A Critique of the Proposed National Education Policy Reform
PPP about Typical Food
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2. Topic: Typical Food
Level cognitive target: N°4
Grade: 10th
Skill: Speaking
Name activity: Provincian´s typical food
Materials:
PPP
Instruction:
1. The teacher gives them information about Costa Rican typical food in power point presentation.
2. The Sts have to choose a Costa Rica Typical food (provinces), and search the information, the name,
ingredients and preparation.
3. The Sts have to create a presentation about the recipe that the Ss choose.
4. When the Sts Present the activity have to explain the recipe and the information that found about
the recipe.
5. When the Sts End the presentation have to give to the classmate a degustation of the Costa Rica
typical food.
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9. Topic: Holydays and celebrations in Costa Rica with some celebrations in English speaking Countries
Level cognitive target: N°10
Grade: 10th
Skill: Reading
Name activity: Play charade
Sts Play charade (2 groups with 11 sts each group) by using 10 sts who describe an image and one Sts
Guess what the holyday in it is. They exchange roles (two minutes by team Good angel’s team and Bad
angel’s team)
Materials:
Images about the topic
Instruction:
1. Make two groups of sts (sts each group)
2. Separe 1 person of the 11 Sts.
3. She or he will has the image in front her or his head.
4. The other Sts are going to make charades describing the holyday.
5. She or he has to say the correct name of the images that have in the front head.
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12. Topic: TOURIST ATTRACTIONS OFFERED BY COSTA RICAN COMMUNITIES.
Level cognitive target: N°8
Grade: 10th
Skill: Writing
Name activity: Describe the Photo
Material:
Photos about the topic
Instruction:
1. The teacher gives to each Sts a photo about the some examples of the topic.
2. The photos are the different attractions of Costa Rica for instances: National Park, Forest
Reserve, Volcanoes, beach, etc.
3. The Sts have to write a description of the photo for instance: location, information about the
photo, characteristics, attraction, etc.
4. Finally the Sts have to say de point of view about the photo that he or she describe before.
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15. Topic: WORDS WITH SAME/DIFFERENT MEANING (SYNONYMS/ANTONYMS)
Level cognitive target: N°3
Grade: 10th
Skill: Listening
Name activity: Listening about synonyms and antonyms
Instruction:
1. The teacher gives them a record about the topic and explains the instruction about the activity.
2. The St have to listening some example about the topic and recognizes if the word is antonyms or
synonyms.
3. At the end of the activity the teacher asked each Sts what synonyms and antonyms identificate in the
record.