Host your own festival

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

25 minutes of quiet reading

Today

• Christmas concert and dinner on Thursday
• Christmas songs

1. Name: ___________________________ ...is wearing the same color as you.
2. Name: ___________________________...has an older brother or sister at home.
3. Name: ___________________________...has visited another city or country.
4. Name: ___________________________...has a pet.
5. Name: ___________________________...is the oldest in his or her family.
6. Name: ___________________________...saw the same movie as you in the holiday.
7. Name: ___________________________...speaks a language other than English.
8. Name: ___________________________...cooked a meal in the holiday.

Festival?

Today's objectives

1. Finish your festival poster or leaflet.

2. Prepare for your presentation

• Everyone should speak for one-and-a-half/two minutes
• Divide the topics: theme, location, date, line up/activities
• Write your speaker notes.

Hand in all your work at the end of class.

Host your own festival

At the end of this project, you are able to:  

• describe who your favourite artists are,   
• explain why you like these artists and create enthusiasm for your artists in your audience, 
• create a theatre or performance art act for your festival,  
• give a well-prepared presentation in a lively tone of voice.

Host your own festival

• Work in pairs (sign up with me today)
• All the work you do is done in class and it is handwritten. No laptops, no homework! 
• There are three deadlines.
• On deadline day you hand in the required material before the end of class. Not handing it in class will result in a 1,1 for the owner of that particular item.   
• Your work will be graded using the rubric in Moodle.  

Today's objectives

1. Reading

2. Host your own festival

- Work on your poster or leaflet (no laptop!)

- Check the rubric

- Hand in your work at the end of class.

2B Host your own festival deadlines

1: Make an outline  (week 2)

2: Make a line up poster and a leaflet (week 3)

3: Make and prepare your presentation (week 4)

2A Host your own festival deadlines

1: Hand in an outline  (week 3)

2: Hand in a line up poster and a leaflet (week 4)

3: Make and prepare your presentation (week 5)

Today's objectives

1. Finish your festival poster or leaflet

2. Prepare for your presentation

• Everyone should speak for one-and-a-half/two minutes
• Divide the topics: theme, location, date, line up/activities
• Write your speaker notes.

Hand in all your work at the end of class.

Today's objectives

1. Host your own festival

- Hand in your poster or leaflet (no laptop!)

- Check the rubric

- Hand in at the end of class.

1: Make an outline   

• Pick a Theme: Decide what your festival will be about. Besides music and performance art or theatre you could also include food, movies, art, games, or anything else you love. Explain why you picked this theme and what makes it special.  

• Choose a Location: Pick a place where your festival will happen. It can be a park, a school, a beach, or the moon. Explain why this place is perfect for your festival. Think about how many people can fit, how easy it is to get there, and why it matches your theme. 

• Set a Date: pick a date for your festival. Think about the season and weather, and make sure it doesn’t clash with other big events. 

• Make a schedule of activities: make sure there is more than only music at your festival. It should offer different kinds of entertainment and/or art. 

On the first deadline day you hand in: a description of your festival theme, explanation of location and date and a schedule of activities. Your text should be 400-500 words. 

10-minute tasks

1. Work on your part of the presentation 
2. Present your part within your group and give each other feedback
3. Improve your presentation
4. Finish your evaluation