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(Osfra University Pres disclaims any responiblity forthe content sns-13: 978.059 45836033 Activity Book sawig 78 019 ag09825 VE Zar Isang: 978 ex 5992 vas seeaNe soy g78 oxeagens49 vis Sse ISEN-Z 9780395599556 DvD tsmn-10: 0194569655 Ary Book tsus-i0:0394589622 YS PAL sowie ospageasg0 wih sreaMt Ismio: 0x9 459649 vats a8 Isunte:0s94589657 © BYD Printed in China ‘Musrronsby: Mark Rue pp 17.25.27, 32,3, 36: Nick Digeoey wp 14,1, 22,24.26, 28,29,This is Britain Level 1 Video ACTIVITY BOOK Coralyn Bradshaw Contents page Introduction 2 Teaching notes 4 Activity sheets 13 Transcript 37 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESSIntroduction This is Britain Level 1 is the first of two primary videos about aspects of British culture. It is designed to be used ‘alongside any upper primary course. Videos are an excellent way to add variety, authenticity ‘and entertainment to the language classroom, providing {genuine opportunities to develop children’s interest and ‘appreciation of other cultures and traditions. This video is divided into four sequences that deal with School, Halloween, Animals and Pets, and Christmas. The sequences feature a boy or girl who introduces the topic and invites the viewer to share their experiences of daily life and traditional celebrations. Each sequence of the video uses language which has been carefully selected, graded and integrated into natural dialogues ‘and conversations. Each sequence is followed by a Review Section: What’ this? and Remember this! In this section, shots from the video are accompanied by on-screen key vocabulary and expressions for children to read and repeat: The full video transcript is available on pages 37-40. In the video Activity Book there are teachingfeuleure notes and five photocoplable activity sheets which ‘accompany each sequence. In the teaching/culture notes, teachers can find information on the key language, background cultural information, extra materials required ‘and teaching suggestions for the activity sheets. Each sequence is divided into two lessons. Extension activities, are also suggested to provide further flexibility Furthermore, there are four photocopiable templates at the back of the book that supplement the activity sheets. Video can be a powerful tool for meaningful learning, The key to using video effectively is preparation. Here are some useful suggestions to ensure success: + Familiarise yourself thoroughly with the equipment including the monitor, che VCR and the remote contrat + Preview and cue the tape before the class. + Arrange the seating before the class, or prepare clear instructions for pupils to rearrange their seating. *+ The screen should be positioned so that it can be clearly seen by all pupils. Lights should be left on as much as possible to reinforce the fact that video is not passive entertainment, + Position yourself to maximise your role as facilicator. ‘Your position in relation to the screen and the class will depend on the technology you have available. Remember that pausing, indicating various items on screen and discussion will be essential elements of the lesson. g/culture notes are divided into three fore watching the video: Watching the video: After ‘watching the video. In addition to the teaching suggestions, herewith are some general procedures which can be used to maximise the pupils’ involvement. Before watching the video Appeal to the pupils’ natural curiosity, imagination, personal experiences and memory, + Set the scene and stimulate the pupils’ pre-existing knowledge of the topic. They ean brainstorm vocabulary or things they know about the topic. They can write down questions to which they might want. to know the answers. ‘Ask pupils to predict or guess what they think they tare going to see or words and expressions they think they will hear + If is a follow-up lesson, ask the pupils to tell you what they remember about the video. Sing a song or brainstorm some vocabulary from previous sections of the video which the pupils have seen. Watching the video Focus the pupils’ attention before you play the video for a more meaningful experience. + Give pupils a task to do while watching, to encourage active viewing, allowing them to evaluace ‘their predictions. + Tesks can include remembering something, writing something down or giving a personal response. Use the pause button to freeze