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BECAUSE YOU CAN’T SMELL SOMEONE ON SKYPE

ENGLISH CLASSROOM RESOURCES IN ASSOCIATION WITH RTÉ LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND JUNIOR CYCLE FOR TEACHERS WWW.RTE.IE/DOCONONE WWW.JUNIORCYCLE.IE

Contents

Written by Mary-Elaine Tynan, Deirdre Murphy & Tomás Seale

Designed by Liza-Jane Smith

Supported by RTÉ Radio 1 Documentary on One in association with RTÉ Learning and Development www.rte.ie/doconone and Junior Cycle for Teachers www.juniorcycle.ie

RTÉ Radio 1, ‘Documentary on One - Because You Can’t Smell Someone On Skype’.Documentary Maker - Liam Nolan

Producer - Ronan Kelly

Series Producer - Liam O’Brien

Editor of Arts, Features and Drama, RTÉ Radio 1 - Lorelei Harris

A) INTRODUCTION 3

B) PLANNING 4

C) RESOURCES 5

D) TEACHING, LEARNING AND FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTPre-listening MyFutureandFakespaceStatusin25Years’Time 6-8Pre and Active Listening What’sinaNameGraphicOrganiser 9-10Active Listening StoryPredictionandAnticipation-OralExercise 9DocumentaryDictionary 11-12Post-Listening TextMe! 11/13-14

E) SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT PersuasiveSpeech 15-18

F) APPENDIXA1.Reflective/Creative

TweetingtheNews 19A2.Reflective/CreativeTask

Reviewing/Blogwithself-assessment 20-23A3.1LearningOutcomesaddressedinthisunitoflearning 24A3.2TemplateforplanningaUnitofWork 25

Documentary On One - Because You can’t Smell Someone on Skype

IntroductionEveryradiodocumentaryisaccompaniedbyasetofteachingandlearningresources.TheresourcesbeginwithasuggestedplanforaunitofworkusingthelearningoutcomesfromtheJuniorCycleEnglishspecification.Worksheetsareindicatedbycodeswhichincludethenameofthedocumentary,theworksheet(WS)referencenumberandthepagewhereitcanbefounde.g.(Because You Can’t Smell Someone On Skype WS 1.1 -Pg. 7)

Appendicescontainingadditionalresources(i.e.printableworksheetsforstudents)canbefoundattheendofeachunitofwork.This unit is organised as follows:

Pre-listening resourceswhichencouragestudentstothinkaroundthecentralthemeof

theunit.

Active listening resourcestopromotecarefullistening.

Post-listening resourceswhicharelinkeddirectlytothedocumentarycontent.

Resources for a summative assessment whichfocusonmeasuringthelearningachievedbystudentsintheunit.

In addition therearefurtherreflective/creativeresourceswhichcouldbeusedtosupportlearning,teachingandassessmentintheunit.

Teacherswhochoosetousethesereflective/creativeresourcescanrefertothestructureoutlinedinthePlanningsectionandtothemodelusedintheSummative

Contents

A) INTRODUCTION 3

B) PLANNING 4

C) RESOURCES 5

D) TEACHING, LEARNING AND FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTPre-listening MyFutureandFakespaceStatusin25Years’Time 6-8Pre and Active Listening What’sinaNameGraphicOrganiser 9-10Active Listening StoryPredictionandAnticipation-OralExercise 9DocumentaryDictionary 11-12Post-Listening TextMe! 11/13-14

E) SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT PersuasiveSpeech 15-18

F) APPENDIXA1.Reflective/Creative

TweetingtheNews 19A2.Reflective/CreativeTask

Reviewing/Blogwithself-assessment 20-23A3.1LearningOutcomesaddressedinthisunitoflearning 24A3.2TemplateforplanningaUnitofWork 25


inassociationwithRTÉLearningandDevelopmentandJCTwww.rte.ie/doconone 4

_PGNO.Documentary on one - english eDucational resources

‘Because you can’t smell someone on skype’


Asthediagramindicates,itisduringtheplanning

stagethattheteacherwillselectthelearning

outcomesanddesigntheteachingandlearning

aroundtheselearningoutcomes.

