PEP 9 pt II
INTERNET SENSATION
This is a list of the most viral videos on Youtube.
Choose one, watch it, and make a hypothesis as of why it became so viral.
Then, discuss:
What does a video need to become viral?
What happens after a video becomes viral?
Who decides the viralization of a video?
Vocabulary
1. The teacher will assign to you some words. Find the meaning of the word and its possible relation with the topic we have been studying.
2. When you have the words, share them with a classmate and try to see if any of those words can fill out the blank spaces HERE.
Practice
Choose 2 of the questions and write down a follow up question for it. Then, have a discussion with your peers.
Example:
During a typical day, when do you think the spikes are in Internet use?
[Follow up] What factors determine those spikes?
Main Activity
You are Kevin Alloca's colleague working for Youtube.
Although viral videos are an excellent to make Youtube grow, today you are going to recommend another more impactful way of using Youtube.
Recommend to your audience a way in which using youtube can change your life.
Tell us:
Why?
How?
In how much time?
Include vocabulary words and the presentation skill on page 99
Let's pretend you are telling a person that comes from the past all the ways in which the internet has impacted our world.
Choose the 3 most significant ways and be ready to share with the class.
Now, let's analyze THIS article and see if your ways are listed there.
Grammar Clue
Main Activity
The world has suddenly become off-line.
How would these things change?
Present a possible solution and replacement of the internet for two of the following fields:
Shopping
Communications
Education
Marketing
Banking
Entertainment (music, movies, series, etc)
Be ready to share with the class
"The internet has changed everything, and it has changed nothing" Marshall McLuhan
How would you interpret that phrase?
What is your point of view about it?
Main Activity
Give a workshop about how to build a good online presence.
Investigate the importance of having a good online presence
Give a workshop to your classmates with tips to have an appealing online presence when finding a job, making business, representing a company, and leaving a good impression to others.
Consider everything we have learned about the internet
Include grammar, vocabulary, and expressions studied.
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U 10
THE MEANING OF SUCCESS
Read the idea worth spreading of the author
Predict possible reasons why he belives such a thing.
Discuss:
What is your perspective on success? What is the meaning of it for you?
Do people put more weight on their failures than on their successes? Why?
Make your own question related with failure and success.
Vocabulary
While you are watching, pay attention to certain words. Trace them in the Ted talk and find out their meaning and usage.
Vocabulary list
Correlation
Weep
Ridicule
Meritocratic
Hierarchy
Crushing
Main Activity
You will record a mini podcast about one of these topics from the book:
My great success
You make your own luck in life
Is it possible to have a good work-life balance?
In your podcast, you will include some information you learned, and also some information from research you did. The idea is that you can teach the class something new.
Include the vocabulary words.
Begin and finish your podcast in a strong way.
Tips:
Speak from your generations' point of view. Give a 2-3 minute speech about your view on success. Talk about how you see it, how being part of your generation could change that view, etc
Include at least 4 vocabulary words learned in the reading.
Be ready to share.
Grammar Clue
Main Activity
We will have a group discussion between three authors that are going to discuss the ideas they have to start a book about self-help.
Do research about two of the topics on page 61, ex 8
Important:
You must disagree with at least one of the ideas from your colleagues in the discussion
You must ask at least one question to a colleague
You must comment on someone's view.
Include the grammar
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U11
LEARNING AND MEMORY
Compare and contrast the two images below.
Discuss:
What similarities and diferences do you find in the olden days education with the one we have nowadays?
Useful vocabulary HERE
Vocabulary
Build the vocabualry section for today's class.
Watch the majority of the TED talk and come back with at least 5 vocabulary words you want to teach to the class.
Work HERE
Main Activity
You will become Sugata Mitra.
You will analyze Costa Rica's education system.
Make some observations about it, give recommendations, praise what is good, and give possible (and feasible) solutions for the major issues.
Present your analysis to the class.
Include the majority of the voabulary words studied.
Grammar Clue
Practice
Main Activity
We are having flash debates.
Roles:
St A: agree with the statement
St B: disagree with the statement
St C: see who convinces you, give extra points if they use conditionals.
We will switch roles.
Each participation must be 2 mins tops, you will have two chances to convince student C
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U 12
Invention ot Innovation
What is your own definition of the following:
Invention
Innovation
Creativity
Ingenuity
How can they make an impact in a company? In society?
Vocabulary
Take a look at the following pictures (click on them to go to a link)
Be ready to explain to your classmates what that image represents
The teacher will give you some words to use in your explanation.
While you watch, do the following:
1. Watch the video and be ready to explain what you watched. Do the exercises from each part of the video.
2. Listen carefully and find the moments where the speaker uses the following expressions:
out of thin air - alchemist - the essence - making do - running out of gas - scale up
3. Think about the best definition for those words. How did speaker use them?
Choose a country that is highly innovative. Research about how innovative it is.
Mention some inventions they have put out to the world
In your speech, include some of the following words:
Highly - Probably - Officially - Always - Never - Only - Just
Read the following text.
Analyze:
What are the words in bold called?
Could the position they have in text change? How?
Main Activity
Take a look at this article. Choose 2 inventions and bring them to the class to argue if they should have a patent. Follow the criteria from the book.
At the end, you should end up with at least 2 inventions that you will give a patent to.
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