frame. This can be used to control the pace and amount of input, elicit responses, descriptions or predictions, check for comprehension or highlight a cultural poine, such as « building or a sign. Ask pupils to make comparisons with their own culture + Play sections without sound. This increases the fun, reduces pressure ond helps develop the cognitive skill of deduction as the pupils say what they think is happening, or ask questions about the scenes. You may wish to play Watchers and Listeners: the pupils sit back to back, one facing the screen and the other with histher back to the screen. One pupil watches what is happening, the other listens to what the ‘watcher’ is relating about the happenings on screen. The pupils could use English or the L1.Then the group of listeners get together to see if they have understood the same thing, This activity is great for developing the watcher's ability to narrate and synthesize information and the listener's ability to recall and focus attentively. After watching the video Make the video an integral part of the pupils’ learning experience, + Provide written follow-up activities such as letver- writing, journal-writing, creating language puzzles/games or joining a pen-pal scheme. + Do hands-on craft work. + Undertake pupil and/or teacher designed investigations.+ Invite a native-speaker guest visitor to the classroom, if possible. Culture in the English language classroom With the arrival of the internet, satellce and cable TV ‘and pop music, children all over the world are increasingly able to experience English-speaking culture more directly in their everyday lives. Increasing e Look and write . ) It's Christmas Day 25th \ It’s Christmas Eve December It’s New Year's Day It’s the It’s Boxing Day It’s the of It's New Year's Eve of It's Bevercrs, Qeceeer*| Breveees 26th 31st | Ist | December , December January nea Men hen ee ee esActivity Sheet 18 Christmas Watch and order Mum: Now, put the big circles in the tin. Now put in the mincemeat. That’s good. Put the small circle on top. Now the next one. Mum: OK.We've got pastry. A jar of mincemeat. Some flour and a rolling pin and a spoon. First, roll out the pastry.Activity Sheet 19 Read and answer CHRISTMAS 3 Ba bard No (x) When do people open their presents? Do people decorate a tree? Do people sing carols? Do children hang up stockings? Do people eat roast turkey? Do people send Christmas cards? Write and draw Special things we do at Christmas oe Seen er ee2 i voy P j 7 i A Hy 2 A z : fi oe a Fy g : = re] ‘4 Red 4 oe oy 9 lps | |é 4 DGAL fie TR Mak Ad Cal wTemplate 1 School Make a School Question Popper @ Write 4 teachers’ names and 8 school subjects. td Write a teacher's name in each corner. Write @ school subject in the eight remaining spaces. @ Turn the sheet over and Turn the sheet over and fold fold the 4 corners inwards. the 4 corners inwards again. Open the flaps and write 8 @ Close the flaps and fold in school questions in the spaces half to complete the popper. numbered below. LoTemplate 2 Halloween Make a Halloween mask!Find the animals @ goat (g) Grin 0) S penguin (pe) % donkey (dy) 8 dog (d) APE ony (m) 9 Jeig (p) (s sheep (s)Template 4 Christmas Make an Advent Calendar af 4 en © Oxford University Press PhotocopiableTranscript 1 SCHOOL JAMIE CHIDI JAMIE CHIDI JAMIE CHIDI JAMIE JAMIE ANNETTE JAMIE ANGHARAD CHILD 1 CHILD 2 Mrs COLE JAMIE JAMIE TEACHER EVERYONE TEACHER JAMIE ANGHARAD JAMIE ANGHARAD Mrs SIMPSON JAMIE NATASHA, ANGHARAD Hi, 'm Jamie. I'm 11 years old. | live in Walthamstow, in the south of England, This is my school day. Hi Jar Hi Chidi, What's the time? les 830. Thanks, Jamie. See you at school. Bye This is Annette. She's a lollipop lady, She helps us cross the road. Thanks, Annette Youre welcome. This is my school, Forest School. We wear a school uniform. Thanks, Mum, See you at half past three. Bye, Mrs Cole. Thanks, Mrs Cole, see you later: Goodbye girls. Have a good day, School starts at 8.50 with class registration. Now, it's assembly. Good morning, everyone. ‘Good morning, Mrs Brown. Please turn to number 55 in your hymn books and please stand quietly, Lesson one starts at 9.30.Today it's Art. Jamie, can you pass the paint, please? Here you are, Thank you. Can everyone help tidy up now, please? It’s time for break. It’s 10.30. Its break time. | play games with my friends in the playground, Angharad, we're going to play it. Can I play? AMY