Itisadvisabletoplanthesummativeassessmenttask

intheinitialstagestosupporttheformativeassessment

throughouttheunit.Thisensuresthattheteachercan

constantlymonitorthelearningofeachstudentin

termsofthechosenlearningoutcomes.

Theteacherand/orstudentswillselectthetexts,

resourcesandmaterialsrequiredtosupportthe

learningoutcomes.

Formativeassessmentwillbeongoingthroughoutthe

unittosupportthelearning.

Learning Outcomes Addressed by the UnitThisisaunitoflessonsfocusedonthethemeof LoveandusingasitsprimarytextthedocumentaryBecause You Can’t Smell Someone On Skype.

Planning

*SeeAppendixfordetailsoflearningoutcomes

Learning and

Teaching

Resources

Texts

Chooselearningoutcomes

Createsummativeassessmentto

ensurethelearningoutcomeshavebeenachieved

Planning

Formative Assessment

Facilitation of class discussion Because You Can’t

Smell Someone On Skype Resources

Using graphic organisers

Documentary on OneBecause You Can’t Smell Someone On Skype

Keywords resulting from class debate

Rich Learning Experiences with RTÉ Radio 1’s Documentary On One - Because You Can’t Smell Someone On Skype

Whilethisunitcouldbeseento

addressanumberofLearning

OutcomesintheEnglish

Specificationthekeyoutcomes

addressedhereare OL5, OL7,

W1, W2*. Thesummative

assessmenttasksattheendof

theunitfacilitatetheassessment

oftheselearningoutcomes.

Itisinevitablethatother

learningoutcomeswillbe

encounteredbuttheseare

notthemainfocusoftheunit.

Provision of vocabulary





ResourcesAbout the Documentary On One - Because You Can’t Smell Someone On SkypeTitle Because You Can’t Smell Someone On Skype

Listening Duration 15 mins

Documentary Link http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/2012/0105/646915-the-curious-ear-doconone-skype-love/

Documentary Summary

Usinghisnewphone,Ciarándiscoveredadatingwebsitewherehemet

Kelly.TheonlyproblemwasthathewasinIrelandandshewasinFlorida.This

documentaryexploreswhathappenswhenyoumeetsomeoneonlinewho

livesmorethan3,000milesaway.Itexamineswhetherthis21stcenturytypeof

romancecanactuallyworkandtheideathatweneedtomeetsomebody

inordertoknowifthereischemistry,becauseasthetitlesays“Youcan’t

smellsomeoneonSkype”.Whilethedocumentaryexploresthethemeof

onlinedating,italsolooksatmodernformsofcommunicationlikeSkypeand

Facebookandaskswhetherornotwecantrulyknowsomebodyifwehaven’t

mettheminperson.

Please Note: The documentary contains one expletive (the word “bullshit”).

About UsDocumentaryOnOneis

aseriesofmultiaward-

winningdocumentaries

fromRTÉRadio1.With

almost1,500documentaries

onofferonline,ithas

thelargestarchiveof

documentariesavailable

anywhereatnocost.Allof

theprogrammesareradio

storiesaboutreallife.

InassociationwithRTÉ

LearningandDevelopment,

DocumentaryonOnehas

chosenarangeofradio

documentarieswhich

maybeusedintheEnglish

classroom.Tocomplement

thesedocumentaries,a

collectionoffreeonline

teachingresourceshas

beencreatedtodevelop

students’written,reading

andoralproficiency.

Thesearebasedonthe

JuniorCycleKeySkillsand

LearningOutcomesinthe

newspecification.

