UNIT N° 5

METHODOLOGICAL RESOURCE TO LEARNING N° 20

I was trying to lift up my life a trifle

Experiences
Kelly Fiorella Liviapoma Porras
Themes Identities Teacher(s):
Diana Karina Pérez Villacorta
Social organization

Area / : English B Implementation A week

Grade: Fifth Grade Time Frame: October 5th to October 9th, 2020  

LET’S MAKE CONTACT AND REMEMBER.

Reflect on:

A moment later, a tear came to Wilbur's eye. "Oh, Charlotte," he said. "To think that when I
first met you I thought you were cruel and bloodthirsty!” by E.B. White, p. 164

1. Is the initial impression Wilbur had about Charlotte the same until the end of the story? Explain
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2. To what extent do our appearances influence / affect our attitude towards others?
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 Try to lift up my life a trifle: take you out all of your problems
LET’S INQUIRE AND CONTRAST

1.  We are going to watch the following short film and contrast with your answer from exercise 2.

Max Berg. (04-04). Stop stereotypes and discrimination-Think for yourself [Video].
YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO6PQHGXnIk

 The video will be sent to your email or whatsApp Group.

LET’S CONSTRUCT 

2. Let’s watch the following video about “Charlotte’s languishing” and develop the following
listening comprehension quiz.

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 LISTENING COMPANION WORKSHEET (FCE listening part 4-like)

CHARLOTTE`S LANGUISHING

I. Listen to the video and choose the correct answer:

1. What does ‘magnum opus’ mean?

A Wonderful
B Egg sac 1
C Great work

4. How many baby spiders are there in the sac?

A 514
B 5400 2
C 540

7. Charlotte is afraid her baby spiders won’t make it to the barn

because
A Water will get into the sac 3
B She is dying
C They will be left alone

10. How does Charlotte understand the process of being born,

living and dying?
A A choice she doesn’t have
B A way of languishing 4
C The natural cycle of life

13. What does Wilbur promise Charlotte if they go to the barn?

A He’ll take care of her
B He’ll help her to climb down
C He’ll never leave her babies alone 5

16. Wilbur wants Charlotte to climb down but…

A She has to take care of her egg sac
B She doesn’t have the strength 6
C She doesn’t want to

19. According to Charlotte, what did Wilbur do for her?

A He became her protector
B He made her beautiful to the others’ eyes. 7
C He introduced her to the other animals in the barn.

22. According to Charlotte, What is a miracle?

A Wilbur
B Her web
C Her egg sac 8

 The video will be sent to your email or whatsApp Group.

LET’S TRANSFER

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3. Choose one of the chapters and modify an event in the story of it (you may include some
pictures if you want). After that, record a 3-to-4-minute audio explaining the part of the story you
changed.
LET’S EVALUATE AND REFLECT 

4. Think about the activities you have developed so far. Write your ideas.

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Things I learned
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Words/expressions I learned
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1 Question/doubt I have
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Reference: 
1. Anonymous.(n.d).Higher Level Internal Assessment Individual Oral. Retrieved from the URL of
the pdf online
2. International Baccalaureate. (2018). Language B Guide First assessment 2020. Geneva,
Switzerland. International Baccalaureate Organization.
3. Kawther Saa’d AlDin (2018) “English B Course Companion” book. The United Kingdom.
Oxford University Press.
4. White, E.B. (1980). Charlotte’s Web. New York, USA: Harper & Row Publishers.

Authorship: Pérez, Diana y Liviapoma, Kelly – Docentes COAR Amazonas, Perú.

Visual material support: Dennis Barrios.

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