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In the wake of the Ferguson, Missouri, shooting of Michael Brown and the chaos that has ensued, many Americans are asking questions about race, the police, education, and power. While looking to find a good video that showed both sides of the story on the shooting, I found that there were really no great sources that sufficiently showed enough detail for both sides at the same time.
Therefore, I looked to a fiction story that really helped to send a message about race that hits home no matter which side of the fence one may be sitting on with this issue. Please consider using this in your discussions for your ESL class.
This discussion focuses on facts, inferences, and unreal conditionals. I believe that a video like this can help to open up interesting and helpful conversation where there are usually only inflamed rhetoric and emotional judgments.
#AmeriCAN - Short Film from #AmeriCAN on Vimeo.
I recommend that each class/person WATCH the video first, then look at the question sheet, so there are no spoilers!
#AmeriCAN Downloadable Worksheet
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Movie Trailer ESL Video Activity - #AmeriCAN - Racial Tension (Fact, Inference, Conditionals)
In the wake of the Ferguson, Missouri, shooting of Michael Brown and the chaos that has ensued, many Americans are asking questions about race, the police, education, and power. While looking to find a good video that showed both sides of the story on the shooting, I found that there were really no great sources that sufficiently showed enough detail for both sides at the same time.
Therefore, I looked to a fiction story that really helped to send a message about race that hits home no matter which side of the fence one may be sitting on with this issue. Please consider using this in your discussions for your ESL class.
This discussion focuses on facts, inferences, and unreal conditionals. I believe that a video like this can help to open up interesting and helpful conversation where there are usually only inflamed rhetoric and emotional judgments.
#AmeriCAN - Short Film from #AmeriCAN on Vimeo.
I recommend that each class/person WATCH the video first, then look at the question sheet, so there are no spoilers!
#AmeriCAN Downloadable Worksheet
- Grammatube - Learn The Difference Between ?used To?, ?be Used To? And ?get Used To?
Do you know the difference between ?used to?, ?be used to? and ?get used to?? ?Used to? is for past situations that are no longer true, ?Be used to? is a verb phrase for situations or activities that you do regularly and ?Get used to? indicates that...
- Conditional Sentences. Part 2: Unreal Conditionals. If I Were A Rich Man...
A conditional sentence describes a condition that is necessary for a particular result to occur. If the weather is fine this weekend, I´ll go skiing. I.e. I´ll go skiing on condition that the weather is fine this weekend. There are different...
- From The Screen To The Classroom. Part 2.
Last week, I introduced the amazing work that some great teachers are producing to work with films in the English class. They are really inspiring to encourage other teachers to create their own video activities and improve their teaching practice. This...
- Youtube English Class Lesson - Question Grammar - Nike Football: The Last Game
For these Youtube English Lessons, I will include a short video and a 5-10 minute discussion prompt you can use for the ESL classroom. Students watch the video and then create 5 questions, and discuss by seeing if other students can answer them: As...
- Youtube English Class Lesson - Unreal Conditionals: One Wing Landing
For these Youtube English Lessons, I will include a short video and a 5-10 minute discussion prompt you can use for the ESL classroom. Discussion: Classroom Sheet for Unreal Conditionals - One Wing Landing Come up with 3 sentences for each statement...