’t, is it, it has got, it hasn’t got and many action verbs.<= o:p>

Cognitive abilities : p= upils can formulate hypotheses, make sequences, make predictions.

2-&n= bsp; DIDACTIC UNIT THEMES :

love and respect for nature, problem solving abilities,

cooperation and collaboration value in problem solving= ,

3- DURATION:

4 X 60 minutes lessons plus evaluation and assessm= ent

4- OPERATIVE OBJECTIVES:

= At the end of this didactic acti= vity students will be able to create dialogues with

sentences any time more difficult, using = old and new lexicon.

Letting grow students interest in reading stories and listening to them

a- Communicative functions:

Asking and giving information about animals, plant= s, flowers,

= etc, Location of objects.

b- Listening comprehension ability:=

= improving listening abilities through stories read by the teacher or watched = on

= DVDs; being able to understand orders and decoding a set of no verbal

= messages, being able to guess the meaning= of the words in contest, miming =

= words and sentences read by somebody else= .

<= /span> c- Speaking ability:

= being abl= e to remember, repeat and use adjectives, nouns and structur= es,

= being able to mime and dramatize actions = with the help of the body language,

= being able to reproduce the sequences of = the story, create sentences and <= o:p>

= dramatize the story.

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d- Oral interaction:

= being abl= e to ask simple questions and answer to the teacher’s and other

= students’ questions about animals and objects ; answer questions about their

= position.

e- Writing:

= 1- Being able to decode images and write about them

= 2- Being able to read the body language..

f- Writing production:=

= being able to produce small dialogues with the help of drawings, story cards and

= Flashcards.

= Rewriting the story through drawings, being able to match sentences = to images

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5- CONTENTS

a-Linguistic contents: to have, to be, to run, to take= , to walk, to dig etc, in the

= positive, negative and interrogative form= s. Prepositions..

= b-Colours, action verbs, animals, adjecti= ves, etc

6- INTERDISCIPLINARY MATCHINGS

Language, science, art.

7- COGNITIVE STRATEGIES

= Hypothesis elaboration, interference, prediction, classification, problem solving,

= decision abilities.

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8- STUDYING ABILITIES:

= Group works, asking for explications, working with= the brainstorming and Circle

= Time modalities, remembering, material research = to reach the goal, organizing =

= the work

9- PREPARATION:

The teacher must read the story many times, improving his/her pronunciation and=

= de= ciding where to pause, how to explain to students unknown words, how to use <= /o:p>

= the gestures, which flashcards and object= s, utilize, prepare story cards.

&n= bsp; 11- RESOURCES, MATERIAL, TOOLS.

Pape= r, Bristol paper, sci= ssors, felt colours, glue, Flashcards, DVD player. Tape

= recorder.