:: WWW LESSON PLAN ::

Level: Form 4 (Intermediate)

Topic: Battle Bios of My Transformers

Theme: Science and Technology

Time: 70 minutes (Double period class)

Language Content: WH-Questions, Descriptive writing

Educational Emphases: ICT Skills, Learning How to Learn Skills, Multiple Intelligences, Creative and Critical thinking Skills

Previous Knowledge:
1) Students have learnt to obtain information from the World Wide Web
2) Students have learnt about descriptive adjectives


Aims: By the end of the lesson, students should be able to;

• obtain and process information from the website on which types of transformers that suit with the statements given in the task sheet.

• identify types of WH-Questions that appropriate with the statements given.

• create sentences using WH-Questions based on the pictures given.

Technical Requirement:

• One computer for 1 or 2 students

• Internet connection with Web browser

• LCD Projector

Preparation:

• Locate and identify "Battle Bios of Transformers" website.

• Google through the website and analyze whether this website suits with the student's level of English proficiency as well as the aims of the lesson.

• Make sure each computer has internet connection before the lesson starts.

• Prepare task sheets that need to be answered by the students.

Websites:

• http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/Battle-Bios.cfm

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnwmUZuF5OY

• Which Transformers character are you?
  

Procedure:


Set Induction (5 minutes)

• Teacher recaps previous lesson on descriptive adjectives and what are the elements that are used to describe something.

• Teacher triggers students' attention by showing a video clip related to the day's topic.

• Teacher asks students what is the lesson on the day and introduces the topic.

Activity 1 (10 minutes)

• Teacher asks students to work in pairs and share one computer.

• Teacher explains rules of WH-Questions and asks students to complete an online exercise through a website, http://www.funflip.com/quiz/transformers and asks students to identify examples of WH-Questions in the quizzes.

• Teacher allocates 10 minutes to complete the quiz.
• Teacher asks students to save the result of their quiz.

Activity 2 (20 minutes)

• Teacher asks students to work in the same group.

• Teacher then instructs students to surf on the specific website, http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/Battle-Bios.cfm.

• Teacher facilitates students and make sure each pair can browse through the website.

• Teacher instructs students to download a task sheet on the website, http://www.mediafire.com/?2yoyyyynziw

• Teacher displays the task sheet on the screen.

• Teacher allocates 10 minutes for the students to complete their task.

• Teacher chooses one representative to share the answers with the whole class.

• Teacher gives feedback.

Activity 3 (30 minutes)

• Teacher asks students to remain in the same group of two people.

• Teacher then distributes task sheet to the students and asks them to read the instructions first.

• Teacher allocates 15 minutes for the students to complete the task.

• Teacher facilitates students in creating the sentences.

• Teacher asks one representative from each group to come in front and present their work.

• Teacher gives feedback.

Conclusion (5 minutes):

• Students are asked to recap what they have learnt throughout the lesson.

• Teacher inculcates moral values.

Follow-up Activity:

• Students are asked to browse through the net and watch a video.
  

• Students need to review and discuss about the video and come out with a simple Powerpoint Presentation based on the WH-Questions in the next class. For example,

1) What is the title of the movie?
2) Why do I like/dislike about this movie?
3) Where is the setting for this movie?
4) When is the movie being released?
5) How would I improve if I become a director of this movie?

:: PILATES ::

The beginning is clear. It was created in the 1920s by the physical trainer Joseph Pilates (1880-1967) for the purpose of rehabilitation. Some of the first people treated by Pilates were soldiers returning from war and dancers such as Martha Graham and George Balanchine (to strengthen their bodies and heal their aches and pains). Since the 1920s, the basic tenets that Joseph Pilates set down have been preserved, and to this day, even with some modifications, the Pilates remains true to its origins.

The Pilates "method," as it is now known, is an exercise system focused on improving flexibility, strength, and body awareness, without necessarily building bulk. The method is a series of controlled movements performed on specially designed spring-resistant exercise apparatus (the Reformer, the Cadillac, the Spine Corrector, the Ladder Barrel, and the Wunda Chair) or on the floor (mat work), and the sessions are supervised by specially trained instructors. Pilates is resistance exercise, not aerobics (cardio), although the heart rate will certainly rise for a deconditioned individual. However, it's closer to weight lifting than it is to jogging, biking or other aerobic activities, and so you should consider it resistance exercise.

Two of the key elements of Pilates are core muscle strength and spinal alignment. The core musculature is loosely defined as the spine, abdomen, pelvis, hips, and the muscles that support these structures. Some of the main core muscles are the erector spinae (located in your back along your spine), the internal and external obliques (the sides of your abdomen), the transverse abdominis (located deep in your gut, this muscle pulls your belly button in toward your spine), the rectus abdominis (the "six-pack"), and hip flexors (in your pelvis and upper leg).