Video and blog reading

Video and Blog 

for today

• Video of the chilean mine rescue exercise 2 page 24.
• reading Daniel Smith's blog about all things Jamaica exercise 2+3 page 25
• Suffix -ness exercise 4+5 page 25

take a moment to ask them what they think about the video and blog. "When you hear the title what comes to mind?" 

Goals for today

1. I can watch a video about a mine rescue in Chile and answer questions about it while forming my own opinions.

2. I can read a blog about "all things Jamaica" and express my responses to it in my own words.

take a moment to ask them what they think about the video and blog. "When you hear the title what comes to mind?" 

answers to the video

Exercise 2

1. 2010

2. 33

3. 700

4. 69

5. international

What do you think about the video?

how do you feel about it?

have you ever hear about it?

is it what you thought it was? did you think it would be a different story?

it is important to help them form their oen opinions about the accident.

Daniel Smith's blog about all things Jamaica

read the blog on page 25 and see if it matches what you thought about when looking at the title

make exercise 4 and 5 

remind about what they thought about when looking at the titel.

Answers

Exercise 3 

1. 3 million

2. sports and music heroes

3. at a very young age 

4. school athletics championship

5. reggae

6. Jamaica life and culture

What do you know about suffixes? 

ask them if they can explain what it is and if they can give examples.

Suffix - ness

Exercise 4

• goes after the word to change its meaning.
• what happens to the words happy and sad in the blog?
• work with your neighbour.

suffix -ness

Happiness and sadness

exercise 4

1. -ness

2. Y becomes an i

make exercise 5

Answers

Exercise 5

2. tidiness

3. happiness

4. weakness

5. illness

6. kindness

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Goals: 

1. I can watch a video about a mine rescue in Chile and answer questions about it while forming my own opinions.

2. I can read a blog about "all things Jamaica" and express my responses to it in my own words.

help the students explain by asking questions like:

"can you tell me what happened in the video and how you feel about it?"

"can you tell me something you learned from the blog?"

Thank you!