Aswithanytexttobepresentedtostudents,itisstronglyrecommendedthatyoulisteninfulltotheradiodocumentarybeforeintroducingittotheclassroom.Thisistoensureitssuitabilityinyourowncontextandforalllearnersinyourclass.RTÉanditspartnerscannotacceptanyliabilityshouldthecontentofanyofthesedocumentariesproveunsuitableforsomelearnersortheirteachers.Allthepdfsandsoundfilesareeasilyaccessibleinthe“EducationalResources”sectionoftheDocumentaryOnOnewebsitewww.rte.ie/docononeandthe“Education”sectionofthefreeDocOnOnemobileappavailableoniPhone,AndroidandiPad.Wehopethatyouandyourstudentsenjoythedocumentariesandaccompanyingresources!

Planning





• Tointroducethedocumentary,studentswillbeaskedtoimaginetheirlifeforthenexttwenty-fiveyearsatfiveyearintervalsbycompletingtheMyFutureWorksheet(Because You Can’t Smell Someone On Skype WS 1.1 - Pg. 7).

• Thisisalsoanumeracytasksoteachersshouldcheckthatstudentshavecorrectlyaddedonfiveyearstotheirageandtoeachyear.

• Toscaffoldstudentsinthistask,teacherswillwritethecurrentdateontheboarde.g.17thJanuary2015andwriteastartersentence(seeworksheet).Belowthistheywillthenwrite“+5yearsandthedatee.g.“17January2020.Iwillbe…”

• Studentswillnowcompletethetaskandintheprocesstheywillimagineandreflectonwheretheybelievetheywillbeinfive,ten,fifteen,twentyandtwenty-fiveyears’time.

• Studentswillthenbechallengedtonarrowtheirfocusbyconcentratingonasingledaytwenty-fiveyearsinthefuture.

• Tofacilitatethistask,usingthetemplateprovided(Because You Can’t Smell Someone On Skype WS 1.2 -Pg. 8)studentswillcreatea‘Fakespace’pageandwriteanumberof‘Fakespace’Statuses.

• Studentswillhavetochoosetoberealisticorcreative/idealisticwhendoingthistask(orperhapsboth).

• Theaimhereistointroducethedocumentarybyencouragingstudents(amongotherthings)tothinkabouthowtheyexpecttomeettheirfuturepartner.Thedocumentarywillthentellthestoryaboutacouplewhometinalesstraditionalmanner.

1.Teacher Guidelines MyFutureandMy‘Fakespace’StatusinTwenty-FiveYears’Time

Pre

-ListeningTEACHER GUIDELINES





Pre

-Listening

Pre

-Listening

STUDENT WORKSHEET

My Future

Directions:

Usingfiveyearintervalsmakeatimelineofhowyouimagineyourlifetobeforthenext

25years.

e.g.Today’sDate: 1stSept2016Iamcaptainoftheschoolbasketballteam.

1stSept2021Iwillbe17yearsoldandstartingSixthYear.Iwillhave

spenttwomonthsofthesummervolunteeringwithalocalcharity.

Name ____________________________________

Today’s Date _____________________________

Today I am…: ___________________________________________________________________________________

Date / Year I will be…

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My ‘Fakespace’ Status – 25 Years from now

Directions: Createa‘Fakebook’profileforyourself,asyouimagineitwilllookin

twenty-fiveyears’time.

Name________________________________________

Today’sDate________________________________


STUDENT WORKSHEET

WorksLivesinStudied

RelationshipStatus

HowImetmypartnerStatusDate__________________What’sonyourmind?

StatusDate__________________What’sonyourmind?

StatusDate__________________What’sonyourmind?

Pre

-Listening

fakespace





Name________________________________________

Today’sDate________________________________

3. Story Prediction and Anticipation• Theclasswilltellastorywhichbeginswith“Ciaránisasinglemanwhois

hopingtofindloveso…”

• Theteacherwillexplainthathe/shewillstartthestorywiththeabovesentenceandthat,inturn,eachstudentwillprogressitbyaddingasentenceatatime.Thefinalstudentmustconcludethestory.Ifappropriatetheteachermayassignamaximumpausetimebetweeneachstudentof5secondsperstudent.

