Group work - presentation
Unusual schools

Instructions:

1. Make 10 groups of 3 students.


2. Choose one of these schools to find out about them on the Internet:


1. Makoko Floating School, Nigeria


2. Boat school, Bangladesh


3. Brooklyn free school, New York, USA


4. Cubic School in Copenhagen


5. River Plate Stadium, Argentina


6. Dongzhong cave school, China


7. Trabajo Ya, Spain


8. Naropa university, Colorado, USA


9. School in the Real World, Rhode Island


10. Santa Claus school, Michigan


• Gulu Elementary school, China


• Train platform school, India


• West Philadelphia School of the Future, Pennsylvania, USA


• Forest Kindergarten, Germany


• Abo Elementary School, New Mexico, USA


• Mobile school bus, Pakistan


• Sanghiang Tanjung, Indonesia


• Nomadic School, Siberia, Russia


• Orestad Gymnasium, Denmark


• Witch School, Salem


• Snake charming school, India


• Elf school, Iceland


• Freerunning School, France


• Maharishi school, UK


• Husband hunting school, Japan


Here are some useful links:


• schools of the world


• unique schools


• unusual schools


• most unusual schools


• unusual schools around the world 1


• unusual schools in the world


• youtube 1


• youtube 2


• unusual schools photos


• unusual schools around the workd 2


• unusual schools from around the world


• listening - unusual schools


• unusual schools in the world





3. Send your teacher a message with a description of your work plan:


• Who are in your team?


• Which school have you chosen?


• What is each member of the team going to do?


4. Wait for confirmation that you can work on that school (if no other team has chosen it first).


5. Prepare a presentation in .pdf format (you can edit it with PowerPoint or other software, but have ready a copy in .pdf format).


6. Do not include text if possible, only key words, dates, or other important data, but not full sentences.


7. Include a lot of graphic information: images, graphs, maps,...


8. Divide the work among your team mates as you prefer. Each member of the team will present one of three parts.
   
   Here are some ideas to help you (you may not need or be able to answer all these questions):


1. Student 1 - Introduction and history


• What is the school's name?


• In which country is it?


• When was it built?


• Where is it located?


• What is that country or town like?


• How does the climate affect it?


• How does the relief affect it?


• Why was it built like that?


2. Student 2 - Description


• Why did you choose it?


• Why is it special?


• What are the students like?


• What are the teachers like?


• How does it work?


• Is there a lot of homework?


• What advantages does it have?


• What are the disadvantages?


3. Student 3 - Personal opinion


• Would you like to study there? Why or why not?


• What is the future of this school?


• Are there similar schools in other parts of the world?


• Could we have a school like this one in your town or in your country? Why or why not?

Assessment rubric — this is how I will calculate your marks:

Score	Presentation (visual)	Content	Language	Presentation (performance)	Pronunciation
2	Very little or no text, relevant images	Complete information, reasonably long	Correctly adapted language for easy comprehension	Well rehearsed, little hesitation, does not read from screen or notes	Reasonable pronunciation, loud voice, speaks slowly
1	Little text, images are nice but not very informative	Scarce information, very short	Little adaptation or abundant errors	Scarcely rehearsed, lots of pauses	Mistakes in technical words, low voice, speaks a bit fast
0	Too much text	Too little information, the presentation is too short	Hard to undersand: too formal language, or too many mistakes	Badly rehearsed, mostly reads from screen or notes	A lot of mistakes in basic words, very low voice, speaks too fast