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Activitat de competència comunicativa i digital. 1r ESO

My favourite star

In this activity you are going to give an oral presentation about your favourite actor or singer to your class mates.

1 Who is your favourite actor or singer? Surf the Internet to find information about a very famous person you like. Choose a singer, an actor or an actress. Print the information and bring it to class. This is your favourite person’s fact file.

2 Pair work. Work with a partner. Find out information about his or her favourite person. Here you have a list of things you would like to find out. Complete the questions for your partner.

his/her name

What’s his/her name?

his/her job

What’s his/her job?

his/her age

How old ____ he / she?

where he or she is from

Where ___ he _______?

where he/she is living at the moment

Where is _______ living at the

__________?

if he/she is married or single

Is ______ or ___________ ?

if he has got any children

Has ___ got any ____________?

what he/she is famous for

What ______ he / she famous ______?

what are his/her favourite songs / films

What ______ his / her favourite songs /

films?

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REMEMBER!!! Verb TO BE in questions goes before the subject!! What is his name? What is her job? ….... He is a singer but She is an actress His name is Michael Jackson Her name is Scarlett Johanson

4. Ask your partner the questions and write the answer

next to them. 5. Listen to your partner's questions and answer them. 6. Practice the dialogue. Ask your friends to listen to you and check your pronunciation

7 Prepare a power point presentation about your partner's favourite star. Prepare four

slides:

Slide 1: Write his / her name, job and age Slide 2: Write the name of the country he / she was born and where she / he is living at the moment. Slide 3: Write if he/she is married or single, if she / he has got any children. Slide 4: Write the titles of his / her songs or films

Use the information you got from your partner.

Type words (not sentences) and add a photograph of the star

Save your power point on your pen 8. FINAL TASK: Talk about your partner's famous star to the rest of the class. Prepare your

talk from the information on your power point. Speak slowly and clearly and do not read. Your partner will help you if you get stuck.

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1er ESO. Evaluation chart NAME: _______________________________________

Listen to your partners giving their powerpoint presentation and fill in the chart with the information you hear.

STUDENT star name age nationality family job most famous song / film

mistakes you heard !!!

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Self- assessment

How did you do your oral presentation? Very well – well – not very well – badly

How did you do your fact file? Very well – well – not very well – badly

How did you perform your dialogue? Very well – well – not very well – badly

How much did you participate in the classes? A lot - not much

How can you improve your … fact file? ______________________________________ dialogue? ______________________________________ oral presentation? ______________________________________

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CRITERIS D’AVALUACIÓ

1. Fluïdesa del missatge

Els dubtes i les pauses impedeixen que s’entengui

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Comuniquen però amb força pauses i dubtes

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Comunica força bé. Alguns dubtes

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Comuniquen molt bé. Molts pocs dubtes

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2. La pronunciació i la correcció

Estructures i vocabulari molt limitats. Molts errors. Difícilment intel·ligible

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Utilització de les estructures estudiades amb força errors. Pronunciació intel·ligible 4

Ús de diverses estructures estudiades. No gaires errors. Pronunciació força clara

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Ús correcte de les estructures estudiades. Pronunciació clara.

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3. Ús d’elements paralingüístics per ajudar a la comunicació.

Gairebé mai

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Alguna vegada

2

Tot sovint

3

Els gestos i mímica Estan integrats a la presentació

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4. Esforç per dissenyar un bon power point i presentació oral.

Gens 0 Una mica

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S’ha fet un esforç important tot i que el producte final podria ser millor. Caldria haver assajat més

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S’ha fet un esforç important i el producte final és força correcte. Es nota que s’ha assajat

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S’ha fet molt d’esforç i s’ha aconseguit un producte final correcte i original. Ha assajat i es nota

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5.El power point no inclou frases i lliga amb l’explicació oral.

Gairebé gens/ 1 Gens

0

No gaire

2

Lliga força

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Lliga completament

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