• Aftercompletingtheexercise,studentswillthenlistentothefirstthreeminutesofthedocumentary(Because You Can’t Smell Someone On Skype Clip 1).

• StudentswillcompareandcontrastthelovestorytheycreatedandthatofKellyandCiarán.

• TheymustthenanticipatewhathappenstoKellyandCiarán,byworkingingroupsorpairsandsharingtheirideaswiththeclass.

• Studentswillnowreturntotheworksheet“What’sinaName?” (Because You Can’t Smell Someone On Skype WS 2 -Pg. 10).Theywillcompletethesecondandthirdsectionsabouttheeffectivenessofthedocumentarytitleandsuggestotherpossiblealternativetitles.

• Topreparestudentsforthispartofthetaskteachersmayneedtofurnishstudentswithappropriatevocabulary(e.g.relevant,apt,fitting,confusing,irrelevant,misleadingetc)

• Aftercompletingitandlisteningtothedocumentary,studentswillreturntothisexerciseandcritiquethetitle,consideringitseffectivenessinlightofthecontent(justifyingtheiranswer).

• Theteachermaywishtodirectthediscussiontowardthebenefitsanddisadvantagesofonlinefriendships.ThisissuewillbeexploredfurtherintheSummativeAssessmentwhenthestudentswillwrite/presentapersuasivespeechforonesideoftheargument.TheteachermaywishtowritealistofkeywordsthatemergefromthisinitialdiscussiontouseasscaffoldingfortheirSummativeAssessment.

Active Listening

TEACHER GUIDELINES

Pre

-Listening 2. What’s in a Name?• Theteacherwillintroducethedocumentaryby

writingthetitleontheboard“BecauseYouCan’tSmellSomeone

OnSkype”.

• Workingingroups,studentswillimaginewhatthetitlemeansand

predictthecontentofthedocumentary.

• Teacherswilldemonstratehowthegraphicorganiser(Because

You Can’t Smell Someone On Skype WS 2 -Pg. 10) isused.Students

willjotdowntheirideasbuttheymustonlycompletethefirst

section.‘They will return to this graphic organiser after listening to

the beginning of the documentary (see notes below in sixth bullet

point).’

Pre

-Listening

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What’s in aName?

Directions:

Workingingroups,discussthetitleofthedocumentary“BecauseYouCan’tSmell

SomeoneOnSkype”andcompletethefirstpart“Whatdoyouthinkthetitleofthe

documentarymeans?”Afteryouhavelistenedtothedocumentaryyouwillcompletethesecondtwosections.

Hereissomevocabularywhichmighthelpyoutoanswerthequestioninthesecondcolumn.

Name________________________________________

Today’sDate________________________________

Active Listening

(Because You Can’t Smell Someone On Skype WS 2)

STUDENT WORKSHEET

1. What do you think the title of the documentary means/ suggests?

2. Having listening to the beginning of the documentary, do you think it is a good title? The vocabulary below may help you with your answer.

3. Suggest three other suitable titles for the documentary.

Relevant Irrelevant Intriguing Boring

Effective Ineffective Fitting Misleading

Appropriate Inappropriate Clear Vague





Name________________________________________

Today’sDate________________________________

Active Listening

5. Text Me!• Usingthetextmessagetemplate (Because You Can’t Smell

Someone On Skype WS 5 -Pg. 13-14),studentswillworkinpairsorgroupsandimaginethetextmessageconversationwhichtakesplacebetweeneitherCiaránandhisbestfriendorKellyandherbestfriendafterthefirstSkypeconversation.Theycanlaterpresentthistotheclassbyreadingitaloud.

4. Documentary Dictionary A

ctive ListeningTEACHER GUIDELINES

• Studentswillnowlistentotheremainingtwelveminutesofthedocumentary(Because You Can’t Smell Someone on Skype Clip 2).

• Whiledoingso,theywillnotethevocabularyandcompletetheDocumentaryDictionary (Because You Can’t Smell Someone On Skype WS 4 -Pg. 12). Someofthiscanbefinishedforhomeworkifnecessary.

