Buster the Boxer Teacher’s Notes
Video Buster the Boxer
Display the imageandques2onsonpage2.Tell students todiscuss it inpairs/groupsofthreeandencouragethemtousethelanguageofspecula2on.
STEP1
Askoneofthegroupstoreportbackandthenfindouthowsimilarordifferenttheothergroups’ ideasare. Repeatwiththe imagesandques2onsonpages3and4.
STEP2
Ifyourstudentshaven’tworkedoutthatthethreepeopleareafamily,tellthemand display page 5. Ask them (pairs/groups) to complete the gaps in thesentenceswithawordorphraseandfinishthesecondsentenceinaninteres2ngway, i.e.NOT When her parents buy her a present for Christmas, she is veryhappy.
STEP3
Askeachpair/group to choosea spokesperson to tell the restof theclasshowtheycompletedthesentences.
STEP4
Say that they’re going towatch a video inwhich they’ll find outwhat BridgetlovesandwhatshegotforChristmas.Tellstudentstowatchcloselyandplaythevideo(withoutsound)fromthebeginningun2l01:30. ARerwards,askstudentswhichwordsshouldgointhegapsnow.Letthemuseadic2onarytolookupthesecondwordifnecessary(jumpingorbouncing/trampoline).
STEP5
Tellstudentsthatyouaskedthemtowatchtheclipcloselybecausethey’regoingtoanswersomeobserva2onques2ons.Dividetheclassintotwogroups,AandB.Beforeyouhandouttheques2ons(page7),explainthattheyshouldlookupthemeaning of new vocabulary and then decide with their group whether thestatementsaretrueorfalse.Givethemthehandoutsandletthemgetonwithit.
STEP6
ARerwardsplay the clipun2l01:30again (without sound) so that students canchecktheiranswerstothetrue/falsequesions.Givethemaminutetomakesurethateveryone intheirgroupagrees,buttell themtodo itquietlybecuasetheydon’twanttheothergrouptooverheartheiranswers.
STEP7
STEP8PairastudentfromgroupAwithonefromgroupB.StudentAshouldreadtheirfirstsentencetostudentBandaskifit’strueofalse.StudentBaskstheirpartnertoexplainnewvocabularyifnecessaryandanswers.ThenStudentBreadstheirfirst sentence to StudentA and they con2nueun2l they’ve each answered thefourques2ons.
STEP9
Tell students that they’regoingto thinkabout thesoundstheymightexpect tohearintheclip.Displaythewordsonpage6andgetstudentstoworkingroupstolookupthemeaninganddecidewhetherthesesoundsareheardinthevideo.Iftheyare,whoorwhatmakesthesounds?
STEP10 When students have finished, have a vote onwhether each soundwill appearandaskthosewhovoteyestoexplainwhy.Nowaskstudentswhatmusicorsongtheywouldincludeintheclip.Givethemacoupleofminutestodecideinpairsandthengetsomefeedback.Alterna2vely,playthirtysecondsorsoofthesongthatwasusedandtwoothers(e.g.SilentNight andJumpAround)andgetstudentstovoteontheonetheythinkthey’llhear.
Playtheclipwithsound.Studentsiden2fythesongandlistenoutforthesoundsfromthepreviousstep.Stopat01:30andaskstudentstopredictwhathappens.Playtherestoftheclipandaskstudentswhattheythoughtoftheadvert.
STEP11
Aswell as the vocabulary from the observa2on and sound ac2vi2es, hopefullystudentshaveaskedformorevocabularyduringthelesson.Tofinishoff,getthemtochoosefivewordsorphrasesthatarenewforthemandwritethemdownonapieceofpaper.Theyrankthemfrommostdifficulttoleastdifficulttorememberandthencomparetheir listwithapartner.FInally, tell themto fold theirpaperup,putitintheirpocketandbeforetheygotobed,takeitoutoftheirpocketandseeiftheycans2llrememberthemeaningsofthewords.
STEP12
Before the class Make copies of page 7
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Howmightshebefeeling?Whatmighthavehappenedtomakeherfeellikethis?
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Whatmighthebereading?Whymightheneedtoreaditcarefully?
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Whatmightshebelookingat?Whatmighthavehappenedbeforethephotowastaken?
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Thisisthestoryofali`legirlcalledBridgetwholoves________.Whenhermumanddadbuyhera_________forChristmas…….
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Whichofthesesoundsmightyouexpecttohearintheclip?
pan2ng
snoring creaking
yelling
crunching grun2ng
slurping
growling whimpering
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StudentA StudentB
1. There’saredstockinghangingupattheendofBridget’sbed.
1. Bridget’sbedroomdoorisajaratthebeginningoftheclip.
2. Bridget’sfatherhitshisleRhandwithahammer. 2. Bridget’swearingbluecheckedpyjamas.
3. Youcanseeaphoneboxontheothersideofthegardenfence.
3. There’salargepinkbowonthetrampoline.
4. Araccoonisthethirdanimaltostartjumpingonthetrampoline.
4. Fiveanimalsendupbouncingonthetrampoline:twofoxes,abadger,asquirrelandahedgehog.
TrueorFalse? TrueorFalse?
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