Hot Spot 1 Webquest 1

Hot Spot 1

‘School and free time’ Webquest

The best time to use this Webquest is at the end of Module 5.

Part 1: A kid’s life!

Go to this website and do exercises 1 - 3 below:

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0212302/akidslifein.html

Exercise 1

Here are some different ways of saying ‘Hello’ in different countries. Search the countries and match the greetings with the countries below. There are two countries you do not need.

Greeting: / Country:
(1) Ni hao
(2) Dia dhuit
(3) Guten tag
(4) Dzien dobry
(5) Buon giorno / (A) Germany
(B) Ireland
(C) China
(D) Brazil
(E) Italy
(F) Poland
(G) Japan

Exercise 2

Search for these people and complete the paragraphs with the words from the box.

basketball blintz China fishing

Frankfurters Germany Italy nine

pasta ping pong Poland rice

soccer (football) Sunday swimming ten

tennis twelve

1. Mario lives in ______. He is ______years old. People in his country eat lots of ______. His favourite sport is a game called bocce ball, and he also likes ______.

2. Hedda lives in ______. She is ______years old. Her favourite food is ______(a type of sausage). The favourite sport in her country is ______.

3. Basha lives in ______. He is ______years old. His favourite food is a type of pancake called ______. He loves playing ______and ______.

4. Goasguang lives in ______, and she is the same age as Mario. Her favourite game is ______, and she also plays volleyball, ______and badminton. She goes to school every day except ______. People in her country eat lots of ______and noodles.

Exercise 3

Work with a classmate. Ask him / her these questions and complete the paragraph in the box.

What is your name? ______

Where do you live? ______

What’s your favourite food? ______

What’s your favourite drink? ______

What’s your favourite sport? ______

My friend’s name is ______and he / she lives in ______. His / her favourite food is ______and his / her favourite drink is ______. His / her favourite sport is ______.

Part 2: Time for kids!

Now go to this website and do exercises 1, 2 and 3 below.

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/articles/0,6709,176453,00.html

Exercise 1

Read the article about Scarlett Mercado. Ask your teacher to help you with any words that you don’t understand.

Exercise 2

Look at these sentences. Are they true (T) or false (F). If they are false, correct them.

Scarlett Mercado is 11 years old. T / F ______

She comes from Brazil. T / F ___She comes from Mexico._____

1. Scarlett eats her breakfast at school. T / F ______

2. She goes to school on the bus. T / F ______

3. Her first class is at 7.30. T / F ______

4. At 8.40am she has school assembly. T / F ______

5. Scarlett plays the piano in music class. T / F ______

6. After breakfast she plays volleyball. T / F ______

7. Between 11 o’clock and 2 o’clock she

has Spanish, History and English classes. T / F ______

8. She eats her lunch at school. T / F ______

9. Scarlett likes chatting on the telephone. T / F ______

10. She hates cleaning her room. T / F ______

11. She has dinner and then does her

homework. T / F ______

12. She goes to bed at 11 o’clock. T / F ______

Exercise 3

Work with a classmate. Tell him / her about one of your days.

For example: ‘I wake up at 7 o’clock, have a shower and then have breakfast. I walk to school at 8.15.’

Part 3: My computer mouse!

Now go to this website and do exercises 1 and 2 below.

http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-songs-computer-mouse.htm

Exercise 1

Scarlett Mercado (in Part 2) likes chatting on the Internet. Listen to the song ‘My Computer Mouse’. What does the boy in the song do on his computer? Tick (R) the boxes below.

He sends emails. q

He does his homework. q

He watches films. q

He plays games. q

He chats with his friends. q

He listens to music. q

He reads the news. q

Exercise 2

What do you do on your computer? Talk about this with a classmate.

‘School and free time’ Webquest Answer key

Part 1

Exercise 1

1. C, 2. A, 3. A, 4. F, 5. E

Exercise 2

1. Mario lives in Italy. He is ten years old. People in his country eat lots of pasta. His favourite sport is a game called bocce ball, and he also likes fishing.

2. Hedda lives in Germany. She is twelve years old. Her favourite food is Frankfurters (a type of sausage). The favourite sport in her country is swimming.

3. Basha lives in Poland. He is nine years old. His favourite food is a type of pancake called blintz. He loves playing tennis and soccer.

4. Goasguang lives in China, and she is the same age as Mario. Her favourite game is ping pong, and she also plays volleyball, basketball and badminton. She goes to school every day except Sunday. People in her country eat lots of rice and noodles.

Part 2

Exercise 2

1. True

2. False She walks to school.

3. False Her first class is at 8 o’clock.

4. True

5. False She plays the flute.

6. False She plays basketball.

7. True

8. False She eats her lunch at home.

9. False. She likes chatting on the Internet.

10. True

11. False. She does her homework and then she has dinner.

12. False. She goes to bed at 10 o’clock.

Part 3

Exercise 1

He sends emails, he plays games and he chats with his friends.

Teacher’s notes for using search engines and links:

Part 1 Exercise 1:

Note that an information pop-up appears on this page. Click on the x in the pop-up to close this.

Students click on the country names from the box which they will find at the bottom of the page. Each one brings up a short passage. Each passage begins with a greeting in the writer’s native language (together with the pronunciation of those greetings). To return to the home page, students click on the back key on their browser or on the ‘A kid’s life in…’ key on the left side of the page.

Part 1 Exercise 2:

The information the students need can be found in each passage, but they will need to look for it. Note that some of the spellings (e.g., favorite) are in American English. The information in the passages appears in the same order that they will need to complete it in their paragraphs. It should be pointed out to the students that they do not need to understand every word of each passage: they should get a general idea of what it is about and be able to pick out the key points they need to complete their paragraphs.

Part 2 Exercise 1:

Set a time limit of about five minutes for the students to read the passage. Again, they do not need to understand every word, but you should encourage them to ask about words they don’t understand that might impede their comprehension of the passage as a whole.

Part 2 Exercise 2:

Alternatively, you can make it competitive by seeing who can be the first to finish.

Part 3 Exercise 1:

Students listen to the song (and watch the accompanying animation) by clicking on the ‘Start’ key which they will find in the ‘Puzzle’ section of the web page. The lyrics appear under the animation, but can be hidden by clicking on the ‘Read’ key on the animation.

Your students might enjoy singing the song after they have done the exercises.

This page is taken from www.macmillanenglish.com/hotspot. It is photocopiable and may be used within the class.