CLIL Unit for Physical Education about circus

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Subject: Physical Education Title of the Unit: CIRCUS 10 sessions 4TH COURSE
1. Learning outcomes / Evaluation criteria
SW (Students Will)
• Make juggling balls
• Understand specific oral instructions
• Juggle with three balls and perform circus skills with different materials
• Describe a juggling trick in English
• Teach basic tricks to younger students
• Distinguish the differences between traditional and contemporary circus
• Identify and use main vocabulary about circus.
• Produce written reports about circus
2. Subject Content
• Developing juggling techniques and skills to perform in circus- like show
• Learning how to transmit these skills to younger students
• Interactive skills
• Creating your own juggling materials
• Getting to know the relevance of traditional and contemporary circus
3. Language Content / Communication
Vocabulary
• AGENTS: master of ceremonies, ringmaster, trapezist / trapeze artist, acrobats, flame throwers/swallowers, strongman, knife thrower/knife swallower, tight rope walker, juggler, horse riding gals/ballerina, tumblers, balloon seller, popcorn seller, clown, magician, balancer
• ACTIONS: Juggle, toss, mesmerize, follow through
Structures
Sequence connectors, verbs of movements, procedure descriptions in the passive voice, phrasal verbs, WH-questions.
Discourse type
• Instructions
• Expositive text
• Descriptive discourse (actions, body positions and movements)
• Newspaper report register
Language skills
SWBAT (Students Will Be Able To)
• Define a juggling movement or an exercise with action verbs (Speaking)
• Read and understand an article related to the topic (Reading)
• Oral comprehension and answer questions about the topic (Listening and Speaking)
• Discussions (Listening and Speaking)
• Written production about a circus (Writing)

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4. Contextual (cultural) element
The modern idea of a 'circus' is of a Big Top with various acts providing entertainment. However, the history of circuses is more complex.
The use of animals in the circus is a controversial issue. Animal welfare groups have documented many cases of animal cruelty in the training of performing circus animals.
Nowadays, the contemporary types (Cirque du Soleil, etc.) are the main trends.
5. Cognitive (thinking) processes
• How will you work together to fulfill the oral presentation requirements?
• How will you determine what vocabulary and key concepts to present?
• How were conflicts handled?
• What learning took place during this activity?
6. (a) Task(s)
• Juggle with three balls in different tricks
• Organize and perform a circus for the youngest students of the school
6. (b) Activities
Watch this video about the circus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqDMdfgvoF0
Flashcards with the basic vocabulary used in the unit:
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/es/worksheets/circus-flashcards
Read the articles and answer the questions (Intermediate and advanced level)
Intermediate level
http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/reading/2r9-circus- superlative-reading.php
Advanced level
• The sad life of a circus lion http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23179862
• Campaign to ban wild circus animals wins huge public support
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/campaign-to- ban-wild-circus-animals-wins-huge-public-support-2282109.html
Read this board on Pinterest about animal cruelty in circus
https://www.pinterest.com/1nmr5eem5qt8iiv/circus-and- animals/?od=DIBi35Kwl1UP58V7%2BpxJVF11WZEExdf5CyCig1CBOkAaVZDRbp0b05BtSM9U2ykA9GLnL2lKeodk%0AeBxn2%2BDxf7kVvvqSJNVbfSovcb5Bpkvwcug6EXxJmh%2FlXwpiJ55gVTWOlDH1jSEFtYp274Dn3AWd%0AxEfwxnzV2forJsmNtSX%2BA7K7yElSH72f2Ppcm1jmx

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Watch the video and listen to the song
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/songs/when-the-circus- comes-town
Conversations in pairs and exposition to the class
Answer the questions of the cards.
Download the rubric for the assessment of oral exposition from Google Drive:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxkko4A6iqFBM050aDZkdmRUUGc/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bxkko4A6iqFBM050aDZkdmRUUGc&authuser=0
Cloze test: CIRCUS
Enlace: http://learningapps.org/1231757
Pantalla Completa-Link: http://LearningApps.org/watch?v=p6f2fhtan01
Incrustado: <iframe src="//LearningApps.org/watch?v=p6f2fhtan01" style="border:0px;width:100%;height:500px" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true"></iframe>
CODIGO QR:
Read and answer
Read pages 10, 11, 12 and 13 of this document:
http://redcentros.ced.junta-andalucia.es/centros- tic/21700371/helvia/sitio/upload/Alternative_Sports_._3_eso.pdf
Answer the questions of every page.
Search a specific circus on the internet and write a report about it describing its main features.

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7. Methodology
Organization and class distribution / timing
• Individual for the reading and writing tasks and juggling tricks.
• Pairs for conversation activities and juggling tricks
• Groups for the organization of the show
Resources / Materials
Digital board, computers
Juggling balls
Key Competences
• Communication in foreign language (English)
• Digital competence
• Learning to learn
• Interpersonal, intercultural and social competences and civic competence
• Cultural expression
PE teaching styles
• Command
• Practice (task)
• Self-check
• Guided discovery
8. Evaluation (criteria and instruments)
• Make three juggling balls following the instructions.
• Juggle with three balls and perform circus skills with different materials. There are three levels of difficulty. Rubric for the juggling tricks
• Distinguish the differences between traditional and contemporary circus
• Describe a juggling trick in English. The oral presentations will be evaluated according to the objectives.
• Identify and use main vocabulary about circus.
• Webquest.
• There are many digital board activities which provide instant feedback.
• Produce written reports about circus.
• Teach basic tricks to younger students. The younger students learn the tricks.
• Individual feedback will be provided to students regularly on their output (content and language).