The Hero's Journey

The Elements of Fiction

Plot, Setting, Character, Conflict, Symbol, and Point of View are the main elements which fiction writers use to develop a story and its Theme.

Today we are going to focus on plot

Debate Time: Social Issues

Printout for Students

Video from 1:30

Debate scenarios

Giant Pandas

Panda Field Work

Pandas

Should we save the panda?

Giant Panda versus Land Use Scale 

Save Giant Pandas at all costs (1 being strongest) 

                             1    2    3    4    5    6 

Meet human needs even at cost of panda (6 being strongest)

Giant Panda Role-Play Activity

1· farmer near giant panda reserve

2· hungry villager living near panda reserve Friends of the National Zoo

3· giant panda living in panda reserve

4· local governor of village near panda reserve

5· nature-oriented tourist hoping to visit panda reserve

6· hunter trying to illegally catch giant panda and other wildlife in reserve

7· student hoping to later work as biologist in reserve

8· biologist working in panda reserve with very limited resources

9· zoo scientist hoping to train and assist reserve biologists in monitoring pandas

10· zoo veterinarian trying to work with reserve biologists and other zoo people to learn more about zoo and wild pandas

Elephant Debate

animal conservationists

Describing Using Adjectives & Adverbs

1. Go over the handout. Learn the different categories of adjectives.

2. Do examples on the board and a few individual exercises.

3. Hot Seat - in partners.
    One partner sits facing away from the board and one looks at the board.
    I will put an image on the projector. The partner facing the board must describe the photo using as         many adjectives and adverbs as possible. The partner facing away from the board will sketch what   the person is describing.
  Hot Seat part 2
   Two partners will come up to the board. I will put a word up on the board. The partner facing the board must try to describe the word to his/her partner.


4. Celebrities

Aim: To write a description of a celebrity's appearance and personality

You will use adjectives to describe celebrities to the class.

Each team needs a piece of paper and pen.

Secretly choose a celebrity  to describe. Write down adjectives on your paper

Start by describing the celebrity's physical appearance and then they write about her/his personality.

When everyone has finished, you will come to the front of the class one by one.

The teams read out their descriptions and the other teams try to guess who they are describing.

Adverb/adjectives handout

Games to Practice Creating Detailed Vocabulary

Like a Local Campaign

Like a Local Campaign

Groups of 6
Task: 
You all work for a online magazine in Madrid. The magazine is publishing an article on alternative/local things to do in the Madrid area. They want to attract young, creative people to the city.

Roles

Research - You will read about local/alternative activities about cities in America and help the writers.

Write -  Your job is to come up with interesting things to do in Madrid and write 2/3 sentences about why it is special or interesting. Do not write about Madrid in general

Social Media Expert - Your job is to create 2 status updates for each of the activities that your writes come up with. Try to make the viewer jealous of where you are. #nofilter

Advertiseyour job is to decide which advertisements would be best and why.

Edit - EVERYONE.

Output
5-7 min presentation
Present your ideas in a creative and enticing  way.
Everyone must speak

5 Creative Activities
5 Social Media Status Updates

VISUAL AID: Your poster must include illustrations/comics, keywords and/or layouts. It cannot contain full paragraphs.

Video Example - Tommy’s Grill 4:29- 7:05

Alternative things to do in LA NYC CHITOWN SF

printout

NYC
Real things to do in NY
NYC like a local

San Francisco
35 things for the under 35
21 things to do in SF


Vocabulary
Leisure Facilities
multiplex
skate rink
skate park
amusement park
theatre
museum
sports centre
arcade
athletics stadium
water park

Useful Phrases
I think it would be a good idea to ...
It might be better if ...
I don't think X would be the right place for ...
How/what about ...

the sights
facilities
go sightseeing
leisure
work of art
council
culture
participate

Early Colonies Meet-Greet: Jamestown vs Plymouth

Meet-and-Greet Class Activity
1. Create the chart in your notebook. Only write the text in BOLD.
2. Read silently the text about your colony. Raise your hand if you have any questions.
3. Fill in the chart with keywords.

Reasons for Immigrating Why did you go to Jamestown/Plymouth?

Exotic parrots, agriculture

4. Check answers with partner.
5. Meet-and-greet. Move around the room and meet colonists from the other colony.

• Ask questions IN PAIRS
• Ask one question and record keywords in your chart.
• Oral questions and answers must be complete sentences.

6. Class Venn-diagramm

Settlements Document

Underline and number
1. Reasons for the settlement
2. Relations with Native Americans
3. Successes/failures
4. How the government worked
5. Location/how it looked

Comparison chart

Completed

Packing for Jamestown
What personal items should I pack for my journe y to Jamestown?
Draw a picture of your trunk and the items you will take to Jamestown.
What items should I take to trade with the Powhatan?

audio - hardships

Role Play Lesson

After Roanoke, they said you were crazy,
I said I'm going off to the Jamestown Colony,
Located down in Chesapeake,
I said "Ooh-ooh-hoo,"
It's the Jamestown Colony,

The Virginia Company,
Sent the Susan Constant, Discovery,
And Godspeed to start a colony,
Oh, this would be Virginia,
If it didn't kill ya,

Nobody worked,
Everyone looking for gold,
'Til John Smith stood up and said,

Oh don't you dare prospect then think you'll eat for free,
There are no free rides in the Jamestown colony,
If you don't work, you'll go hungry,
I said "Ooh-ooh-hoo,"
It's the Jamestown Colony,

Disease and starvation were problems,
And Powhatan Native Americans,
They were wary of these Europeans,
They took Smith and staged an execution,
Staged an execution,

But John was "saved,"
By princess Pocahontas,
Powhatan had made his point,

John Smith and Powhatan, they both had to agree,
That they both wanted peace in the Jamestown Colony,
Though their trust was never concrete, 
I said "Ooh-ooh-hoo,"
It's the Jamestown Colony,

The "Starving Times,"
16-0-9 until '10,
Half of the colonists died,

But if you did survive you might become wealthy,
Once tobacco grew,
In the Jamestown colony,
England's first settlement to succeed,
I said "Ooh-ooh-hoo,"
It's the Jamestown Colony!

