LESSON 3 - Reality Survival Show Project
Teacher Instructions
For this lesson, students will present information on the weather and climate of a location and tell why it would or would not be the best location to film the next reality survival show.This section of the lesson allows students to communicate acquired science knowledge while developing language skills through creating a persuasive writing piece. By integrating science with persuasive writing, students pretend they are reporters and have to convince others on why a certain location in their home country is a good location for a reality survival show. Students will be performing online research using their iPads on a location in their home countries and using the kid friendly search engine Kidrex. Students will use their research results such as scientific facts and claims to write a persuasive speech and record it on Flipgrid. They will then respond to each other’s speeches using this tool.
Description
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Access to Computers/Tablets
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Projector
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KidRex Web Search Tool
Apply - Persuasive Writing/Speech with FlipGrid:
Through engaging in a web research activity, students use claims and evidence supported by scientific data to formulate conclusions. This facilitate developing and applying their thinking and reasoning skills as well as understanding of the science topic (Climate and weather) to form the basis of persuasive writing. I chose to use flipgrid for presenting their persuasive speech because this creation tool allows ELL students to create a fun visual impact for their persuasive speeches. One advantage of using flipgrid to record the persuasive speech is that it allows students who are shy to be free to present their ideas by pre-recorded video and engage in visual literacy tasks. Indeed, visual literacy is not only about treating visuals as something you "read, but it is also about developing the ability to "write" or "create" your own images. With this flipgrid project, we allow students to draw on the creative side of their visual literacy, to create, share and combine their own video presentation of self. This approach also encourages students to consider this piece of writing at higher order levels of cognition, construct meaning and practice and develop visual literacy knowledge.
Also, with flipgrid, students learn to distill ideas into 90 second bites and consider alternate views as they listen to their peers’ responses. Flipgrid also fosters discussion and pushes ELL students to plan their responses and practice the learnt language through speaking thoroughly and clearly as they respond to others.