Contract work

Creating and presenting

a class magazine

Name: ___________________

Class: 5 Humane Wetenschappen

Subject: English

School year 2009 – 2010

1. COLLECTING INFORMATION AND DECIDING ON A TOPIC

a. Which English magazines do you already know?

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b. What kind of articles do you find in a magazine?

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c. How many people does it take to create a magazine?

Label them and explain their function.

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d. Every magazine has its own theme of the month.

Discuss what the theme of your class magazine has to be.

Jot down some ideas below.

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2. COLLECTING MATERIAL

a. Decide on various ways of collecting material for your class

magazine.

b. There are some articles you must write for your class magazine.

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1. A poem

2. A review of a latest film, book, show,…

3. An interview with a famous person

4. A short story

5. Readers letters + reaction

c. You can always add more articles!

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 3. GROUP CONTRACT

Who is going to do:

Task Name Feedback given

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We are going to give each other feedback on: (date)

We are going to finish our work on: (date)

These are the criteria for evaluation:

Teacher’s comments:

Signed by the group Signed by the

teacher

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4. VOCABULARY USED IN MY ARTICLE(S)

a. Make up a list of words from the texts you read and write which
were new to you.

b. Find their definition and examples of usage in an online dictionary.

Word Explanation Example

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5. CHECKLIST
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 a. Before you actually start writing and organising the presentation,
tick the following items from the checklist.

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Teacher’s

Not at
better
Very
comments

Well
well

all
1. I have managed to finish my tasks on time.

2. I have managed to find the information I was

looking for.

3. Most of this information will be useful for the

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end product.

4.I have ordered my notes carefully.

5. I understand all the words and phrases I need

and I know how to spell and use them correctly.

6. I have looked up words and phrases I wasn’t

sure of.

7. I have made a list of what I need to do next.

8. I have told the rest of the group what I still

want / need to do.

b. The tasks you still need to do, include decisions on lay-out,

additional material, typing out the articles, preparing the
presentation. Agree with each other on who does what and when.

Task(s) still to do for the Task(s) still to do for the Dat

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 6. EVALUATION

a. Make an assessment of the work done by yourself and your fellow

pupils.

Be fair and follow the criteria used in the schemes below.

(1) Self-assessment. How did I work in

this group?

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Score
0 1 2 3 4 5
1. I contributed a lot to this activity.
2. I listened to everyone in my group.
3. I encouraged other group members to participate.
4. I encouraged people to use English.
5. I felt comfortable and accepted in my group.
6. I asked for explanations when I didn’t understand.
7. I explained things to someone else who didn’t
understand.
8. I learned new things by participating in this group
activity.
9. I enjoy working in small groups on activities like
this.
 Aims: look at how you work in a group and think about improving
your participation.

 Instructions: work individually and complete the form.

 Read each statement below and tick the right score.

0 not at all 2 a bit 4 yes, quite a lot

1 not much really 3 a reasonable 5 yes, a lot

amount

 Now look back at the statements where you scored yourself with
a 3 or less. How could you improve your group skills the next
time you work in a group?

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 Write three ideas here.

e.g. I needed too much time for my task and had to work on it at home.
Perhaps I could have asked my teacher to help me with the more difficult
passages.

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