Read my comments to your movie report draft 2. They may help you when you make your presentation.
Today’s class
Questions (if you were absent today, you can email me your answers if you wish):
What did you feel was interesting about doing the movie report (finding the movie, watching it, researching, writing, uploading, everything)?
What did you not like about doing your movie report?
What do you want to improve in this class?
How can you improve #3 and enjoy this class more? Tell me what you can do, and something I (Mr. Sheffner) can do to help you improve and enjoy more.
Instructor (model) presentation on the movie “Bend it Like Beckham”, demonstrating how to use a popular movie for learning about British history: making a presentation starts with identifying questions you have. Some of my questions were:
Who is Beckham in the title? What does the title mean?
Why is an Indian family living in Britain? Where did they come from? How many other “British Indians” are there living in Britain? When did they start coming? Why?
Why does the story take place in Hounslow? Where is Hounslow? Is it a new town or does it have a long history?
What questions do you have about this movie?
What questions do you have about the British history movie you watched?
Write a bibliography list using the APA style (see links below and also on the resource page) for the following books we read in this class this semester:
Emily by Michael Bedard
The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum
Gotta Go! Gotta Go! by Sam Swope
Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard and James Marshall
Today’s Class
For language-learning, you need:
Input (listening to or reading English that you understand 90% of)
Output (speaking or writing, using the English you have learned)
Feedback (do you get your meaning across?)
Answer these questions: In order to learn or to improve your English academic writing, what specific