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Capoeira: The Fighting DancePoziom B1 (Intermediate)

Beata Tomaszewska

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Capoeira: The Fighting Dance

Vocabulary Vocabulary1 Watch the video clip and take notes. 3 Fill in the gaps in the text (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11) with an

appropriate word/expression from the chart below.

2 Match the sentences (A-E) to the speakers (1-4): Each sentence matches only one speaker. There is one extra sentence that does not match any speaker.

4 You work as a volunteer in a social center that helps young people at risk.Together with your co-workers you are to choose a logo for your center.

Speaking

Video EXAM

1 In the Axe center kids can:

2 Capoeira teaches you:

3 Capoeira in Brazil:

Group A

Group B

Group C

to control A ________________

to treat B ________________

learn C ________________

to follow D ________________

learn A ________________

learn B ________________

learn C ________________

get help with D ________________

was first performed by A ________________ in ________________

in the past, it was used B ________________

now, it C ________________

Speaker Sentence

1 MARIO Ribeiro de Freitas

2 MILTON Dos Santos

3 JEFFERSON Rodriguez

4 The NARRATOR

The best part of capoeira is the circle, where two people A show respect to each other.

The Axe center has changed my life completely.B

Getting a place at the Axe center is the best thing that has C ever happened to me.

Capoeira teaches self-control and respect.D

In capoeira, fighting looks like a dance.E

FOSTER A LOT OF DRUGS SOCIAL WORKERS

BEGSTREET KIDS RISKTHE STREETS TROUBLE

Change the words in the brackets (5, 7 ,9 ,12) into appropriate forms so that you get logical and grammatically correct sentences.

Recently,1 ..................................................................... have started using capoeira to help in the education of young peopleThe organization helps 2 ..................................................................... and others who are at 3 ..................................................................... or in 4 ..................................................................... . They usually come from a bad 5 ______________________ (NEIGHBOUR). Milton Dos Santos, for example, did 6 ..................................................................... and was involved in 7 ______________________ (SELL) stolen cars Jefferson, another teenager from the center, used to 8 ..................................................................... for money .Axe workers make contacts with many 9 ______________________(HOME) kids who live on 10 ..................................................................... Those who are interested must first agree to go to a 11 ..................................................................... home. Then, at the social center, they learn capoeira, which helps them to give up drugs and crime and create new 12 ______________________ (LIFE).

Look at the three suggestions below.

Choose the logo which reflects the idea of the center and justify your •choice Explain, why you have rejected the other two logos.•

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5 Paraphrase the sentences using the structure „make sb do” in the correct form.

6 Gimnazjum Exam

Grammar: make sb/sth do Homework

It is said that you can’t force anybody to go to the drug 1 rehab center. It is said that you can’t _________________________

to the drug rehab center.

These bad guys from my street told me to steal that car. 2 It wasn’t my idea. These bad guys from my street _________________________ that car. It wasn’t my idea.

Don’t play this song ,please. I will cry! Don’t play this 3 song,please, it _________________________ .

When we misbehave during lessons, we must stay at 4 school after classes. When we misbehave during lessons, we _________________________at school after classes.

„They made the fighting actions look like a dance”

You are a member of a sports/dance club. Write an email to your friend from Scotland. Write:

why you have decided to join this club•what you do during the classes in the club•what future plans you have connected with the sport/dance •you practise

Write about 50 - 100 words.

Matura Exam

You have just come back from the sports/dance camp. Write a letter to your friend from Scotland. Write:

What kind of camp it was and where it was organized.•How you spent your time there and what you liked most.•Who trained you, and what you learnt.•Ask your friend about similar camps in Scotland and ask •her/him to send you some information about such camps.

Write about 120-150 words

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Exercises marked with are similar or the same as exercises in Matura or Egzamin Gimnazjalny

EXAM

PROCEDURE

1 Divide students into 3 groups A,B,C. Give one part of the instructions for TASK 1 to each group. Play the video and ask students to write down the missing information. Give them a minute to discuss the answers in their groups. Ask students to read their notes to the class

Answers: Group A: learn music, fashion design,capoeira; get help with basic education Group B: a. to control your behaviour b. to treat others with respect c. to follow rules, norms

Group C: a. by African slaves in the 1800s b. it was used by slaves as a way of opposing their owners c. helps street kids to give up drugs and crime and create new lives.

