Task 13 CLIL a)  CLIL Template

Plantilla para diseñar una unidad CLIL

Materia / Área: Literatura Universal

Título de la Unidad:  Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice         Curso/Nivel: 2 BACH

           

1. Objectives / evaluation criteria		•          To comprehend the history behind the story created by William Shakespeare •          To understand the period in which Shakespeare was writing •          To acquire more knowledge about Shakespeare’s plays
2. Area content		Dealing with Shakespeare through one of his most important plays. Besides, learning the historical background as well.
3.Language content/communication (el profesor de área no lingüística (ANL) también prestará atención a este aspecto)	Vocabulay	Nouns: Warranty, imposition, usurer, amity, dowry, moneylender, notary, bargain, loan, guarantee, bond. Verbs: lend, borrow, beholdin to, cost, charge.
	Structures	-          Reported Speech -          The use of tenses we need to construct the reported speech forms -          The use of modals -          The use of structures to maintain discussions in class
	Skills /Tip of text	Discussions
4.Cultural element		The students will learn about Venetian customs such as Mask History tradition and the period in which Shakespeare wrote. They will also learn in our unit not to judge everything by its first impressions and developing a respect to our cultures by studying the anti Semitic sense of the play.
5.Cognitive Process		Analyzing the different topics inside the play to be able to discuss in class the main ideas Summarizing to avoid getting lost with the plot
6. (a). Final Task		Many years have passed (you decide how many), imagine how life would be for our characters. Then, perform it in front of the class.
6. (b). Activities		The activities will be held in pairs, in groups and individual tasks
7. Metodología
Group / Class distribution / Timing		The activities will be held in pairs, in groups or in individual tasks They will be arranged in 8 sessions of 55 minutes long Depending on the activity, its duration will be about 10 minutes or more
Resourses		The materials will be used in order to facilitate the study of the vocabulary related to the topic and the grammar given. Moreover, a dictionary, for example will also help a student in the identification of a word. Our students will have a copy of “The Merchant of Venice” to be read at home in order to discuss the ideas provided in class; they will ask any doubts through the forum created, where the teacher will answer. In addition, in order to reach a satisfactory learning of this unit, our classes will be imparted in the computer room, where our students can be connected in the forum and can search the specific information asked in the set of WebPages we provide. Moreover we will use the interactive blackboard so the different use of resources will lead to a creative way in which the students will learn and have fun at the same time.
Key Competences		·         Competence in linguistic communication. In this Didactic Unit designed, our students will use the most vivid aspect of the language by using it in terms of discussion about real topics we can find in this play written by Shakespeare. ·         Competence in knowledge of and interaction with the physical world. This Didactic Unit will also contribute to the students’ general knowledge about the world. Since our aim is not only to teach the written words but everything that goes beyond Shakespeare’s writing, they will know some aspects of the history of England and Venetia. ·         Competence in processing information and use of ICT. Without any doubts our students will acquire competence of ICT because our unit is mostly designed to be imparted in a computer room, where our students can use the computer in order to complete the set of tasks we provide. ·         Competence in social skills and citizenship. Our students will develop their social skills by learning in our unit not to judge everything by its first impressions and developing a respect to our cultures by studying the anti Semitic sense of the play. ·         Cultural and artistic competence. One of the tasks in this unit will be to design the three caskets that appear in the Act II of the play. Moreover, the final task will consist of representing an imaginary scene in which, after many years, our main characters see each other and tell how life is going on for them. In this way, they surely develop the artistic competence related to theatre which is one of the most important arts we have. ·         Autonomy and personal initiative. In order to complete the majority of tasks created, the student will have to look for their own information in the WebPages given, so in this way, is not controlled and the students can develop their personal skills to learn. In addition, the forum created will consist of posts written by our students when they are at home reading the play so it is responsibility of them to post, discuss and reply the posts created by the teacher.
8. Assessment		The assessment will be done on one hand, through the notes taken by the teacher in class. That is, his/her observation of the learning process, how the students are doing the exercises, how they are assimilating the new information and adapting it to the knowledge that they previously had. It will count 10% for homework, the teacher will ask for homework every day. 20 % will be done through the behavior of the student, if he/she shows interest about the topic taught, if he/she is silent in class and the participation in class and with their classmates in the exercises in pair work. On the other hand, as we are dealing with a task based approach unit, the highest percentage will be devoted to how well they do the final task and how well they use the knowledge acquired at the end of the Didactic Unit, 70%. That is, taking into account the final grade in the task. As part of this 70%, a 10% will be done through the peer evaluation introduced at the end.