UNIT 4:Off the beaten track
Flipped class:
Relative Clauses: Defining & Non defining
These videos might help you understand better when to use which. Watch the videos till the end. Take some notes.
Video:
The Strangest hotels ever
Watch the video twice (if needed) and answer the questions in your notebook:
1. Write the name of the 10 hotels, their location and write ONE word to describe each
2. Write which of these hotels do you think is the best? and the worst? say why
Speaking:
3. Discuss with a friend: You have won a prize and you and your friend can stay in one of these hotels for a week. Which one would you choose and why?
EVERY KID NEEDS a champion
Listen to the lecture this experienced teacher gives and then answer the questions of the "Discussion" in your notebook
Before you start , READ the questions!!
Discussion
1. Read the questions below and write your answers in your notebook:
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What is the talk about?
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What did you think of the speaker?
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Was she easy to understand?
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What is her message?
2. Discuss the questions below with a friend and write your answers in your notebook:
A colleague said to me one time:
“They don’t pay me to like the kids. They pay me to teach a lesson. The kids should learn it. I should teach it, they should learn it, Case closed.”
Well, I said to her, “You know, kids don’t learn from people they don’t like.”
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What do you think of the teacher’s quotes? Do you agree?
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Do students have to like their teacher to learn from them?
“One year I came up with a bright idea. I told all my students, “You were chosen to be in my class because I am the best teacher and you are the best students, they put us all together so we could show everybody else how to do it.”
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What do you think of this? Do you think it works?
“Every child deserves a champion, an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection, and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be.”
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What do you think of her message?
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Do you have a “champion”? Who is it?