Class 39- Teens 02

 

Please, remember to keep your camera on during the whole class

(Student manual, articles 3 and 4): https://www.centrocultural.cr/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Reglamento-Estudiantil.pdf

 

Warm up

• Get in groups
• Ask and answer the next questions:

1. How are you today?
2. How was your day?
3. What are you going to do this weekend?
4. What is something that makes you happy?
5. What is your favorite dessert or food?
6. Are you ready to finish the project?

Get ready to mention one detail that you remember from the conversation.

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Work on your project

• Get in groups
• Wait for the teacher and work in your project.
• If you have questions for the teacher, remember to write them down 😊

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Step 1

• Open the document that the teacher has assigned to your group and read the list of topics.
• Make a list of ideas about what you would like to investigate.

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Step 2

While choosing the topic for your project, answer the next questions:

If you don't know how to answer any of the questions, wait for the teacher to join your group 😊

If there are questions that you don't know how to answer, continue to the next one.

Write down any questions that you want to ask the teacher!

Who	•Who do you want to help/benefit with your project? •Who can help you make this project a reality?
What	•What is your project about? • What is your favorite part of the project? Why? What is your least favorite? • What were some challenges that you faced during the process? • What new information did you learn with this project? • What was your most important contribution to the project? Explain. • What are some new words that you learned during the process? • What recommendations would you give to other students who need to complete this project? • What is something you will remember about this project some years from now? Why? • What are the main characteristics of your project? • What do you think you should / could do differently next time? • What changes do you think you can/should make to your project?
Where	•Where do you think you can/could implement this project? • Where do you think this project could have a positive impact? • Where do people need this project the most?
When	•When will this project benefit the world / our country? • When do you think this project is going to be a reality?
Why	•Why did you choose this project? • Why do you think this project is relevant/important?

 

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Step 3

In groups, answer the next questions:

1. Why did you chose this topic? (individually, give at least one reason)
2. What is a problem or challenge that this project will solve?
3. Why is it important to solve this problem? Explain this with at least 3 reasons.
4. Why is this project important for other people?
5. How can people benefit from your solution(s)?

Wait for the teacher to check your answers with you.

If there is something that you don't know how to answer, write your questions and doubts about it.

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Step 4: Write your guiding question

• Use the information from step 3 to write a guiding question.

Example: You are going to do research about the uses of color as cultural expressions.

Your guiding question can be this one:

How can we create awareness about the importance of preserving aboriginal cultures in Costa Rica by promoting appreciation of their arts, their traditions and their use of color? (Focus on a specific aboriginal group)

 

• Write your guiding question(s)
  

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Step 5: Choose the information that you will use

1. If you haven't started doing research, look for information using the internet.
2. Remember to follow the instructions to choose information you can trust (Watch again the video about "Identifying fake news")
3. To find the video, go to:

Canvas> Modules > Learning Fair Project Material > Preparation for Step 3- In-class Guided Research

Answer the next questions:

1. How are you going to choose the information that you are going to use?
   
2. How do you know that you can trust that information?
3. Where are you going to keep the information, so everybody in your group can have access to it?

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Step 6: Identify challenges

1. Imagine that you or another person makes your project a reality. What would be some challenges that they can face?
   
2. What are some obstacles that they can find?
3. What are some difficult steps in the process of making your project a reality?
4. What solutions could people give to those challenges?
5. What results do you expect to have at the end of your project becoming a reality?

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Step 7:

Start the presentation

1. Organize the information
2. Define who is going to be in charge of each section of the presentation
3. Remember to cite (use reliable information) your sources of information

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Important for the oral presentation:

-Say why the project is important (3 reasons)

-Describe the process of the project

-How did you look for solutions for the problem?

-Mention other 3 places/ situations with the same problem

-Mention at least 3 obstacles or challenges for the project

 

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