T.T. Sandra Elizabeth Carranza Navarro

Topic Controversial Issues: Death Penalty Student’s profile The following lessons will be applied to a group of 18 intermediate learners in the range of 17 to 23 years old. According to the Common European Framework, they have an B1 level. These students show different kind of abilities, and concerns about learning new topics that represent an interest for them. Even they manifest different learning styles like auditory and visual, they are always willing to participate with others and their attitude is generally positive. Most of the times, they prefer to work on unfamiliar and/or challenging tasks and this is the way they feel more confident and motivated when they are able to work in their areas of strength. These learners also need frequent opportunities to work in their preferred sensory and thinking styles. At the same time, it is also critical to ensure that students have satisfactory outcomes. However, if it is identified previously, a good lesson plan on this topic will provide them strategies that can help to improve their own areas of learning.

Description of the project The topic of this unit is “Controversial issues: death penalty”. This elicits students to know that controversial issues are problems or topics that can cause a lot of disagreement because people have strong personal opinions about them. Learning Objectives The main aim of this lesson has the purpose to provide the students learning strategies that can help them to discuss on controversial issues by using critical thinking, questioning and evaluation; discussing and justifying opinions and

values; contributing to group discussion and debate and presenting convincing arguments. They will also be organized in teams and those interaction patterns I have chosen will provide them to work more confident and use an analytical understanding.

The podcast will be divided in three episodes: Watch a video and discuss about its content. Who agrees and who

doesn’t. (audio) Interview a partner about the video (audio) Create a debate: For and against (audio)

Every episode is going to last from four to five minutes. The slogan is: Pro-life? Pro-war? Pro-death penalty? Hypocrite!

The driving question

Do killing people who killed people show killing is wrong? Procedure The podcast will be reordered in three different stages of 3 to 5 minutes maximum. Since this is a group of 18 students, they will have the responsibility of assigning roles for every participant in the team. Two or three voices by episode. Episode 1: Students will watch a film about death penalty. They will have a handout provided by the teacher where they will be able to make notes about what they watched (ver anexo 1) Then, they will recorder an audio file when showing their opinions on the case. Finally, they are going to upload their conversation in a youtube account or by using audio boom. Episode 2: Students are going to interview a partner by using questions related to the film they watched previously (ver anexo 2). They will recorder it in youtube or in audio boom as well.

Episode 3: With different information from webpages about death penalty in the country represented in the film, three students are going to record a debate where they present their points of view, they evaluate their arguments and they identify and name a selection of human rights. All the students will be provided with material on creating podcasts and webpages with information about the topic. The audio recordings will be editied in moviemaker or audacity. They will have the opportunity to be subscribed to an audio boom account. Webpages https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2UMJ6-qRn4 http://www.ehow.com/how_2036929_script-video-podcast.html http://alad.cele.unam.mx/modulo9a/unidad24/Podcasting_Booklet2014.pdf http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/ http://windows-movie-maker.softonic.com/ https://audioboom.com/ Teacher’s guide. Ss will perform research. Ss will write a script. Ss will record their podcast. T will edit podcast. T will create a slogan. T and Ss are going to analyze the rubrics.

Materials and Sources: Computer Cellphone Microphone Camera Internet Handouts

Audio Podcast

Pro-life? Pro-war? Pro-death penal ty?

Hypocrite!

https://audioboom.com/boos/4565611-death-penalty-team-1-comments-on-the-film

Bekris Chacón Carlos: The guest Corrales Arellano Claudia Ivet: interviewer

García Basurto Oscar: interviewee Llanas Wong Juan: interviewee Nava Hurtado Ana: interviewee

Salas García Carolina : The guest and editor

https://audioboom.com/boos/4565578-death-penalty-team-2-interview file:///C:/Users/Sandy/Downloads/EMILIAS%20CARR.pdf

Castruita García Marco: interviewee Escalera González María: producer

López H. Magdaleno: interviewee Porras Sánchez María: The guest Rodríguez S. Marisol: producer

Soto Escobedo Irán: interviever

https://audioboom.com/boos/4564355-death-penalty-team-3-debate

Beltran Alvarado Ana: producer Flores Martinez Maria: The guest

Hernandez Lopez Claudia: speaker Hernandez M. Diana: speker Luna R. Gabriela: speaker

Torres Morales Angel: producer

EPISODE 1

CASE STUDY WORKSHEET

Watch the death row case study film and record the information below.

Name: _________________________________________________________________

How do you feel after watching this film?

How I feel about the use of the death penalty.

What more do I want to know about this issue?

Do I want to try to do something about this issue? If

yes, what?

EPISODE 2

Name: _________________________________________________________________

QUESTIONNAIRE ON THE FILM

1. Was the film interesting to you?

2. What’s the name of the woman on death row?

3. Where did it happen?

4. When was the first call to the police reported?

5. What was the name of the murdered woman and what

relationship did she have with Emilia Carr?

6. Where did the police find the body?

7. What bad experience did Emilia have when she was a

child?

8. How was Heather killed?

9. Who said the police about Emilia’s confession?

10. How is Emilia Carr going to be executed?