Unit 7

Tiger Street Club Review

OBJECTIVES

Throughout this unit, the student will be able to achieve the following points:

ð   Identify and name film vocabulary

ð   Spell words

ð   Predict what happens in the screenplay

ð   Listen, read, understand and act out the screenplay

ð   Revise language from Units 1–6

ð   Practise pronunciation: vowels (AEIOU)

ð   Understand and think about values

ð   Sing a song

ð   Play the games

ð   Make and play with the Fantastic Phonics cut-out cards

ð   Listen and read about making movies

ð   Prepare, plan and write your project

ð   Read a poster

ð   Watch a video clip

ð   Listen and use everyday classroom language

ð   Listen and read for pleasure

ð   Review, assess and plan your own learning

Linguistic knowledge:

§ Active language

Core vocabulary: films and cinema

actress, camera, cameraman, clapperboard, director, make-up artist, screenplay, special effects, wigs, writer

Story vocabulary

fire brigade, flying machine, laptop, seats, strange

CLIL vocabulary: making movies

direct a film / movie, digital camera, download, shoot a film / movie, online

Structures

Structures that have been previously introduced

Recycled language

Language and vocabulary that have been previously introduced

Classroom language

Main function: discussing what you want to do in a class home movie

I want to help. What are you good at? (Photography.)

I like (taking photos). Perfect. You can be the (cameraman)!

§ Receptive language

category

enormous

I’m not good at (acting)

parents’ evening

progress

§ Pronunciation

-      the vowels: AEIOU (sound like: grey, green, white, yellow, blue)

LITERARY EDUCATION

• Understanding simple literary works adapted to the students’ age and interests (narrative and poetic texts).
• Introduction to the use of the school library
• Taking part in dramatisations, memorisation, poem recitation, singing songs, telling stories, etc:

Stories:

-    Around the world in eighty minutes

-    Tiger Street Tales

Songs and raps: 

-    The Tiger Street word rap.

-    Let’s make a movie

CROSS-CURRICULAR ITEMS

§ ICT: Making movies

§ Social Science: school habits in the UK

ATTITUDES AND VALUES

ð   Interest in learning film vocabulary

ð   Pleasure in acting out a screenplay

ð   Satisfaction in writing your project

ð   Confidence in using classroom language

ð   Interest in reading a poster

ð   Pleasure in reading a cartoon strip story

ð   Willingness to review, assess and plan your own learning

ð   Satisfaction with learning in Tiger Team 4