Bill of Rights / US Constitution

Bill of Rights

Video 2 study.com

Comprehension Questions

Jeopardy Review

Bill of Rights Group Project
As a group, you will be responsible for creating and presenting a poster.

Imagine your group is founding a new nation. You need to come up with the basic rights for all citizens.

RUBRIC

Poster:
Re-written Amendment ________ / (10) 
Neatness ________/ (5)
Effectiveness _________/ (5) 

Presentation:
EVERYONE participates _________/10
EVERYONE speaks in English _________/10

Reporting: Questions & Places

Vera Wang Video Activity


Support Social Fabric! from Heather Kirk on Vimeo.

Fashion Reporter Questions


Reporting on a Place

Travel Photos

Group Activity

Work in groups of 4 Tour Guides

Each Tour Guide is responsible for 2 Travel sections

Must Haves Travel Sections

• 3 “must see” sites
• Short History Section
• Best time of year to travel, including weather 
• A recommended daily budget
• Common Phrases
• 2 places to eat
• Festivals and/or holidays
• Places to stay

Prompts
Sights
tastes
sounds
smells
touch/feel

Travel & Vacations

What is your favorite way to travel? (please circle)

Car         Train        Bus          Plane         Bicycle        Other

What do you like to do on vacation? (please circle)

Sightseeing      Theme Parks      Reading      

 Eating        Shopping        Other

What country would you like to visit?

Draw your dream vacation:

Describe your dream vacation:

Where are you?

What are you doing?

Who are you with?

What season is it?

Audio
http://www.elllo.org/english/0701/T736-Keren-Options.htm

736 Travel Options
Keren compares ways to travel, such as travelling alone or with a friend.

http://www.eltbase.com/vtr_refs.php?id=193

Animals - Factory Farming Pros & Cons

Debate Printout

Format for Interactive Debate

Seating Arrangement: students facing each other.

1. Affirmative team: argument 1 
2. Negative team's rebuttal
3. Affirmative team's response to rebuttal and open discussion 
4. Negative team: argument 1
5. Affirmative team's rebuttal
6. Negative team's response to rebuttal and open discussion
7. Affirmative team: argument 2
8. Negative team's rebuttal
9. Affirmative team's response to rebuttal and open discussion
10. Negative team: argument 2
11. Affirmative team's rebuttal
12. Negative team's response to rebuttal and open discussion
13. Affirmative team's closing comments 
14. Negative team's closing comments

Minorities in the US: Resistance P1 & P1

P1: Minorities Today

Powerpoint
Discussion

Song
N-word
What is Tupac's overall message?
What changes does he want to see?
What is the reality he's depicting?
What's his attitude towards the subject?
What politic remarks does he make (say 3)?

Tupac Lyrics - Changes Tupac Video - Changes Lyrics

I Have a Dream

The famous “I have a dream” section occurs at 12:45 in the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU0opfi2avM

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm

Common - I Have a Dream

Rights Movements in the USA

1. You will work in groups of 4-6. Groups will need to work quickly and efficiently to get the work done.

2. Each group gets a movement (1 doubled-sided page, give a few copies per group)

3. Hand out the reading questions (the text is difficult but the questions are easy. they don't need to look up all the words, just get the main ideas)

4. show presentation rubric

5. Hand out a poster to each group

6. Presentations 2-3 min per group

P2
Reading
1. What group of people is the text talking about?
2. When / where did the movement take place?
3. What conditions were they protesting?
4. What were their goals?
5. How did they protest?
6. What were the consequences or results of the movement?


Presentation Rubric
Present the answers to the reading questions in a creative way.  Answers must include at least 3/4 sentences.
3-4 minutes
Everyone MUST participate in the presentation
VISUAL AID: Your poster must include illustrations/comics, keywords and/or key figures of the movement. It cannot contain full paragraphs. 


Reflection
After hearing your classmates' presentations, how are these movements related?


Study Resources
Print Out

Topics:
American Indian Movement
AIM Occupation of Alcatraz
March on Washington
#BlackLivesMatter
Stonewall and the Beginning of LGBT Rights
Cesar Chavez
Chicano Movement
Disability Movement
Women's Movement




DIRECT LINKS
Gender Equality / Title Nine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_IX
http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/home/advocate/title-ix-and-issues/history-of-title-ix/history-of-title-ix
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-wave_feminism

Native Americans
http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.pd.005
We hold the Rock
Occupy Alcatraz

Civil Rights
The March on Washington
March on Washington Video
Oral History

Cesar Chavez
The Story of Cesar Chavez
Video

#Blacklivesmatter
black lives matter detailed text
revolutionary aims
origins by co-founders

Stonewall
Riots Detailed

Chicano Movement
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6582/
https://revolutionaryfrontlines.wordpress.com/2010/03/26/30-years-after-the-chicano-moratorium/
http://lulac.org/about/history/

Disability
http://archive.adl.org/education/curriculum_connections/fall_2005/fall_2005_lesson5_history.html
http://yodisabledproud.org/organize/docs/PRIDE/4_Middle_School/Unit_1_Middle/1_5m-Disability_Leaders_Info_Sheet.pdf
http://www.apa.org/monitor/jun05/itpi.aspx
http://americanhistory.si.edu/disabilityrights/exhibit.html