Esc. Sec. Gral. No. 8 "Filemón Salazar Jaramillo": Proyecto: PEOPLE (2011-2012) and ** ACTIONS IN PROGRESS**

PROYECTO PEOPLE SEPTIEMBRE-DICIEMBRE 2011

PROFRA. MARTHA ALICIA QUEZADA AGUILAR

MATERIA: LENGUA EXTRANJERA/INGLES

GRUPOS: 2º A, B, C

Presentación

En un mundo que cada vez se vuelve más internacional, la lengua inglesa, es sin duda alguna, el lenguaje más utilizado y reconocido a nivel mundial. Por este motivo es muy importante poder comunicarnos y expresarnos en este idioma. Esto no sólo nos ayudará en un futuro a tener un mayor número de posibilidades profesionales, sino que también nos ayudará a relacionarnos con todo tipo de personas de otras nacionalidades, lo cual nos podrá dar una visión más amplia y colorida del mundo en el que vivimos.

Desarrollaremos diversas actividades con el fin de entender el idioma de una forma integral, sin enfatizar las cuestiones gramaticales (aunque con algunas guías para apoyarnos a comprender mejor). Con la ayuda de canciones, juegos, debates e historias, nos empaparemos de lleno en lo que es, no sólo un idioma, sino un mundo fascinante con diferencias y similitudes al de todos los adolescentes.

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ETAPA 1. Knowing people…

Hello Everyone!!! It is wonderful to see so many of you again, and I would also like to give a warm welcome to the new students who have just joined People.

As some of you already know, this project is here to help you learn the English language in a fun way.

It is vital to get involved with the language, the culture and the people, when learning a language; so, for the time being, we will not be focusing our attention in grammatical rules. The important thing right now is for you to feel free to express yourself, and not feel bad about making mistakes! Perfection will come later on…

So we will have different activities to help you practice your English, and also to get to know your fellow classmates much better.

After you have done all the activities, the forum will be open so that we can all share our experiences, thoughts and ideas.

So let's get ready to learn and have fun!

Comentarios del Foro 1:

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ETAPA 2 / ACTIVIDAD 1

HALLOWEEN'S SCARIEST ANIMALS

As nighttime falls, the creeping, slithering, stalking world arises, watched intently by a pale-faced moon. In the dead of night you may hear the sounds of this underworld stirring ... or you may not.

But they are still there.

With Halloween slinking up on us, we may notice the noise of animals more – our pets or the wildlife just outside the window. We delight in sparking the feelings of dread and fear in the stories of blood-sucking vampire bats, lurking wolves, crawly spiders, and of course the ever-present black cat.

Certain animals are tailor-made for delicious fear, like the vampire bat and the wolf. But as we explore the world of the scary, it's important to keep it all in perspective. We make up these stories about animals to entertain ourselves. They shouldn't be harmed because of our own, largely manufactured, fears.

Of course, that doesn't mean they're not lurking, just outside your window ...

Class Activity

1. Organize the group into teams, so that each team represents each Halloween animal.

2. Let each team read the history of the animal they chose and think about what is myth and what is true.

3. Invite them to discuss the qualities of each animal:

What is the animal look like? (Physically)
What does it eat?
Where does it live?
Imagine that the creature is really magical, what powers do you think it has?

4. Finally, ask them to describe the creature in front of the group and share their experience in the forum.

HALLOWEEN ANIMALS

· The Vampire Bat

Few things are more chilling that the thought of a night creature that subsists on the living blood of another organism. The vampire bat has lived in our haunted imaginations for thousands of years.

Even before Bram Stoker's book, Dracula, our fear of blood-sucking animals was common, and many cultures from different periods have their own version of the story. The ancient Hebrews wrote of a woman that transformed into an owl, killing newborn babies and pregnant women. The ancient Greeks also believed in monsters that roamed the night, drinking blood and eating children. In India , ancient lore tells of a monster that hangs upside down during the day, like a bat. This creature is empty of its own blood and must drink the blood of others to live.

The idea of an animal living off the life force of another makes good copy, but the real bat is a lot more innocuous. Most subsist on insects. Of the hundreds of species of bats, only three actually drink blood, and only one drinks blood from mammals.

· The Wolf

The year was 1591. In the countryside around the German town of Cologne , villagers found the grisly remains of half-eaten human limbs and farm animals. They set out after what they believed to be the culprit – the wolf.

The villagers eventually cornered the wolf. As they attacked the animal with spears and sharp sticks, the wolf stood on his hind legs and his shape melted into that of a middle-aged man – someone they all knew from town. This is the tale vividly described in a pamphlet from the period. The legend of the werewolf was born.

Wolves have inspired fear and awe for their predatory nature. Their howls at the moon chill the blood, as if they are calling to all the demons in the darkness. Although admired for hunting, they have been regarded as evil instruments of the devil. Perhaps this is because wolves competed with early man for food, or perhaps because they have attacked our livestock with such cunning efficiency.

Wolves, in fact, usually try to avoid humans and are naturally timid. But as their natural habitat disappears, they have come into conflict with people, often around farms. With a vanishing food source, wolves have attacked farm animals, prompting angry people to go after the wolf. The North American wolf population, as a consequence, is almost extinct.

· Spiders

Any self-respecting haunted house will be festooned with cobwebs, populated by spiders lying in wait for some hapless prey. It wouldn't hurt the house's reputation if a few hairy tarantulas scurried hither and yon on the floor. It's almost as if zoning laws required that all haunted houses contain spiders and their webs.

