Subject: E-dictionary of proverbsAge of the students:13-16
Topic:English
Description of activities:Reasearch of Polish and English proverbs and sayings (third part)
Aim of the lesson / activity:Creating a list of proverbs concerning such categories as: smartness/stupidity, truth/lie, unity, victory/failure, work. Christmas, youth, zeal
Time / Phase / Aims / Media/ resources / Planned course of action / Method of teaching / comments2 hours / Planning and selecting the categorie of topics to work on / The Internet, proverbs and idioms books, dictionnaries / - discussing and deciding on the topics / Brainstorm
Group work
15 hours / Conducting 20 workshops on the chosen topics / The Internet, proverbs and idioms books, dictionnaries / -researching of of Polish proverbs, expressions, idioms and sayings concerning the chosen topics:
1. smatness/stupidity
2. truth/lie
3. unity
4. victory/failure
5 work
6. Christmas
7. youth
8. zeal / Individual work
Pair work
Group work / Teachers help the students to find proverbs and expressions on the chosen topics
16 hours / Translation / The Internet, proverbs and idioms books, dictionnaries / -translating the polish proverbs and sayings into English, writing the meaning oft he proverbs in English on the given topics / Individual work
Pair work
Group work / Teachers help the students to translate proverbs and expressions on the chosen topics and to find the meaning
2-3 hours / Recording the video / English classroom,
video cameras, microphones / -students and teachers record the videos on the chosen topics: truth and lies / Group work
2 hours / Editing, making corrections,
placing the videos on the school website / Photo editing software,
the Internet / -students work on the videos using photo and video editing software, they make corrections
-students and teachers place the videos on the school website / Group work