JAMIE JAMIE JAMIE Miss WATTS JAMIE Miss WATTS JAMIE JAMIE JAMIE JAMIE AMY ANGHARAD NATASHA ANGHARAD NATASHA JAMIE NATASHA JAMIE JAMIE JAMIE CHIDI JAMIE CHIDI ANGHARAD. Of course! That's the end of break. It's 10.45. Today, lesson two is ICT. My favourite! Miss Watts! Can you help me, please? Yes, what is it? T want this red, not black. ‘OK. Do this, and then do this. Now it’s red! Thanks, Miss Watts. les 12.15. Lunchtime. | eat lunch in the canteen with my friends. Can | have pasta and salad, please? ‘What have you got for lunch, Angharad? I've got ham and salad sandwiches, a banana and a packet of crisps. Can I have a crisp, please? Of course. Thanks! Cheese and onion — my favourite! Can we sit here, please? Yes, OK. After lunch we play in the playground. Lesson three starts at 1.15. Today it's ce. Its 3.15.The end of the school day. Time to go home! Jamie, are you walking home? Yes.Do you want to come to my house? Yes, OK. Let's go. Bye! See you tomorrow! 2 HALLOWEEN JACK JACK SALLY Hi. I'm Jack and | live in London. This is how we celebrate Halloween at my house. Sally, what are you doing? This is @ pumpkin. 'm making a pumpkin lantern. I's our Halloween party this evening.MUM JACK MUM MUM MUM SALLY JACK JACK JACK SALLY JACK SALLY JACK JACK SALLY JACK SALLY JACK JACK MUM SALLY JACK Mum JACK mum SALLY JACK MUM JACK SALLY CHILD 1 CHILD 2 MUM Its the 31st of October, Jack. Do you want to help? Yes, please. OK. Open the cupboard. Take out a candle and some matches. Now put the candle inside the pumpkin. Look at its face! Wow! What a great pumpkin lantern! We wear fancy dress costumes for our Halloween party Oh look! A black cloak! Put it ont I'm a wizard! Here's a hat! Put it on! Great! A wizard’s hat! Sally, what are you wearing? I'm wearing a sheet! 'm a ghost! Do you want to wear this mask? Yes, please! Scary! We have lots of food for the party We help my mum make the food. ‘What are you making for the party, Sally? Tm making sandwiches. Scary sandwiches! I'm making scary pizzas, Mum! ‘Ooh, very scary! Can | put them in the coven? Yes, please. ‘What are you going to be at the party? I'm going to be a ghost. ‘And I'm going to be a wizard! Its five o'clock! Put your costumes on! (Our friends come to our house for the party. Everyone looks scary! Happy Holloween! Who are you? I'm a vampire! 'm a black cat! Time to eat, everyone! EVERYONE GOBLIN SALLY MONSTER MUM ALL JACK SALLY MUM ALL MUM ALL MUM MUM SALLY MUM SALLY JACK JACK JACK Hurray! Mmmm, | like the pizza! I's yummy! Do you want a sandwich? No, thanks. Who wants more orange juice? Yes, please. We play special Halloween games. ‘Apple bobbing is fun. Go on, Jack! You can do it! Hurray! Well done! Now let's play apples on strings! Yeah! Four people can start. How about you, Sally? Yes, please! Ready, steady, go! I can't de Come on Sally! The Trick or Treaters! Trick or treaters come to our house on Halloween. TRICK ORTREATERS Trick or Treat? Trick or Treat? JACK MUM Treat, treat! Mum? Here you are. Have a treat TRICK ORTREATERS Thank you! MUM FATHER JACK, Would you like 9 treat, too? Oh, yes please! Thank you! Heppy Halloween! Halloween is scary and fun at our house! 3 ANIMALS AND PETS KIRSTY KIRSTY MUM KIRSTY JOE Hi! I'm Kirsty These are some of the animals in my life, My family has two pets: Bobby, a dog, and Honey, a hamster. Mum! Where's the dog food? Bobbys hungry. les in the cupboard next to the cereal. Here you are, Bobby Is Bobby eating his dinner?KIRSTY JOE KIRSTY JOE JOE JOE KIRSTY JOE MUM KIRSTY MUM KIRSTY KIRSTY KIRSTY KIRSTY KIRSTY Mum KIRSTY SARAH, KIRSTY JOE JOE SARAH, KIRSTY KIRSTY SARAH, JOE KIRSTY JOE KIRSTY SARAH, KIRSTY KIRSTY MUM Yes, he is. Good dog. I'm going to clean the hamster's cage. Can | help? Yes, please! ‘Are you OK, Honey? Do you want to play with Honey? Yes. do. Honey! I'm cleaning the hamster's cage, Mum. Thanks, Joe. I'm going to walk Bobby. Where's his lead? Here it is. Do you want to come|with me, Kirsty? Yes, | do. Come on Bobby! I ike playing with Bobby in the park. Sit! Sit! Fetch, Bobby! Good dog! Fetch, Bobby! Good dog! My friends love horses. They have riding lessons every week. | live in the town and there aren't any farms. But there are lots of farm animals at the wildlife pork Kirsty, 'm going to sit here. (OK, Mum, | ike this farmyard! So do I.There are sheep over there. Look, pigs! Pigs are my favourite animals! What's your favourite animal? ike donkeys. Do