13. Readers’ fight

13. THE READERS’ FIGHT (COMPETITION)

Grade: 6th - 9th Subject: Czech literature Lesson title: The Readers’ Fight (Competition) Time: 1 month Learning Unit: reading a book and comprehension

Targeted competencies:

Knowledge: Students learn about: A book they decided to read Finding crucial information in a text

Abilities:

Students will be able to choose a proper book according to their taste They will be able to talk about the content of the book and share it with other students Attitudes: Students will be open to reading more books from an author or a genre They will enlarge their readers’ portfolio Resources: Several books from contemporary authors, Computer

Methodological guidelines:

The 6th graders of our school took part in the Readers' Fight project. They compete in the knowledge of the content of books. The titles are selected so that everyone can find their own, whether in terms of theme, genre, but also the length and complexity of the book. Children work in groups with a specific book title. Everyone in the group writes down important information about the content of the title, so that they can use their notebook later in the online fight, which took place this year on two dates. Our sixth graders were clearly able to manage their way through the contest with a competitive time of only 30 minutes for all five groups. They answered all the questions and tried as hard as they could.

14.IMPRESSIVE CHEMICAL REACTIONS

Grade: 8th Subject: Chemistry Lesson title: Impressive Chemical Reactions Time: 4 lessons Learning Unit: Chemical reactions with impressive effects

Targeted competencies:

Knowledge: Students learn about: Various chemical reactions which lead to remarkable results The way that different chemical compounds react to each other in various situations Abilities: Students will learn to work with basic laboratory equipment like test tubes, flasks, burner, pipette, etc. They will learn several basic procedures. Attitudes: The experiments will ignite students’ interest in chemistry Students will be able to demonstrate critical thinking with regards to chemistry and possible outcomes of experiments Resources: Basic laboratory equipment, Demonstration aids (teacher)

Methodological guidelines:

At the beginning of the lesson, the teacher described which reactions he was going to demonstrate and what the students were going to learn from them. He started himself with the slightly more dangerous reactions, which are the most impressive but should be carried out only by the teacher, not by students on their own. Afterwards he demonstrated the reactions that are safe for the students to do themselves. After each demonstration he let the children try themselves and helped them at their workplaces. Each lesson (from the 4) is focused on another kind of reactions (reactions of alkali metals and water, reactions with the formation of gas, reactions accompanied by the change of colour, etc.).