Why the link? Well, think of the spider in detail – eight legs, eight eyes and a face only its mother could love. The spider's method of dining sends shivers up the spine. From the victim's point of view, you're trapped, mired helplessly in a sticky web, while this large, multi-legged, many-eyed creature crawls slowly toward you. Spiders are in fact one of the most feared creatures on earth for these reasons. Arachnophobia is alive and well in many people.

The tarantula is the most frightening of spiders. It's large enough to eat a small bird or rodent, and is very hairy. But though frightening, they are also becoming very popular as pets because they can be tamed to a degree.

· Snakes

Like spiders, snakes have the dubious distinction of being one of the more universally feared animals. Slithering stealthily on the ground, the snake represents an agent of evil to many people. It was, after all, a serpent that got Adam and Eve thrown out of Eden . For his art of persuasion, the serpent was sentenced to slither on the ground, despised by all of earth's creatures.

A far more practical reason why people fear snakes is that a few are dangerous to us. Venomous snakes sink their teeth into skin, injecting venom. Others suffocate their prey and swallow them whole.

Snakes have been worshiped and reviled, but in the pet world they are a source of endless fascination. Others may admire the 2,700 species in the world – so long as they don't have to pet them.

· Black cat

A black cat is a feline with black fur. Black cats may be thought of as either good luck or bad. The black cat in folklore has been thought to change into human shape to act as a spy or courier for witches or demons. During the Middle Ages, these superstitions led people to kill black cats. This had the unintended consequence of increasing the rat population and the spread of the Black Plague and other diseases carried by rodents. There is no evidence from England of regular large-scale massacres of "satanic" cats, or of burning them in midsummer bonfires, as sometimes occurred in Europe

En esta etapa los alumnos formados en equipos hicieron la presentación de los animales que es tocaron, tal y como marcaba la actividad, a continuación se muestran algunas fotos de esto:

WOLF

THE VAMPIRE

SNAKES

SPIDER

BLACK CAT

UN REPRESENTANTE DE CADA EQUIPO:

Comentarios del foro:

ENERO DE 2012
ESTAMOS REANUDADO LAS ACTIVIDADES DEL PROYECTO PEOPLE: PREPARANDO LA PRESENTACIÓN PARA LA COMUNIDAD ESCOLAR PARA DESPUÉS PASAR A LA ELIMINATORIA Y POSTERIORMENTE AL CONCURSO DE ZONA, LOS INVITAMOS A CONTINUAR PARTICIPANDO EN PROYECTOS, YA QUE ES UNA HERRAMIENTA MAS DEL USO DE LAS TICS, QUE AYUDAN EN GRAN MANERA PARA LA ADQUISICION DE CONOCIMIENTO.

DESPUÉS DE ESTA PEQUEÑA INTRODUCCIÓN PREPARÉMONOS PARA EL NUEVO PROYECTO QUE EMPRENDEREMOS, ***ACTIONS IN PROGRESS***
A CONTINUACION DESCRIPCIÓN DE DICHO PROYECTO:

Esperamos que se diviertan y aprendan mucho en esta emisión de Actions in Progress.

INICIEMOS::::

ACTIVIDAD DEL 23 DE ENERO AL 27 DE FEBRERO

Personal Possessions

Hello Everyone!!! It is wonderful to see so many of you again, and I would also like to give a warm welcome to the new students who have just joined Just Do It! Actions in Progress.

As some of you already know, this project is here to help you learn the English language in a fun way.

Since we have a mixture of old and new students, we will dedicate our first theme to introducing ourselves. Even if you have already participated in a previous project, it is important for the new students to get to know you as well !
So we will have different activities to help you practice your English, and also to get to know your fellow classmates much better.

After you have done all the activities, the forum will be open so that we can all share our experiences, thoughts and ideas.

So let’s get ready to learn and have fun!
Yocelín Escobar.

Etapa 1/ Activity 1

Do you think the objects we own can express what we are? We all have possessions that are important for us. We are talking about objects that mean something in our lives. Maybe a teddy bear which sleeps with us every night, a shirt which brings us luck, a watch that someone special gave us in a birthday or any other thing which has touched our heart.

That is why we want to explore all those special objects and share the experience with all the friends who are in this fabulous project.

If you have any doubt regarding the grammar of “possessions”, please check the next link: http://www.mansioningles.com/gram08.htm

Possessions we love

1. Organize the group in teams of 5 students and choose a team name. Ask the group to each think of and select a personal possession which holds some meaning for them individually, which they currently have with them on them - a purse, wallet, piece of jewellery, watch, pen, mobile phone, set of keys, etc. Let them secretly talk about the objects they have selected without other teams can listen.
2. Each person should write down on a piece of paper:
NAME
TEAM NAME
OBJECT
DESCRIPTION OF THE OBJECT
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU? WHY? (Describe briefly)
3. Put all the papers in a box. The teacher should pick at random one of the pieces of folded paper. Read the description of the object and what it means to the owner.
4. Other teams must guess which team and person are the owners.
5. Wins the team who answer right with the correct phrases: For example: “The Wolves’ watch is a Juan’s watch” (say the team and owner).
6. It is not valid that the team or person who owns the object answers, so that the rest can guess.
7. After the first round of discussion pick another piece of paper and repeat the exercise, progressively exploring how feelings are conveyed, and how to interpret them, with each person's object.

Activity 2

Instructions

First of all, read the lyrics of the song “These foolish things”. Make sure that you understand the concept of the song….don't worry if you don't understand every single word. If you have any vocabulary questions make sure to ask your teacher to help you.

If you feel that you need more help to understand the meaning of the song read the lyrics of the song in Spanish. Remember that the lyrics are NOT translated word by word. It is simply the translation of the IDEA.

Listen to the song as you read the lyrics IN ENGLISH.

These foolish things