• Afterthedocumentaryhasfinished,theclasswilldiscusswhethertheirearlierpredictionsabouttheendingofthestorywereaccurateandifnot,whynot?Thisisanopportunitytoexplorepreconceptionsofloveandrelationships.

• Studentscanbecreativebysuggestingalternativeendings.

Po

st Listening

http://podcast.rasset.ie/podcasts/audio/2015/0709/20150709_rteradio1-docononeeducational-skypeclip2_c20810286_20810292_232_drm_.mp3

http://podcast.rasset.ie/podcasts/audio/2015/0709/20150709_rteradio1-docononeeducational-skypeclip2_c20810286_20810292_232_drm_.mp3





Active Listening

(Because You Can’t Smell Someone On Skype WS 4)

STUDENT WORKSHEET

Documentary Dictionary

Directions:

Nowlistentotherestofthedocumentaryandlistenoutforthevocabularybelowso

youcancompletetheDocumentaryDictionary.

Dothefirstsection‘WhatIthink….’whilelisteningtothedocumentary.Youcando

thenexttwosectionsafteryouhavefinishedlistening.

Name________________________________________

Today’sDate________________________________

Word 1. What I think/ thought the word means (Do this while you are listening)

2. What it actually means(Do this after listening)

3. A word or phrase that is the opposite(Do this after listening)

Persistent

Casual

Dictated

Compatible

Blathering

Speechless

Rapport

Bold

Projection





Text Me!

Directions: Workingwithanotherstudent,imagineandthenwritethetextmessageconversationwhichtakesplacebetweeneitherCiaránandhisbestfriendorKellyandherbestfriendafterthefirstSkypeconversation.

Name _________________________________________________

Today’s Date _________________________________________

(Because You Can’t Smell Someone On Skype 5)

STUDENT WORKSHEET

Name________________________________________

Today’sDate________________________________

Po

st Listening





Text Me! Name _________________________________________________

Today’s Date _________________________________________

Active Listening

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6. Persuasive SpeechStudentswillwriteandpresentaspeechfororagainstthemotion

“Theinternetisnotasafeorhealthywaytomakefriends”.

TEACHER GUIDELINES

Name _________________________________________________

Today’s Date _________________________________________

Inpreparationstudentscouldlisten

toexamplesofgoodspeechese.g.

BarackObama’s“YesWeCan”,Mary

McAleese’sspeechduringtheQueen’s

visitorTheGreatestSpeechEverMade

byCharlieChaplin.Videosofthese

speechescaneasilybefoundonline

(transcriptsareoftenavailabletoo).

Wherepossibleitishelpfultolookat

transcriptsofthedialoguesothat

theclasscanidentifythenecessary

elementsofagoodspeech.

Thestudentsandteacherwillagree

onandconstructsuccesscriteriafor

thisassessmenti.e.writingapersuasive

speech.Thesuccesscriteriashouldbe

inspiredbywhattheyhaveexperienced

andlearnedalready.UsingtheSuccess

Criteriaworksheet (Because You Can’t

Smell Someone On Skype WS 6.1 -Pg.

16) theyshouldincludesome/allofthe

following:

12

• Introduction,mainpoints,conclusion

• Useofpersuasive/argumentativelanguageetc.

• Anecdotes

• Addressingyouraudience

3

Studentswillnowplantheirspeechusingthe

planningtemplateprovided(Because You

Can’t Smell Someone On Skype WS 6.2

-Pg. 17)

4 Aftercarefulplanning,theywillwrite

theirspeech.5

Oncethefirstdraftiscomplete,theywill

receiveconstructivefeedbackfromtheir

peersandteacher.Studentscanfillinthe

PeerAssessmentworksheet(Because You

Can’t Smell Someone On Skype WS 6.3

-Pg. 18)

6

Usingthefeedback,studentswill

workonredraftingtheirspeech.

Theywillthenhanduptheirfinal

draftalongwiththepreviousdraft

toshowtheirprogress.

