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English
Project 3
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The 
World
Around 
Me
English
Project 3

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a. AVATAR
Use: 

and create your own full body AVATAR.
Take a picture of it and put it in your PowerPoint.

Important: You will have to go back to your Avatar later, so register! 

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b. My name is ...
Give your Avatar a name.
  • Use: https://7esl.com/english-names/ to choose a first name and a surname.
  • Find out the meaning of your Avatar's first name. Use Google.
  • Put the first name, surname and meaning of the first name in your PowerPoint.

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c. Number of last names

Find out how many people carry your last name and how many carry the same last name as your AVATAR?
Watch:  




Write BOTH answers in your PowerPoint.

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d. Character traits
Your AVATAR has its own characteristics and qualities.

Watch:


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e. Good and bad character traits
Choose 3 good and 3 bad character traits for your Avatar from this list. (The good and bad character traits are mixed up in the list --->)

Explain what this good or bad character trait means in a sentence. Write the 6 sentences in your PowerPoint.

e.g. bad character trait: UNFRIENDLY
People in school always told me I was unfriendly because I was very unkind to my teachers and classmates.

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f. Character TEST
Do the character test!  Take out a pen and paper and then......

WATCH
AND CHOOSE THE
ANSWER THAT
BEST MATCHES
YOU!


Which character are you?
Take a picture of the 'Harry Potter' character that matches you and upload it into your PowerPoint.

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g. Character TEST
NO...THIS IS NOT A MISTAKE!  
TAKE THE TEST AGAIN, ONLY THIS TIME CHOOSE THE ANSWER THAT MATCHES YOUR AVATAR!








Which character is YOUR AVATAR?
Take a picture of the 'Harry Potter' character that matches your Avatar and upload it into your PowerPoint.

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h. COUNTRY AND CITY
Your Avatar lives in an imaginary country and city

Write the names of the country and the city in your PowerPoint.

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i. CITY AND COUNTRY
What kind of city does your Avatar live in?
Watch:








Make a collage of the city and country your Avatar lives in. 
Fill one slide of your PowerPoint completely.

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j. Play the game



Write your score (in % and time) in your PowerPoint.

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k. CLOTHING
Just watch and enjoy:



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l. CLOTHING
  • In this video you will see cultural and traditional clothing.
  •  Watch: 







  • Pick one outfit from the video (or find one on the Internet) your Avatar will wear to a special occasion/event. 
  • Put a slide in your PowerPoint and include: 
  1.  a picture of the outfit
  2.  the name of the occasion/event
  3.  Some information about the origin of this clothing (50 words)

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m. CLOTHING
  • Look up your Avatar on:
https://readyplayer.me

  • Give your Avatar a new look, take a picture of it and put this in your PowerPoint.

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n.                  SPORTS
Watch:



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o.  Name the sport
Think of a name for this sport.
Write the name of the sport on a post-it (don't forget to put your name on the back)
and hand it in to your teacher. 
At the end of the project the teachers will reveal the winning (most original) name. 
There will be a winner for mavo-3 and one for mavo-4. Both winners will, of course, receive a prize!

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p. unusual sport
  • Google: unusual sports and read about different unusual sports
  • Choose an unusual sport that is played in your Avatar's country
  • Tell us in your PowerPoint:
  1. what is this sport called?
  2. what are the rules of the game?
  3. why your Avatar is good at it?
Use about 60 words and add a picture of it.

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q.  sport event FLYER
For some inspiration you Google: English sports flyers

You are organizing a sports day for Avatars and need to design a flyer. This will be one slide in your PowerPoint.

Information on your flyer:
  1. Name of the event
  2. Name the unusual sport or sports
  3. The date & time
  4. The place
  5. And don't forget: a reason why Avatars should come to the sports day

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r.  CUSTOMS & 
     TRADITIONS
Every country has its own customs and traditions. Some are well-known and some are very unusual.
In this part of the project you are going to dive into some customs and traditions and choose which belong to your Avatar's country.

Read and answer questions in the following 2 slides:

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Habits, traditions and customs are all practiced by many people over a long period of time.
A
true
B
false

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The difference between a custom and a tradition is that traditions are older.
A
true
B
false

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s. Valentine's Day 
    around the world
Watch, read and learn 



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t.  Strange customs & traditions around the world
Watch:  






Which of these customs/traditions will be celebrated in your Avatar's country?
Which will definitely NOT be celebrated in your Avatar's country?
For both:
- name the custom/tradition & where it is celebrated
- write why it is celebrated & how often it is celebrated
Make a slide in your PowerPoint with your answers and a picture of both customs/traditions

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u.  Ambitions
Your Avatar has hopes and dreams for the future.

Give your Avatar a dream job/career! 
Anything is possible. 

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v.  Dream jobs
Okay, not anything.... Let's be a bit more realistic

Watch: 








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w.  My Avatar's future
Here is a list of dream jobs and their salaries:
Which job does your Avatar have? You can either choose one of the jobs from the list or you can choose the job/career you yourself want to do in the future. 
Find out what  you would have to study in the Netherlands to be able to do this job. And find a school in the Netherlands where you would want to study this.
In your PowerPoint (1 slide):
- name the job/career (add a picture)
- what do you have to study for this job/career?  (add the internet link where you found this information)
- name the school (add the link to this study)

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PowerPoint
  • check if your PowerPoint is complete (use stencil)
  • upload it in ELO (English - The World Around Me)
  • Deadline = 1 April 
 
Done? - continue with this LessonUp

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