The following activity offers students the possibility of learning English idioms and expressions in an interactive and fun way! Also, they can practice receptive skills such as listening and reading (because it has subtitles).
Activity:
Watch the following movie:
Task I:
Answer the following questions:
2. Why ogres cannot be scared?
3. Who suggests telling scary-stories all night?
4. Where do they go to tell scary stories?
5. Does the song “welcome to Duloc” scare donkey?
6. Who is the first one to tell a scary story?
7. Is “The bride of Gingy” a true story?
8. Who is always dying in donkey’s story?
9. Is the ghost of Lord Farquaad's real?
Task II:
Explain briefly Gingy and Shrek’s scary
story.
Congratulation for your blog!
ResponderEliminarI've really liked this post, because I think that this kind of activities can motivate children.
It's an interesting story, with scared emotion. Moreover, characters are popular among young people, almost every children have seen Shrek, so they know about the characters, and It could be really interesting for them.
Furthermore, I think that the questions ,that you use to complement the activity, are really appropriate.
I would like to say only a "negative thing", in my opinion this video could be long for primary school children.
Thank you for this post.
Hi, congrats on your blog as well. Really liking the activities you posted. I think this entry is a wonderful example of an engaging activity for primary students. As Esther said, the characters are well-known and loved amongst all children. Their already familiar with the whole Shrek atmosphere, and when it comes to the comprehension questions you proposed, I find their not so difficult and very closed, in the sense that the kids answers can be short and to the point. That really helps making this task attainable for students at higher primary levels.
ResponderEliminarCongratulations!
Congratulations! I really like this video and what your suggest like activity. However, I'd like to propose you that you should make us know which age is the most suitable for doing this kind of activities.
ResponderEliminarOn the other hand, it could be interesting to suggest a kind of summary of the video in case students haven't ever seen this film. They will be able to be more motivated when they see it because it'll be easier for them.
Thank you for this post.
Estefania
Hi!
ResponderEliminarThis is a very good activity to explote a video, the only problem I find is that you are not providing students with the answers so no immediate feed back is given, what I find is a big advantage when creating online activities.