Oncethefinaldrafthasbeen

approved,thestudentscould

presentittotheteacher,toother

studentsinsmallgroups,tothe

entireclassortheycouldrecordit.

7

Sum

m

ative Assessme

nt

• Tone

• Facts/Statistics

• RhetoricalQuestions

• Paragraphs





A Persuasive Speech – SuccessCriteria

Directions:

Youhavebeenaskedtowriteapersuasivespeech

Afterstudyingexamplesofspeechesanddiscussingthemwithyourclass,writealistof

thesuccesscriteriai.e.theelementsthatwillmakeyourspeechsuccessful.

Name __________________________________________

Today’s Date __________________________________

Sum

m

ative Assessme

nt

(Because You Can’t Smell Someone On Skype WS 6.1 )

STUDENT WORKSHEET

Success Criterion: Anecdotes

How I will address it: Retellstoriesfrommypersonalexperiences

Success Criterion:

How you will address it:

Success Criterion:


Success Criterion:


Success Criterion:


Success Criterion:


Success Criterion:


Success Criterion:






Name __________________________________________

Today’s Date __________________________________

Sum

m

ative Assessme

nt

Persuasive Speech Planner

Directions: Planyourspeechbywritingkeywordsorshortphrasesintherelevantsectionsbelow(nosentencesyet).Whenthisiscompleteyoucanuseittowritethefirstdraftofyourspeech.

Youcanlatereditandredraftyourfinalpiece.

The internet is not a safe or healthy way to make friends

Introduction

Conclusion

Name __________________________________________

Today’s Date __________________________________

Sum

m

ative Assessme

ntSTUDENT WORKSHEET

Argument 1 starter sentence Argument 2 starter sentence Argument 3 starter sentence

Argument 1 possible key words



Argument 1 example/evidence



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My name

Partner’s name

Today’s Date

Positive comments

Commentonthepositiveaspectsofthe

speechingeneral

Wasthespeechinterestingandwellresearched?

Positive aspects - Presentation Commentonthepositiveaspectsofyourpartner’s

speechincludingpresentation;whetherthey

soundedconfident,iftheyusedtheappropriate

languageandtoneandwhethertheywereeasyto

understand.

Suggestions I can make for improvement

Peer Assessment SheetA Persuasive Speech

Below is a list of some vocabulary which might help you to write a good peer assessment

Excellent Persuasive Wellplanned Noteworthy

Surprising Clear Interesting Wellresearched

Attention-grabbing Engaging Well-prepared Inspired

Compelling Articulate Authentic Creative

Impressive Entertaining Eloquent Educational


STUDENT WORKSHEET

Directions: Afteryouhavelistenedtoyourpartner’sspeechwriteacommentineachoftheboxesbelow.Someappropriatevocabularyhasbeenprovidedtohelpyouwriteyourassessment.

Sum

m

ative Assessme

nt





Directions: CiaránandKellygotmarriedafewminutesagosotheybothsendoutaseparateTweettosharethenews.Ciarán’sauntreadsthisandwritesherownmessageonTwitter.AllthreemessagesareseenbyatabloidjournalistwhoTweetsthenews.RemembertousetheRAFTstructure:RoleofWriter;Audience;Format;Topic.

Apossiblevariationtothistaskistoleavethewriter’snameoutoftheTweetandthenaskyourpartnertoguesswhowroteit(thekeytodoingthiseffectivelyismakesuretheregister/thewayit’sspokenandtoneareappropriatetothewriter).

