Below is the first clip I showed to my students. It looks at orca's performing at SeaWorld.
Around about two weeks ago I was trawling the internet and stumbled across Mr. P's ICT blog. I spent hours going through some of his amazing ideas for use of ICT in the classroom and still only scraped the surface of what he had on show (I seriously recommend having a look!) Whilst looking for inspiration I found an activity he used with a grade 5 class that looked at whales in captivity….and this got me wondering if I could use the same concept with my grade 5/6 class. Before we go any further, full credit for the ideas based around these lessons go to Mr. Parkinson and I am very grateful that I was able to engage my class using these. Below is the first clip I showed to my students. It looks at orca's performing at SeaWorld. Once the clip had finished I prompted them to think about how the clip made them feel. The majority of responses were related to feelings of happiness, amazement and awe at how such beautiful creatures can perform and look so majestic. I then prompted them to think about how the whales actually got there; how they were looked after and cared for. I mentioned that I had recently seen the trailer to a movie called 'Black Fish' and wanted to share this with them. The initial reaction to whales performing and being kept in captivity immediately changed. Many questions were asked, lots of research conducted and consequently many questions were answered. It was now our class mission to create persuasive videos to help the plight of orcas in captivity. We discussed the effect of music, lighting, colour and surroundings. We looked at powerful language, rhetorical questions and a range of complex sentences…..all of which would help us to persuade our viewers! But it didn't stop there! Just for a little bit of healthy competition as a class we decided to put our videos up on YouTube and see whose video received the most views and likes (we also had other criteria in our rubric that needed to be addressed). There are 5 videos posted below. We would like you to view them all and then if possible (you need a google account) LIKE the one you think is the most PERSUASIVE. If you are unable to LIKE due to lack of google account, I have posted a poll below and you can enter your results there. Thank you in advance!
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Watch the 'Three Little Pigs Advertisement' below and put your 'PERSUASIVE HAT' on! When you have finished watching, open either popplet or a pages document and list all of the reasons and evidence that support the Three Little Pigs or the wolf. Perhaps you might even like to try the Dragon Dictation app and record your ideas first by speaking. Once the app has translated your ideas into text you can then just copy and paste them into your pages doc! I have posted an example of a pages document to the left for you to look at for ideas. Enjoy! Here is some of our work on 'The three little pigs' saga What do you think?
Who is innocent and who is the victim? We would love to hear what you think! Recently ABC published a segment on BtN about the debate that keeps popping up around Australia Day regarding the Australian flag. Should we keep it or should it be changed to reflect the Australia we know today? This week in your reading rotations you will need to watch the short clip before contemplating the following questions: - Name three symbols on the Australian flag? - What country does the Union Jack come from? - Why does Australia have the Union Jack on its flag? - What is the Southern Cross? - Why was an extra point added to the Federation Star symbol? - What sorts of places would you see the Australian flag flying? - Why do some people want to change the Australian flag? - Do you think the Australian flag should be changed? Explain your answer. - What colours and symbols do you think best represent Australia? Using the app Popplet, create a mind map of your answers. Make sure you write full sentences and add as much detail as you can! |
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