Opening new doors ANG-P101-4 Teacher’s guide and Student’s answer sheet Finding information about someone over the Internet (2) Learning Situation Outcomes: This learning situation is about bringing the adult to find information about someone he or she likes or admires on the Internet. The goal is to gather the information, share it orally as well as in writing with key words. Note: This learning situation is to be done after “Introducing yourself to someone else”. Class of situation Satisfying essential needs in an English-speaking environment Categories of actions Interacting orally Making use of written language Operational Competencies Communicates o Adjusting and adapting strategies on an ongoing basis o Decoding Acts methodically o Adjusting and adapting strategies on an ongoing basis o Using material resources to prepare for the situation Life situation Getting information about someone Essentiel Knowledge Language functions o Asking and giving information o Expressing comprehension/lack of comprehension Vocabulary o Obtaining information about someone (personal identity, nationality, country, language) Grammar o Verbs at simple present o Adverbs of interrogation (Who, What, Where) o Phonology Strategies o Reading Observing visual clues (pictures) o Speaking Using short sentences Not worrying about errors/pronunciation Exploring ITC: Using the Web (Students must have access to a computer to do this learning situation.) Duration for the learning situation : __ hours Student’s name: Starting date: Ending date: Centre l’Avenir – François Marceau et Barbara Schumann Sylvie Hamelin, conseillère pédagogique Opening new doors ANG-P101-4 Student’s answer sheet PREPARATION (Trigger questions) Pedagogical follow-up _________________________ _________________________ You certainly like to use the Internet to find different information. In this learning situation, we want you to get _________________________ specific information about a person you admire. _________________________ (Vous aimez certainement utiliser l’internet pour trouver de l’information. Dans cette situation d’apprentissage, nous voulons que vous trouviez de l’information sur une personne que vous admirez). _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ Name a person that you like or admire. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ What information do you want to get about this person? _________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ Getting started Now, watch this video: (Cliquez sur ce lien) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZl_a0R1qLg&feature=related _________________________ Here is an example of the information someone found about the Beatles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/the_beatles [Wikipédia en ligne, consulté le 23 mars 2009] _________________________ The Beatles are from Liverpool, England. There are four members: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr. The Beatles are one of the most successful bands of the 60’s. Opening new doors – ANG-P101-4 _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ 2 Opening new doors ANG-P101-4 Student’s answer sheet REALISATION (Adult is in action) Voici quelques activités que vous allez faire pendant cette situation d’apprentissage : Chercher de l’information sur Internet Écrire de courtes phrases en utilisant le verbe être « To be » Partager cette information Pedagogical follow-up ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ Activity 1: Finding information about a band that you like (music group) Follow this link and read the 4 steps: Allez à cette adresse et suivez les 4 étapes de recherche sur Google. http://www.wikihow.com/Find-Information-About-Someone-on-the-Internet Go on Google and type in the name of the music group you want information about. Allez sur Google et inscrivez le nom d’un groupe de musique pour lequel vous désirez de l’information. Get three (3) pieces of information and write them below. Cherchez trois informations et inscrivez-les ci-dessous. 1. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ Opening new doors – ANG-P101-4 3 Opening new doors ANG-P101-4 Student’s answer sheet ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ Activity 2: Giving information using the verb “To be” ___________________________ When you write information about a subject or about someone, you often use the verb “To be”. ___________________________ Quand vous écrivez de l’information à propos de quelque chose ou de quelqu’un, vous utilisez souvent le verbe « être ». ___________________________ For example: The Beatles are from Liverpool, England. ___________________________ Do the quiz on the following webpage for English beginners to learn how to use the verb “To be”. Cliquez sur le lien suivant pour faire le quiz avec le verbe « être ». http://esl.about.com/library/beginner/blbe_quiz.htm When the quiz is completed, click on this new link below and do the exercises with “To be”. Cliquez sur cet autre lien pour faire l’exercice avec le verbe « être ». http://www.eclectienglish.com/grammar/PresentSimpleToBe1A.htlm ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ Now it’s your turn. Write three (3) sentences using the verb “To be”. Maintenant, à votre tour d’écrire trios phrase avec le verbe “To be”. a. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ b. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ c. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ Opening new doors – ANG-P101-4 4 Opening new doors ANG-P101-4 Student’s answer sheet USING ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE Pedagogical follow-up ___________________________ Activity 3: Share your information Present your three (3) pieces of information to someone in the class or to your teacher. Présentez vos trois informations à quelqu’un dans la classe ou à l’enseignant(e). ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ Activity 4: Present something or someone… Present orally someone or something that you discovered on the Internet to a friend (using the verb “to be”). ___________________________ Send an email (to the teacher or to a friend in the class) with a few sentences (using the verb “to be”) ___________________________ presenting what information you have found about something or someone. ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ Stratégies utilisées pendant l’apprentissage ___________________________ ___________________________ Cochez les stratégies que vous avez utilisées et qui vous ont permis de mieux comprendre l’anglais. Utiliser le dictionnaire…………………………………………………… Consulter le Web…………………………………………………………… ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ Demander de l’aide à l’enseignant……………………………… Deviner……………………………………………………………………………. Faites valider votre cheminement avec votre enseignant(e). Opening new doors – ANG-P101-4 5