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Introduction
The teacher makes sure everyone is familiarized with the first part of the story. He/She may ask if students have any knowlege of any strange behaviour that other birds around the globe may have.
Process
Process-Activities:
1. Teacher makes an oral summary of the first part of the story together with the students.
2. Students read their homework which was to search for information and write a short fragment about seagulls. Then, using Quiver app they illustrate the birds.
3. Students read the second fragment from the story from: “Nat waited…..We`ve got enough for two or three days more.”
4. Students have to find in the text words or expressions that mean the same as: location of the story, far away, for a short time, cover the windows with wood.
5. Students correct some sentences about the fragment.
6. Students listen to the last fragment of the story.
7. Teacher does a Kahoot test with students on the story.
8. Group work: Students work on specific tasks related to the fragment they have just read, in groups, for 20-25 minutes. Then, representatives from each group present the outcomes to the other classmates.
Group A: Students imagine an illustrated message of the seagulls to humans and their reasons for attacking using Pic collage app.
Group B: Using Pixton Comic Maker app, students have to imagine a dialogue between the birds before the attack.
Group C: Students create a poster with strange birds around the globe and some information about them using auras from HP Reveal app. They could combine pictures with sound and film.
Group D: Using Story Jumper app students imagine a different ending of the story.
Learning Objectives
- - Encourage reading by reading/talking/writing about seagulls and other types of birds;
- - Improve students` reading, listening, speaking and digital skills;
- - Stimulate creativity and critical thinking through creative writing and using digital apps;
- - Encourage students to extract specific information from the text.
Tools & Equipment
- Book: Daphne du Maurier- The Birds, 2012
- tablets
- smartphones
- Quiver sheets
- coloured pencils
- A4 sheets of paper for writing
Useful Links
Kahoot test about “The Birds”
https://create.kahoot.it/details/the-birds-by-daphne-du-maurier/d1c668d0-41a9-4ee3-bf66-01f0941d3c36
Useful Documents
Conclusion
As a follow up activity students may write, individually or in pairs, a story having birds in danger as main protagonists, illustrate it and include it in an eBook using Book Creator app.