Outline for the project
31-EK: Ayagoz Meirmanova, Alina Ukanova
Using fairytales to comprehend sequences of tenses
In this project students write and film their own fairytales
Level
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Pre-intermediate
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Age range
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8th grade
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Time
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5-6 weeks
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General aim
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To write a scenario of the fairytale and film it
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Language aim
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To practice sequences of tenses
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Location
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Library(optional)
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Resources
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Fairytale books(as an example), computer with access to the Internet, video camera or tape recorder
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Teacher preparation
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To prepare English variants of fairytales that they have already known in their native language. To give them filmed version of the fairytale in order to show how to make such a video as a final product.
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Student preparation
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Students study introductory materials about different types of fairytales, they discuss their favourite fairytales that they know(characters, plot, moral and give details.) They search for websites at home or at school, bring pictures, materials or something related to their future end product.
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Procedure
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1.Defining and giving explanation of the essential question
2.Students find information about the ways of writing fairytales and using sequences of tenses in them, share with the rest of the class.
3.They discuss the title ,the plot, characters, location, decorations of the future fairytale. They take information from different resources (books, Internet).
4.When they decide what to do, they start to write own scenario of the fairytale. After finishing writing it, they distribute the roles(who is responsible for shooting, location, decoration, suits, scoring, sound)
5.They start to film a fairytale based on scenario. After finishing they show the ready product to the teacher and teacher gives feedback.
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Variation
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During filming the fairytale students use only paper to make characters and decorations .Than they can divide the roles among each other and act it out at school.
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Comments
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Students will be motivated to learn reported speech because it is interesting for them to study it through fairytales.
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