Conclusions

With these activities students will be able to familiarize themselves with the use of ICT, at the same time that they have worked and internalized the following contents:

• Present simple (affirmative, negative and interrogative forms).
• Animal vocabulary (body parts, actions...).
• Search for information

If you want to know more about the topic you already know the basics to search the Internet, but be careful.

Evaluation

Rubric out of three points.

	1 point	2 points	3 points
Ideas and content	The work lacks a central idea. The receiver is forced to make inferences based on very incomplete details.	The work is clear and focused, lightly capturing the attention of the receiver.	The work is clear, focused and interesting. It holds the recipient's attention with rich and detailed content.
Use of language	Uses a font not recommended for written work, text contains commas in places where they are not necessary and there are flaws in subject-verb structures.	Makes use of a more visible font, but not quite adequate. The text is more understandable and well structured.	Makes use of a good source for formal written work. The text is comprehensible and well structured so that it can be read fluently.
Participation	Does not participate and shows a negative attitude towards work. They have not completed any of the first activity worksheets.	Hard to participate, slow to respond, but has a positive attitude. They have completed all of the worksheets they had to do.	Participates with a positive attitude and is able to help peers by giving them ideas. They have completed all of the worksheets they had to do.

Own production

Resources

https://www.kiddle.co/ will be used as a search engine for information.

In the following links you can find information about animals in both English and Spanish, but you are free to use other websites that you find. The only thing you will have to do is to bookmark them so that the teacher can comment later on whether they are reliable links or not.

https://www.natgeokids.com/au/

https://www.anipedia.net/

https://pangeanimales.com/

English-Spanish dictionary: https://www.wordreference.com/

Process

Did you understand the steps you have to follow? Well, now you are going to start proving how much you know about animals. Each task here will have some instructions and it will be specified if it is individual or in a group. Remember that you have to give it your all, regardless if it is an individual or in a group.

WE ARE STARTING!

ACTIVITY 1 - INDIVIDUAL

The first thing you are going to do will be the activities in the following links. At the end of each activity you will have to click on the option to send your results to the teacher, don't forget.

Listen and choose - Here you will see animals that you already know, but there will be others that you have not given, so listen carefully to how they are pronounced.

Complete with the words in the square - You will have to drag the words into the spaces and complete the text.

Write the number that match with the description of each animal - In this activity you have to write the number that matches with each description.

Read and match - You will read the fragments and match them with the corresponding animal.

I recommend that you take some notes on these activities, especially the descriptions, as they will be useful for what you will have to do in class.

ACTIVITY 2 - INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP WORK

Here the teacher will organize you into groups so that you all have access to the digital tablets to look up the information you need. You will have to write between six and twelve lines about the animal you have chosen. 

I am sure you will be able to do it, you can tell me about what they are like (their size, colors, body parts...), where they live, what they can do, if you can see them in Spain, what classification they have (mammals, reptiles, etc.)... and in case you are not sure even if it is an "individual work" you can help each other in case of doubt.  

For this activity the teacher will help you to tell you how to search or find information, but she will not tell you how to say the sentences or if you do not know how to write a word. The person who finishes the activity will write in a Word what they wrote on the sheet of paper and will save it on the tablet with their name and the animal that corresponds to that information. If there is not enough time in class for everyone to save it on the tablet, it can be sent by direct message via Teams or by mail.

ACTIVITY 3 - GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL WORK

Here your teacher will arrive with what you have done the day before and each group will receive the texts of another group (without names and without the animal they had to describe) for you to check them and write the name of the animal that you think is the answer to the texts, which will work as riddles. Once corrected, they will be returned to their authors and the teacher will check if the students corrected the others well. 

In case that in a description another animal has matched, you can add more information to avoid confusion and you will be given the opportunity to add more information if you consider it convenient. As you finish the texts you will have to give them to the teacher for a final revision. While she is checking them you can look for images of the animal you have described, saving the images and you will be able to see how the Tiktok application works, which will be installed on the tablet so that you can see how the editor works.

ACTIVITY 4 - INDIVIDUAL

This activity will take place the day after the exam. For this activity you will have to ask your parents to write to the teacher to see if she can make a recording of your voices reading what you have written. If the families or the student considers it convenient, a program that modifies the voice can be used.

The teacher will have on the tablet the images that you have downloaded and the recording of your voice, as you are making the recording you will have access to the tablet to make a simple video where you can listen to the riddle and at the end you will show the images of the animal. You don't have to create an account, you will use an account or accounts made by the teacher. You will NOT take pictures of classmates or record each other's faces.

Finally, the teacher will be in charge of organizing the material created and uploading it to the blog to share it with the rest of your classmates.

Task

Before making a contract you will have to do some small activities and send them to your teacher to show me that you know a lot about animals. You will have three sessions in class to work on the project. 

In order to pass the tests you will have to follow the following steps: 

• First you will have to do individual work at home, but they will be very short and simple. All the activities you will be asked to do will be in the "Process" section. Remember the wild animal you have chosen in class.
• Then in the classroom you will be in groups so you can use the tablets when you need them. There will be three groups of four and two groups of three organized by your teacher.
• In each group there will be a "technical supervisor" who will monitor the good use of the digital tablet and if there are technical problems such as problems with the Internet connection. If there is a case that someone in the group is having a disruptive behavior, the teacher will be notified, although I don't think there will be any problems in this class.

Honestly, if I could, I would have preferred that everyone had a computer available to look up what you need, but you know since the pandemic there is no computer room available.

Introduction

 Hi students! I need your help! My older brother says he knows a lot about animals and I want to see if it's true. This is why I want to make him guess various animals by how I describe them, but I don't know much about animals. I need help as much as possible. I need experts who know about animals and this has led me to this class.

But before you can help me, I have to check if you really know about the topic. You will be doing some little tests to see if you really know about animals and I will see at the end if you can tell me a lot about them.

At the end, you have to know how to describe them, so everything you do will be related to that.

Will you finally help me to see if my brother knows about animals? Let's show what you know.