you like donkeys? Yes, | do. But I like ponies better: Here's a goat! Do you like goats? No,I don't! You can touch the animals. Do you want to touch the goat? No, | don't! We can see animals and birds from other countries at the wildlife park Do you like tions, Mum? Yes, do. JOE SARAH, MUM SARAH, JOE SARAH JOE MUM JOE KIRSTY SARAH MUM KIRSTY MUM How about you, Sarah? Do you like lions? No, | don't, but | like monkeys. Let’s go and see the monkeys! Look at the monkeys! I love monkeys! What does a monkey eat? It eats bananas! Does it eat ice cream? I don't think so! Look at the penguins! They're eating fish. I don't like fish, The penguins love fish! What time ye Its twelve o'clock. Lunchtime! Let's go! 4 CHRISTMAS SALLY SALLY SALLY SALLY JACK JACK SALLY JACK SALLY SALLY SALLY JACK JACK SALLY SALLY Hi, 'm Sally. 'm 11 years old. Thi how my family celebrate Christmas! Today is the 1st of December. Advent calendars are great. We open a door every day in December. 's the 1st Yeah! Christmas is coming! of December. Here's your Advent calendar, Jack. Thanks. 4st of December... Where is it? Found it! 1st of December. ‘What is it? Let me see! Its a Christmas tree! Look! It's a star! I make and write Christmas cards. What are you writing in your Christmas cards? Vm writing ... ‘To Emma. Happy Christmas! From, Jack. Dear Grandma and Grandad. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Love, Sally Come on, Jack. Let’s post our Christmas cards.SALLY JACK SALLY JACK SALLY JACK MUM JACK SALLY MUM JACK MUM JACK, MUM JACK MUM MUM JACK SALLY SALLY SALLY JACK SALLY SALLY JACK SALLY JACK SALLY | send Christmas cards to all my JACK friends and my family SALLY ‘What's the date today? JACK. les the 19th of December. Look! It's Father Christmas. SALLE ‘We decorate a Christmas tree with Christmas decorations. We've got « Christmas card from Auntie Jean. Look! SALLY Do you want to help me make the mince ples! Mum Yes, please! I love mince pies. SALLY My mum makes mince pies at SALLY Christmas.They are delicious. ee OK. We've got ... pastryA jar of mincemeat. Some flour and a rolling pin and a spoon. First, roll out the JACK pastry Is this OK, Mum? SALLY That's good. Now, cut out three big DAD circles and three small circles. ALL Finished! MUM Now, put the big circles in the tin. Now, put in the mincemeat. That’ good. Put the small circle on top. Now JACK the next one. OK, theyte ready Can I put them in ALL the oven now? Al right. But be careful. Put on the SALLYHACK Gloves, the oven is hot. SALLY Now we wait for 15 minutes. Do you want a mince pie? Yes, please ... Thanks. Mmmm ... theyre delicious! What the date today? Its the 21st of December. les a present. t's Christmas Eve. We put presents under the tree and hang up a Christmas stocking. What is it? ... Is it a book? Jack! Ah! Its a computer game? Jack! Wait! Tomorrow is Christmas Day.You can open your presents tomorrow. All right. Let’s hang up our stockings. Good idea. Ie’s Christmas day! Our stockings are full of presents! My grandparents ‘come to our house and we open our presents in the morning. ‘We have a very special lunch at about 2o'clock. ‘Chrisemas dinner is ready. Come on everyone! ‘We pull Christmas crackers. Pe got a blue hat ... and a green pen! I've got a red hat and a joke. Listen .. ‘What do frogs write on their Christmas cards? Hoppy Christmas! There's lots of delicious food. Who wanes some turkey? Yes, please! Would you like some vegetables? Roast potatoes? Brussel sprouts? Carrots? ‘Can you pass me the gravy, please? Thanks! Merry Christmas! Christmas pudding! Christmas day is « great day It’s my favourite day of the year!This i Britain CO ov British culture series aimetial leat@ers between 10 and 12 years of age that locks ate In Beta today. The four terminute units were filme ep 10-14 yearolds and their families. The units document the real Il ss and customs of British children at sch ith animals and pets, at a loween party and Christma: 5, and. employs carefully graded language. With an on-soreen review of key vocabulary and language at the end of each unit, This is Britain Level 4 is the perfect resource with which to explor: British nd language in the classroom. This is Britain Level 1 is accompanied by an Activity Book with teacher's notes and can he used on its own or in conjunetion with an old learners of English. coursebook for 10-12 year 9 I 593663 T7aAa1 NIVLINa SI SIL OOd ALIAILOV vHSavuS.