Choice
Posted: January 28, 2014 | Author: All.at.C | Filed under: lesson plan | Tags: choice, collocation, holiday, listening, observation, speaking, vocabulary | 7 CommentsLike last week, we’ve chosen another beautifully crafted video with spectacular images. Filmed by the production company Gnarly Bay, Choice is a visual poem which documents the filmmaker’s thoughts and emotions on a four-week holiday travelling around South Africa and Mozambique.
In class, students look at some collocations with the word choice, put them into practice in a speaking activity, and then work with the visuals before seeing the poem. Finally, we pull all the strands together when we watch the whole video and find out how the film got its name.
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Frozen Planet
Posted: January 22, 2014 | Author: All.at.C | Filed under: Documentary, lesson plan | Tags: David Attenborough, frozen planet, listening, memorization, pronunciation, vocabulary | 5 CommentsThis activity is based on Frozen Planet, the BBC/Discovery series which charts life at the furthest reaches of the globe. It’s so full of jaw-dropping visuals you’ll be hard pressed to pick out just one clip. We ended up choosing a world first – this is apparently the first ever complete filming of killer whales “wave washing” a seal.
The activities for this clip are a collaborative memory task before and while viewing. After viewing, pronunciation practice with the script to work on chunking, rhythm and stress. If you can get hold of the DVD, students can try to sound like David Attenborough, and if you’re using the American version on YouTube, Alec Baldwin is the model to copy.
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