Name ___________________________________

Today’s Date ___________________________

Reflective/CreativeTaskTweetingtheNewlywedNews

(Because You Can’t Smell Someone On Skype A1)

STUDENT WORKSHEET

Role of Writer Audience

Format Topic

Kelly from Florida, Newlywed from USA

Followers

A Tweet, max 140 characters. Informal text language

Just after she gets married to Ciarán in Florida. Now they’re on their way to meet her parents


Format Topic

Ciarán from Dublin, Just Married to Kelly

Followers


Just after he marries Kelly and before he dashes home to Ireland the following day


Format Topic

Ciarán’s aunt Followers

A Tweet, max 140 characters. Slightly formal language

Just after she hears the news of Ciarán’s sudden marriage


Format Topic

Online News Service Followers


Just after reading all the above Tweets

Appendix




Documentary On One - Because You can’t Smell Someone on Skype STUDENT WORKSHEET

Excellent Fascinating Engaging Seasonal

Outstanding Clear Interesting Wellresearched

Attentiongrabbing Interviewees Disconcerting Inspired

Spectacular Thrilling Tedious Creative

Impressive Disappointing Diverse Educational

Haunting Narration Soundeffects

When you have finished your review, complete the Self-Assessment Worksheet. Remember to refer to the Writing Criteria section above when you are assessing your work.

(Because You Can’t Smell Someone On Skype A2.1)

Directions: Youhavebeenaskedtoreviewthedocumentaryforateenblogorateenmagazine.Usingoneofthetemplatesprovided(ReviewforaTeenBlogorMyDocumentaryReviewforaTeenMagazine)writeyourreview.

Writing CriteriaYour magazine / blog review must include-Thenameofthedocumentary-Theduration-Abriefsummaryofthecontent(inthreesentences).-Yourgeneralopinionofit

You should also aim to answer the following questions in the writing of your review. -Wasitenjoyable?Why/Whynot?Wouldyourecommendit?-Whichmomentsstoodout?Explain.-Werethereanyelementswhichyouwouldchange?Why/Whynot?-Werethesoundeffectssuccessful(includingmusic)?-Whatdidyouthinkoftheinterviewees?-Whatisthevalueofthisdocumentary?-Wouldyourecommendittoothers?Justifyyouranswer.-Whatagegroupsdoyouthinkwouldenjoythis?

Below is a list of some vocabulary which might help you to write an interesting review

Reflective/Creative Task BriefingSheetforaReview

Appendix






Name ___________________________________

Today’s Date ____________________________

Reflective/ CreativeTaskReviewforaTeenBlog

STUDENT WORKSHEET

Appendix

MYBLOG

Appendix





My Documentary Review for a Teenage MagazineName ____________________________________

Today’s Date ____________________________

Directions: Writeamagazinereviewaboutthedocumentaryyouhavejustlistenedto.RemembertousetheWritingCriteriafromtheBriefingSheet.

Reflective/ CreativeTask


STUDENT WORKSHEET





My Documentary Review for a Teenage MagazineName ____________________________________

Today’s Date ____________________________

Directions: Writeamagazinereviewaboutthedocumentaryyouhavejustlistenedto.RemembertousetheWritingCriteriafromtheBriefingSheet.

My Name

Today’s Date

Task description

Which of the writing criteria (on the briefing sheet)

did I do?

Which tasks did I do particularly well?

Which aspects of this task did I find the

most challenging? Why?

Areas I could improve on? How?

My Self-Assessment Blog/ Magazine Review of

the Documentary


STUDENT WORKSHEET





Oral Literacy5.Deliverashortoraltext,aloneand/orincollaborationwithothers,usingappropriatelanguage,styleandvisualcontentforspecificaudiencesandchosenpurposes7.Chooseappropriatelanguage,styleandvisualcontentforspecificaudiencesandchosenpurposes:persuading,informing,narrating,describingaprocess.

Writing1.Demonstratetheirunderstandingthatthereisaclearpurposeforallwritingactivitiesandbeabletoplan,draft,re-draft,andedittheirownwritingasappropriate2.Discusstheirownandotherstudents’writtenworkconstructivelyandwithclearpurpose

AppendixLearning outcomes addressed in this unit of learning(fromJuniorCycleSpecification)

TEACHER GUIDELINES

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Teaching and

Learning

Resources

Texts

Choose learning outcomes

Create summative assessment

to ensure these learning outcomes are achieved

Planning

Formative Assessment

Template for planning aunitofwork.

Appendix

TEACHER GUIDELINES

Appendix

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