E-Learning Task – Chinese Zodiac Shatin Methodist Primary School
Background Level: P5 Topic: Festivals No. of students involved: 35 (e-Learning class) No. of teachers involved: 1 Time: Planning: 1 month Implementation: 1 month
Task – general information Brief Description: Learn the legend of Chinese Zodiac, design the new order of Zodiac cycle and write a story about how the new order is formed (Extended task on the unit – Festivals) Objectives: Collaborative writing Language focus: Use adjectives to describe people, animals Use the simple past tense to describe activities or events in a story Use connectives to express time
Task – Process Read the story – understand the story structure Understanding oneself – learn the characteristic of people and the association of the animal of that year Pre-writing – revise the structure and language features of stories Writing – online collaborative writing Evaluation – self-evaluation, peer evaluation and reflection on the whole project
Task – Reading Read online story Read online story online animation story Learn the adjectives Learn the adjectives online matching game Story outline – Story outline – sample worksheet and answers for self- checking
Task – Understanding oneself What is your character ? What is your character ? watch online video Characteristics – Characteristics – interactive worksheet to fill in the adjectives
Task – Pre-writing Animal Search Animal Search Web-sites Story Structure and language features Story Structure and language features
Task – Writing Class discussion - Decide the new order of animals in the Zodiac cycle Group discussion – What happened in the race? Group discussion Group writing Group writing
Task – Evaluation Rubrics Rubrics Self –evaluation Peer-evaluation Questionnaire Questionnaire
Outcomes Creative ideas Do homework competition Swim over the sea and cook a meal Beautiful photos of the forest Turning pens Run to Ma On Shan Methodist School Win in the WII competition Do homework quickly Run up the stairs Make the Jade Emperor laugh
Outcomes Interesting Content Use of target language
Outcomes Interesting Content Use of target language
Reflection Impact on students Read more related information Tried to work collaboratively with others Interested to work on the task even in the holidays Impact on teacher Make use of Google sites to hold information Online marking Check students’ progress
Hands-on Practice