Cool Kids

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo, mavo, havo
• Leerjaar 1,2

Write down 1-3 people or
things that you think are cool.

Today's aim:

You can talk about how it feels to be left out and think of three ways to help others feel included, no matter what they like or how they look.

• You can give arguments for what you think “cool” means.
• You can answer WH-questions about a lyric and video.
• You can write three ways in which to help others feel accepted.

Make a list of things
about cool people.

• Fill in the lists with keywords
• 5 minutes
  
• Finished? Draw a cool person in the middle of the page.

Switch lists with the
person next to you.

• What is the same?
• What is different?

She sees them walking in a straight line,

That's not really her style

And they all got the same heartbeat

But hers is falling behind

Nothing in this world could

Ever bring them down

Yeah, they're invincible,
and she's just in the background

And she says 
I wish that I could be like the cool kids

'Cause all the cool kids, they seem to fit in

I wish that I could be like the cool kids

Like the cool kids

Pick 1 line that shows the singer is unhappy.

Why does the singer say “I wish that I could be like the cool kids?”

How do you think the
singer will try to fit in?

Do you think people need
to change to fit in? Why? Why not?

Could the "cool kids" help
the singer to fit in? How?

Name 1 thing that is fun about being a cool kid
and 1 thing that is not fun about being a cool kid.

What do you think happens next?
Think about why you pick this answer.

1. She stays with the “cool kids” to fit in and forgets the boy.
2. She is teased by the “cool kids” and cries.
3. She becomes the most popular girl of the school.
4. She goes back to the boy and is OK with not being a “cool kid”.

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The school needs your help.

You are asked to write three rules that make everyone in school feel included, so that it does'nt matter how they look or what they like.

Share your ideas in Padlet!

https://padlet.com/evdtoornalameda/post-reading-activity-you-belong-here-3r6x3wbjmbreiyvh

Finished?

Answer the other two questions on the Padlet. 

Can everyone be cool?

In 2 sentences, what do you think it means to be cool and why?