HOW important is TV to you?
Step 1: Ask Ss if they watch TV. Have Ss watch the video clip and note down the good and bad points of watching TV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTCkFXaXhfw&ab_channel=FirstCryParenting
Invite Ss to share their notes.
Suggested answers:
- Good points:
+ entertainment
+ interest in sports
+ improved academic performance
+ language and emotional skills
+ creativity
- Bad points:
+ stealing time
+ lacking focus
+ heart and eye health risks
+ obesity
+ affecting self-image
Step 2: Introduce the project. Tell Ss that they are going to work in groups and interview their friends to know about their TV-viewing habits, using the questions provided in the book. Then they have to report the results to the class.Step 3: Have each group ask about 10 classmates. Instruct them how to record their answers. Ask them to draw a table as follows to record the answers.
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Step 4: Ss gather together in their groups and summarise their findings. Instruct them the way to report the results (e.g. We interviewed ten students. For question 1, two students prefer going out in their free time; three students like watching TV… ).
Step 5: Invite some students to present their findings. Give comments and marks. If time allows, have the class discuss and compare the information they have collected about their survey participants, and find out any common or different features. Have Ss discuss how to watch TV reasonably.
NOTES for teachers when carrying out projects
- You can divide the class into some groups from the beginning of the school year. Groups can be assigned to do some projects not all. For example, one group can do 2 projects per semester.
- You should draw Ss’ attention to the project early in the unit. At the end of the Getting started lesson, groups can be notified of the project in the unit. This way, they can have more time to prepare for the project.
- If you have spare periods in the afternoon, you can follow all the suggested steps in this material in the class. If you don’t, try to follow steps from 1 to 3. Steps 4 can be done at home. In this case, remember to tell groups that they need a group leader to monitor the participation of each group member and assign who will do what. Step 5 can be done in the next lesson.
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