Start Your Engines
| Subject: |
Automobile |
| Thematic Scenario: | Start Your Engines |
| Contexts\Outcomes: | Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions regarding automobiles and driving.. |
| Learn from Selected Countries/Cultures: | Obtaining a driver’s license Driving etiquette Rules of the road Car manufacturers and models Fuel types and costs Other types of transportation |
| Strategies: | Compare and Contrast Cultural Similarities/Differences: Obtaining a driver’s license Driving etiquette Rules of the road Cooperative Learning: Student groups write and perform an automobile commercial that describes a specific model from a selected country. Research: Find out where the auto manufacturer is based, where the car is actually produced, and countries where the car is sold. Forms of transportation other than automobiles. Pair Activities: Students work in pairs to write and perform a dialog in which they are negotiating to purchase a a car, using culturally-correct practices for the selected country. |
| Assessments: | Traditional: Written Quiz Checklist Performance: Skit with rubric assessment Portfolio: Create advertisement or brochure |
| Resources: | Internet Videotapes Posters Pictures of automobiles Calendars featuring car pictures |