PEP 8 pt I
Stress and Relaxation
What are some of the most popular ways to cope with stress?
List some of them.
Vocabulary
Write down your personal opinions about meditation and its possible benefits.
Open the slides HERE.
Extra vocabulary to give opinions.
Practice
Let's say Andy Puddicombe has appointed you to give a 101 on how to begin meditating. Do some research on easy, achievable ways to start including meditation on one's life.
Give your classmates your tips and recommendations on how to start.
Even holidays are stressful!!
Which life events do you think bring the most stress on people's lives?
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Let's talk adjectives
Main Activity
Think of a new, succesful, innovative form of therapy that you think could ease people's lives.
Do research to see how that is linked to reducing stress levels among individuals.
Be ready to prepare your therapy idea for your classmates.
Characteristics:
-It should be accessible for most people.
-It should be achievable and feasible
-It should be easily adapted to a person's life.
Include adjectives
Note: your presentation should persuade classmates to try this new therapy
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U 10
Discuss
Have you ever read terms and conditions when downloading a new app or updating something on your computer?
Read the assigned part of THIS article. Come back and tell us about it.
Tell us if you agree or disagree, and if you have ever experienced such.
Vocabulary
You will play taboo with your classmates.
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You will debate about the following premise:
People should put themselves in risky situations.
In favor:
You will build arguments around the idea that people should put themselves in risky situations. Search for data that will support your claim.
Against:
You will build arguments around the idea that people should NOT put themselves in risky situations. Search for data that will support your claim.
Rounds:
each round will take from 1 minute to 1:30.
1. Side A presents initial arguments
2. Side B presents initial arguments
3. Moderator asks 1 question to each side.
4. Side A answers
5. Side B answers
6. Moderator asks each team to formulate question to opposite side
7. Both sides answer
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U 11
VISION
Take a look at these images.
What do you see different in the construction, materials, etc?
Each of you will make brief research about:
1. Burkina Faso
2. Diébédo Francis Kéré
3. Building with clay
Main Activity
You will research about a community in our country where infrastructure is needed (it can be a school, a small clinic, a library, etc)
You have to use an affordable, viable, and feasible material that can be found in the same town or in its surroundings.
Do research about what posibilities we can have for our country.
Then, pitch the idea to the class and let's see which idea gets the most voted.
Make sure to include the vocabulary
GEOTURISM
Work on a hypothesis of the meaning behind this concept.
What is it?
What does it encompass?
What benefits does it have?
Grammar Clue
Before the explanation, let's work on this practice.
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VISIONARY
What is for you the meaning of that word?
Take some minutes to build the meaning, and bring to the class an example of someone you consider a visionary in any field.
Eg: in politics, science, business, art, etc
The teacher will give you an example of a visionary.
Go to page 125 from your book and find it. Read it and come back ready to discuss.
Exercise 2, True and False
Go back to breakout rooms and skim to reading to find the assigned task in exercise 4
Grammar Clue
Work on this exercise with your classmates in the main session. Decide the best option.
What's the difference?
Main Activity
You will help your classmate find another passion/calling they have.
For the role of a life-coach:
Investigate how a coaching session is done, what happens in it, what things you need to say, how you can give advice.
Design a small coaching session to help someone find a new passion/calling
For the coachee:
Think of something else you have always wanted to do. It can be a hobbie or a profession. Ask the life coach for help on how you can start trying that.
Try to include vocabulary words (see and look) and the ones on the las goal of the unit.
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U 12
THE FUTURE 
Research everything you can about this app "Aurasma".
Bring as much information to your classmates about it as possible.
Find about the what, when, where, how, for what, etc.
Before watching, let's read the viewers' comments and predict what the TED talk will be about
You will watch the whole ted talk.
St A: Exercise 3
St B: Exercise 4
St C: Exercise 5
While you watch, take notes when you listen to any of these words.
Check the possible meaning and context where it's used.
Trickery Seamlessly Paradigm Shift Trigger
Main Activity
You will research about a more up-to-date, innovative, cutting-edge app that uses AR.
You will sell the idea of it to the audience.
Make a persuasive speech to convince them to use it in their daily life.
The app must be:
-Useful
-User friendly
-Accesible for everybody
You will be evaluated at the end of the speech.
Include vocabulary words.
They saw it coming
Watch the video and discuss the questions.
Grammar Clue
Main Activity
We will have a discussion among experts.
Each expert will make sure to ask questions to the other two participants.
St A: Historian
You are going to talk about the perception that older generations have of today's technology.
Discuss how older generations thought technology was going to be vs how it is now
Discuss what they believe was better in the past than how it is now
Discuss things that are significantly better now than in the past
St B: Sociologist
You are going to talk about how the world is changing nowadays in regards to the influence of technology.
Discuss how human interaction has been affected by technology
Discuss how technology is influencing and changing businesses
Discuss the impact technology has today and predict how it will advance
St C: Modern Tech Engineer
You are going to talk about all the new inventions, gadgets, and technologies that are coming.
Discuss how people thought things were going to be and how they turned out to be.
Discuss what new things are coming in terms of technological advances (consider many fields)
Predict the reactions the public will have, the benefits, drawbacks, and impact these new technologies will have.
Include the grammar and vocabulary
Are you a pessimist, an optimist, or a realist?
Individually, take THIS QUIZ to find out.
Now, here are some common expressions in English for those topics (book, lesson 12.3)
Main Activity
You will record a mini podcast convincing your audience about one of these:
- Advantages of being an optimist
- Advantages of being a realist
- Advantages of being a pesimist
In your podcast, you will include some information you learned, and also do some research that supports your idea. The idea is that you can convince your audience of your position.
Include the vocabulary words.
Begin and finish your podcast in a strong way.
Tips:
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