4. PINE TREE
Pinheiro

Group 5 (12-14 year olds)

Welcome to Cycle 4!

Congratulations for the progress you are helping your students achieve. In the following cycle, students should become engaged with the class in an increasingly active and participative manner. This is why some of the proposed activities in Cycle 4 will require a more dearing involvement from the kids.

OBJECTIVES

THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS CYCLE ARE:

Consolidate understanding of class structure.
Interact with the concepts of past, present, and future.
Speak spontaneously and creatively experiment with the target language.

When you see that there is progress in these areas, you can move on to the next cycle. Check the rubric that will help you know if the group is ready to move forward!

EVIDENCES

WE SUGGEST YOU CHECK THE EVIDENCES WITH WHICH YOU WILL OBSERVE IF YOUR STUDENTS HAVE ACHIEVED THESE OBJECTIVES

CLASS PLANS

CLASS PLAN

*Printable Version

1. STARTING SONG

Just like in previous cycles, the Starting Song is the moment for preparation of the Vivadí class. It is also necessary to carry out the playful tasks that the song proposes.

3. MOVE YOUR HIPS

That students strengthen their sense of team-work and collaborate with their peers in an immersive activity through active participation.

5. BRAIN BREAK

It is a transitional break to regain the student's attention, to keep them focused and to integrate their minds and bodies into one same action.

7. ENDING SONG

To end the class in the same way it started.
That children take responsibility for ordering their learning space and to make them feel owners of it.

2. STORYTELLING

That children feel protagonists of their learning process by inviting them to engage as creators in a narration experience.
To challenge the students to find agreements as a group through the process of choice making.

4. CRAFT TIME

6. HARMONY TIME

To let the children begin to embrace the postures they have been learning and start to play with them. Fewer poses are guided step by step.

1. STARTING SONG

To ask your students about the video experiences (jornadas), ask them how they did them, if they are liking them so far, which were their favorites, etc.

Remember

1. STARTING SONG

Starting Song - Vivadí

00:00

As always, the Vivadí Class will begin with the Starting Song. Considering one of the main objectives of this cycle, we propose a small activity to start the class and generate spontaneous group responses while the children get ready for Vivadí.

During this cycle, you will play the starting song without giving any indications to the children. In other words, you will stay still and wait to see their reaction to the introduction of the song without giving instructions. Wait for a few seconds and see if they begin to arrange the classroom, or if they take their shoes off, or somehow show that they are ready to start with the class.

Lyrics

If your friends are in the classroom, say hello.

If you see your teacher smiling, show your teeth

If you want to show your feelings, give a hug

If you feel like being silly, make some noise

If you want to get together, make some room

Let your heart feel so much better, make some room

Let’s get ready for Vivadi

Let’s have some fun and play with english in our world

Let’s get ready for Vivadi

We are all in this together

We’ll do it you and me

We’ll be a big great family

If you notice that the kids haven’t reacted to the song, you should intervene by giving the usual instructions of the beginning of the class. Nevertheless, it is very important that you try this exercise every class.

01:08

to all teens... (come around) - tate mcrae

04:57

2. STORYTELLING

TEEN TITANS – GOING TO THE FUTURE

PRE READING

Before watching the video, your students should answer the following questions:

Do you like superhero comics?
Do you prefer DC or Marvel?
What is your favorite superhero and what is his/her super power?
Imagine what could have happened in the comic books if superheroes didn't exist. How would the stories change?
How well do you know your superheroes? Take this quiz and find out: https://www.beano.com/posts/the-ultimate-superhero-quiz
Can You Identify All 50 Superheroes From A Screenshot? https://www.zoo.com/quiz/93-people-cant-guess-all-50-superheroes-single-images-can-you

ACTIVITY

Debate: DC vs Marvel

Who is the ultimate superhero?
Which is the best universe?
Would you be a member of the Justice League or an Avenger?
Batman or Spiderman? Thor or Superman? Wonder Woman or Wolverine?
Which are the best comic-books and superhero movies? Pick a side!

Divide students into two groups: DC supporters and Marvel supporters.

Ask students to prepare arguments to defend their preference and legitimize the favoritism of their choice.

Each argument with a relevant answer is worth 10 points. The group that has no argument to debate the opposing group loses the game.

3. MOVE YOUR HIPS!

3. MOVE YOUR
HIPS!

This time in “Move your Hips”

MOVE LIKE THE AVENGERS

THE MYSTERY OF CYBER FRIEND

Link here

PRE READING

Do you prefer to chat with your friends online or in person?
Do you have any virtual friends? If yes, how did you first meet?
Are virtual friends as legitimate as real-life friends? Why?
Do you think it’s possible to have a real long-distance friendship? Why?
What is the best way to make friends online?
Are virtual friendships easy to keep?
Do you think it's dangerous to make friends online?
What are the pros and cons of making friends online?

ACTIVITY

The Friendship Game

Yes, we can make friends in the virtual world, but it's different from a friendship offline. Do you agree? You can discuss it with the kids. Friends CAN be a great part of our lives. When we get together with them, it is an opportunity to share and connect, to talk about feelings, our lives, or even problems and also try and help each other! This is a game designed to get the very best out of our friendships. The more honestly and clearly we answer, the faster we advance around the game. The winner is the person who has best demonstrated that bedrock of true friendship: the capacity for sincere, kindly self-disclosure. The game is guaranteed to bring out new facets of our friends and will allow for a series of fascinating moments of revelation and mutual discovery.

Divide students into pairs, preferably among students who are not so close. Then they should ask their colleagues simple questions to get to know them better. You could suggest that students switch pairs on a rotating basis.

5. BRAIN BREAKS

Catch Me If You Can

Divide the class into two groups and then ask them to face one another in two lines. The groups have approximately one minute to look at the opposing team, taking in all details about the individuals in the other group. The two lines turn and face away from the center. Each group has a minute to change things (total of changes determined by the facilitator) about their appearance (Ex.: change a watch to a different wrist, unbutton a button, etc.) The changes must be discrete but visible. The players again turn in to face each other to discover the physical changes that have been made. The team who discovers the most wins.

Are you more like…?

Ask the students to stand in the middle of the room, and then have them move to either side to indicate their choice (they must pick one).

Are you more like…

a book or a movie?
a bank or an outlet?
breakfast or dinner?
night or day?
Winter or summer?
Space or the deep sea?
Spotify or Deezer?
Youtube or Netflix?

the past or the future?
a dog or a cat?
the beach or the farm?
Soccer or volleyball?
Gym or yoga?
Pizza or sushi?
Cell phone or TV?
Waking up early or sleeping late?

SING ALONG