5 lessons for educators from “The King’s Speech”

5 lessons for educators from “The King’s Speech”

Aim 4: Critical Reading

To promote a critical reading of the book, allowing the conclusion that fright and fear are imposed by people. Invitation to watch “The Village”.

Aim 3: Ancient Worlds

Look at the pictures and complete the sentences about each picture:

1 ………………. is a statue with the head of a man and the body of an animal.
2. ……………… a circle made from heavy stones.
3. ………………………. a place with eight hundred statues.
4. …………………………. animal shapes cut into the ground.
5. ………………………… an island under the sea.

Aim 2 : Other Worlds

Watch this video excerpt and try to answer these questions
-Do you believe there are other worlds out there?
-Is there life in those worlds?

- Do you believe in ghosts?

- Do you believe in ghosts? Cyborgs? Monsters? Giants? Aliens? UFOs? And Yetis?

- Ask people about that.
- Why are people afraid of them?

_ What about avatars??? Listen to one of these:

-Go to “voki.com”, create your own avatar and its own powers.e.g.
”I’m a Yeti. I’m very tall. I can stand above all men. I frighten most people".

Aim 1: To predict the student's beliefs

To predict the student’s beliefs about the existence of other worlds.

Is there intelligent life in other worlds? What special powers do our minds have? How can people suddenly disappear? Are there really monsters and ghosts? Read and find out some of the worlds most frightening and exciting mysteries –mysteries that science can not explain, in Chapter 1 ”Other worlds”

My Project of Extensive Reading

Target addressees: Grade 9, Escola Básica do 2º e 3º Ciclos do Viso

Title of the book: MYSTERIES OF THE UNEXPLAINED

Author: Kathy Burk
Editor: Pearson Longman

Starting up extensive reading: Pre-reading stage