The document outlines a project for a group of students to plan a day tour of Lamma Island, including researching the island's history and culture and designing an itinerary. Students will develop their English, IT, and collaboration skills by writing a report and creating a PowerPoint presentation to share what they learned. The project will be assessed based on the content and use of language in the written report and oral presentation, as well as students' application of IT tools and self-reflection on their learning.
1. Theme: A Day Tour in Lamma Island
Subject: English
Grade: S2
Grouping: 4-6 students in a group
1.1) Expected Learning Outcomes
1. Learn about the History of Lamma Island
• Learn about the History of Lamma Island through field trip and research project.
2. Having a better use and understanding of IT
• Students will be able to learn apply a lot of IT tools such as word, power point, internet search
engines to complete their projects.
3. Improve their four skills of English
• By the end of the project, students should be able to apply reading, listening, speaking and
writing skills of English in order to complete the project. For example, they need to read travel
booklets, carrying out interviews with people living in Lamma Island and give an oral
presentation at the end.
4. Help students to acquire and develop their 9 generic skills
• Students should be able to acquire and develop their 9 generic skills in the research process:
o Communication skills
o Critical thinking skills
o Creativity
o Collaboration skills
o Information technology skills
o Numeracy skills
o Problem-solving skills
o Self-management skills
o Study skills
5. Effective Reflection
• Teachers will guide students to carry out personal reflection on their results at the end, it
provides them with chances to reflect on their own learning。
1.2) Timeline:
-Students should submit the first draft of the proposal (200 words) on or before 11 April,
2012.
-Final written report (300 words) and oral presentation should be submitted and held on
30 April, 2012.
2. Students’Prior Knowledge:
1. Students’prior knowledge of Lamma Island
2. Experience in carrying out group work
3. Basic knowledge in IT
4. Basic reading, speaking, writing and listening skills in English
5. Experience in using the internet to search for information
Planning and Implementation:
Scaffolding:Students need to prepare power point presentations on the background of Lamma Island with
the use of:
• Slideshare to show pictures
• Pecha Kucha to carry out their power point presentation
> Introduction on the use of power point to present the topics of:
> history of a place
> day tour of specific place
Time:7-8 weeks
Grouping and requirement:
• Grouping:4-6 students in a group
• Theme: A Day Tour in Lamma Island
• Task: Design a Day Tour in Lamma Island
2.1)Expected Learning Outcomes/Products:
1. A written report
2. Group oral presentation
Assessment:
Assessment items:
1. Content and creativity
2. The use of IT
3. Language skills
Assessment Items:
Items: Assessor(s)
1. Written report(Group) Teacher (40%)
Teacher (20%)
2. Oral Power point Presentation(Group)
Peers (10%)
3. Assessment for Group Members Group memebers (20%)
4. Self-assessment An individual student (10%)
3. Suggested content and format:
Presentation Items Written description Pictures Others:e.g.videos
Lamma Island
• History
☆ ☆ ☆
• Traditions
• Living places
☆ ☆ ☆
☆ ☆ ☆
Day Tour
• Scenic spots
☆ ☆ ☆
• Activities
• Restaurants
• Souvenirs ☆ ☆ ☆
☆ ☆ ☆
☆ ☆ ☆
* The content above are only suggestion topics, if students have their own preferences they can discuss
with the teacher。
Remarks:
1. Students should show their language proficiency in both written and
spoken presentations.
2. Project should be filled with sufficient content.
3. Project should reflect students’organization skills.
4. Students should demonstrate a good use of IT tools and knowledge in
the project.
5. Power point presentations should have both words and pictures.
2.2) Timeline: 2 lessons will be arranged for students to carry out preparation work,
students should have finished the following tasks by 20 April 2011.
-Construct the first draft of the proposal (100 words)
4. -Oral report on progress
-Submission of interim proposal (150 words)
-Design a questionnaire for interviews in Lamma Island
3.1) Learning Outcomes
Each group will demonstrate their learning progress with the use of digital presentation:
E.g 8-10 pages of power point presentation, 10-15 minutes.
P.1 Cover
P.2 Introduction
P.3-5 Lamma Island Activities
P.6-7 Lamma Island famous restaurants
P.8 Souvenirs
P.9 Transport routes
P.10 Group/personal reflection
*Students can make use of Pecha Kucha and slideshare to carry out their presentations
3.2) Timeline
Each group is required to submit a final report (300 words) and carry out a group
presentation on 30 April, 2012.
Stage Activities ICT elements have ICT elements have
been used by teacher been used by
students
Stage 1 Drafting proposal T. teaches ss how to Microsoft word &
use word & excel to excel
draft proposal
Stage 2 Research on 1. T. teaches ss how 1.Internet search
Lamma Island to search engines: e.g.
information of google/yahoo
Lamma Island by
using internet search
engines.
2. online mind-map
2.T. teaches how .to software(e.g.
group their info with bubblus)
use of online mind-
map(e.g. bubblus)
5. Stage 3 Prepare for power T. teaches ss how to
point presentation add/edit sound and
images to ppt with
online software:
1.Sound edit:
Magnatune 1.Sound edit:
Magnatune
2. Image edit: flickr.
Sumo paint, picnic 2. Image edit: flickr,
etc. Sumo paint, picnic
etc.
3.Video edit: Jaycut
3.Video edit:jaycut
Stage 4 Peer evaluation T. teaches ss how Online blog: Viviti
share their work and
opinions with the Online discussion
use of online blogs tool: wallwisher
and forum. E.g.
Viviti, wallwisher
Stage 5 Report writing T. teaches ss how to Microsoft excel
summarize their data
in the written report
with the use of
excel.
Reference:
Viviti http://viviti.com/
Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/
Flickr http://www.flickr.com/
JayCut http://jaycut.com/
Sumo Paint http://www.sumopaint.com/app/
Magnatune http://magnatune.com/
bubbl.us http://www.bubbl.us/
Picnik http://www.picnik.com/