Theme: A Day Tour in Lamma IslandSubject: EnglishGrade: S2Grouping: 4-6 students in a group

1.1) Expected Learning Outcomes

1. Learn about the History of Lamma Island Learn about the History of Lamma Island through field trip and research project.

2. Having a better use and understanding of IT Students will be able to learn apply a lot of IT tools such as word, power point, internet search

engines to complete their projects.3. Improve their four skills of English

By the end of the project, students should be able to apply reading, listening, speaking and writing skills of English in order to complete the project. For example, they need to read travel booklets, carrying out interviews with people living in Lamma Island and give an oral presentation at the end.

4. Help students to acquire and develop their 9 generic skills Students should be able to acquire and develop their 9 generic skills in the research process:

o Communication skillso Critical thinking skillso Creativityo Collaboration skillso Information technology skillso Numeracy skillso Problem-solving skillso Self-management skills

o Study skills5. Effective Reflection

Teachers will guide students to carry out personal reflection on their results at the end, it provides them with chances to reflect on their own learning。

1.2) Timeline:

-Students should submit the first draft of the proposal (200 words) on or before 11 April, 2012.

-Final written report (300 words) and oral presentation should be submitted and held on 30 April, 2012.

Students’Prior Knowledge：

1. Students’prior knowledge of Lamma Island2. Experience in carrying out group work3. Basic knowledge in IT4. Basic reading, speaking, writing and listening skills in English5. Experience in using the internet to search for information

Planning and Implementation：

Scaffolding：Students need to prepare power point presentations on the background of Lamma Island with the use of:

Slideshare to show pictures

Pecha Kucha to carry out their power point presentation> Introduction on the use of power point to present the topics of:> history of a place> day tour of specific place

Time：7-8 weeks

Grouping and requirement： Grouping:4-6 students in a group Theme: A Day Tour in Lamma Island

Task: Design a Day Tour in Lamma Island2.1)Expected Learning Outcomes/Products：

1. A written report

2. Group oral presentationAssessment：Assessment items:

1. Content and creativity

2. The use of IT3. Language skills

Assessment Items:Items: Assessor(s)

 

1. Written report(Group) Teacher (40%)

2. Oral Power point Presentation(Group)Teacher (20%)Peers (10%)

3. Assessment for Group Members Group memebers (20%)4. Self-assessment An individual student (10%)

Suggested content and format：

Presentation Items Written description Pictures Others:e.g.videos

Lamma Island History Traditions Living places

 

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Day Tour Scenic spots Activities Restaurants Souvenirs

 

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* The content above are only suggestion topics, if students have their own preferences they can discuss with the teacher。

Remarks：

1. Students should show their language proficiency in both written and spoken presentations.2. Project should be filled with sufficient content.3. Project should reflect students’organization skills.4. Students should demonstrate a good use of IT tools and knowledge in the project.5. Power point presentations should have both words and pictures.

2.2) Timeline: 2 lessons will be arranged for students to carry out preparation work, students should have finished the following tasks by 20 April 2011.

-Construct the first draft of the proposal (100 words)

-Oral report on progress

-Submission of interim proposal (150 words)

-Design a questionnaire for interviews in Lamma Island

3.1) Learning Outcomes

Each group will demonstrate their learning progress with the use of digital presentation:

E.g 8-10 pages of power point presentation, 10-15 minutes.

P.1 CoverP.2 IntroductionP.3-5 Lamma Island ActivitiesP.6-7 Lamma Island famous restaurantsP.8 SouvenirsP.9 Transport routesP.10 Group/personal reflection*Students can make use of Pecha Kucha and slideshare to carry out their presentations

3.2) Timeline

Each group is required to submit a final report (300 words) and carry out a group presentation on 30 April, 2012.

Stage Activities ICT elements have been used by teacher

ICT elements have been used by students

Stage 1 Drafting proposal T. teaches ss how to use word & excel to draft proposal

Microsoft word & excel

Stage 2 Research on Lamma Island

1. T. teaches ss how to search information of Lamma Island by using internet search engines.2.T. teaches how .to group their info with use of online mind-map(e.g. bubblus)

1.Internet search engines: e.g. google/yahoo

2. online mind-map software(e.g. bubblus)

Stage 3 Prepare for power point presentation

T. teaches ss how to add/edit sound and images to ppt with online software:

1.Sound edit:

Magnatune

2. Image edit: flickr. Sumo paint, picnic etc.

3.Video edit: Jaycut

1.Sound edit: Magnatune

2. Image edit: flickr, Sumo paint, picnic etc.

3.Video edit:jaycutStage 4 Peer evaluation T. teaches ss how

share their work and opinions with the use of online blogs and forum. E.g. Viviti, wallwisher

Online blog: VivitiOnline discussion tool: wallwisher

Stage 5 Report writing T. teaches ss how to summarize their data in the written report with the use of excel.

Microsoft excel

Reference:

Viviti http://viviti.com/Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/Flickr http://www.flickr.com/JayCut http://jaycut.com/Sumo Paint http://www.sumopaint.com/app/Magnatune http://magnatune.com/bubbl.us http://www.bubbl.us/Picnik http://www.picnik.com/