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| DIDACTIC UNIT: ONCE UPON A TIME…CINDERELLA |
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We start saying that the most important goal of teaching a foreign language is that our pupils achieve THE COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE and the development of the four main skills, and of course in this didactic unit we are going to develop these skills.
Now we are going to lay the table, and when we make a didactic unit we are going to divided into two main stages: Teaching learning process and Teaching learning assessment. At the same time we are going to make ourselves several questions:
And the first question is:
WHERE are we working?
As we said in our didactic planning:
The school is placed in a town of 10.000 inhabitants. It is a rural environment and the majorities of the families belong are middle class, so the economic level is middle high. We have English, musical, and Physical Education specialist.
(Another important question is:)
WHO is this didactic unit directed to?
As we said we have 22 children in our classroom, 13 are boys and 9 are girls. They belong of course to the first year of the third cycle of primary education. Previously we haven´t got any pupil with special needs. If we detect this, we must adapt the objectives to this pupil.
(The following question is:)
WHEN and HOW LONG are we going to make this didactic unit?
First we are going to answer to the question “When” and luck has wanted that I choose the didactic unit number…4 FOUR .So we make this didactic unit probably in the FIRST term of the year but of course the teacher must be flexible.
Regarding the question “HOW LONG”, we are going to make more or less six sessions about fifty-five minutes each class.
(One of the most important question is:)
WHAT are we going to deal with in this didactic unit?
First of all we are going to talk about the title of this didactic unit , and that is “…ONCE UPON A TIME…CINDERELLA ”
As we can see this unit is a fairy tale. We include a tale with the main goal to develop the reading in our schools. Besides, we have chosen this title because it is motivated for our pupils and it´s related to their own experiences and knowledge.. With respect to WHAT to teach ,we are going to teach the contents, that are divided into concepts, procedures and attitudes:
As for as the concepts are refereed to the concepts that the children must achieve in this didactic unit that are:
First of all we need to say that concepts will be divided into:
Firstly:
VOCABULARY: CHARACTERS( Cinderella, stepsisters, mice), NAMES OF TRADITIONAL TALES( Little Red Ridding Hood, Pinocchio…) and PLACE PREPOSITION(under, next to, in front of, near) and CARDINAL NUMBERS(20-40(revision))
Secondly:
STRUCTURES: HOW MANY...?
…TRERE IS
…TRERE ARE
And finally,
PRONUNCIATION, in this didactic unit we will work on rhythm, intonation and stress.
With respect to the procedures, that the children must follow to achieve all the previous concepts and now we will see in this didactic unit, for example:
- Identifying the vocabulary related to this unit.
- Reading and writing that vocabulary.
- Taking part in communicative situations.
Then, pupils must acquire the following attitudes such as:
- Show interest to use English in the classroom.
- Respect and tolerance for people from other environments.
- Show a positive attitude towards English.