2 Ask students to read TASK 2. Play the part of video starting from 02.17 min. Check the answers with the class.

Answers: 1D 2B 3A 4E

Discussion. Is capoeira a dance or sport? (a combination of both) Do you know anybody who has practised capoeira or some kind of martial arts (Explain the meaning of martial arts, if necessary)What do you think about the Axe project? Is it a good way to help street kids?

3 Explain the TASK 3 instruction. Let students work in pairs. Elicit the answers from the class.

Answers: 1 SOCIAL WORKERS 2 STREET KIDS 3 RISK 4 TROUBLE 5 NEIGHBOURHOOD 6 A LOT OF DRUGS 7 SELLING 8 BEG 9 HOMELESS 10 THE STREETS 11 FOSTER 12 LIVES

4 Ask students to work in pairs. Let them read TASK 4 instruction. Each student should make his/her choice and justify it to his/her partner. Set the time limit- 2 minutes for each student. Monitor their work.

5 Review the formation and use of sentences with make sb do. Ask stu-dents to work on TASK 5. Check the answers.

Note: Make sure students understand the Passive Voice structure of make sb do- sentence 4.

Answers: 1 can’t make anybody go 2 made me steal 3 will make me cry/makes me cry 4 are made to stay

6 Explain the instructions. If you teach gimnazjum students, discuss Instruction 1; if you teach secondary school students-instruction 2.

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CAPOEIRA: THE FIGHTING DANCE - TEACHER’S NOTES

Level: B1 Time: 45minutes ( *15 minutes)

Podstawa programowa: Theme: Sport/CrimeVocab: Teen DangersGrammar: make sb do

Exam Preparation: Listening: Matching Speaking: Picture Description

Justifying opinions.Writing: A letter/e-mail

OBJECTIVES: by the end of the lesson students will be able to

Match speakers to the ideas they express•Select details while watching a short film.•Present a short story of capoeira in Brazil•Describe a picture •Use words connected with teen dangers in context•Give examples of dangers that teenagers may face •Suggest some solutions to the problem of teen dangers•Construct sentences with • „make sb do”Write an informal letter/e-mail•

*Note: You may choose steps 3-5 to concentrate on video watching activities only, when you discuss the topic of preventing juvenile crimes or the role of sport and dance in educating young people.

Start your lesson with a few questions

How do kids in your neighbourhood spend their free time?Do you think your neigbourhood is safe? What makes you think so?What is your favourite place in your town/village?Why?

Show students a picture/freeze frame from the video. (This is a picture of capoeira fighters in action).

Note: Before the class you need to pause the video somewhere at the 15th-20th second (sound off, subtitles off). Alternatively, you may show a similar photo : http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/city-guides/barcelona-photos-1/?source=G1731&kwid=ContentNetwork#/barcelona-capoeira_1659_600x450.jpg

Lead –in

Ask a student to describe the picture.Ask students to answer the following questions:

Do you think these people are fighting or not? What makes you think so?1 How do you spend your free time?2 What did your parents do in their spare time when they were your age?3

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Divide pairs into two groups A and B. Ask each pair to discuss the answers to the following questions:

Group A: What are the dangers Polish teenagers may face?Group B: What might be done to help teenagers who are at risk? ( eg.Orlik)

Set a time limit: 2 minutes.Check the suggested answers with the class.

Projects:

Ask your students to prepare a project or presentation (individual, pair or group) on one of the following topics:

Capoeira in Poland.1 Capoeira techniques.2 Capoeira music.3 A map of educational/sports/cultural centers for young people in your 4 townA class survey: after-school activities of your classmates5 Teaching some dance steps 6 Types of martial arts7

Additional materials:

You and your students may find more on capoeira on:

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/fight-science/4322/facts

You may show (or ask students to watch at home) the music video clip: „Mas que Nada” by Sergio Mendes and Black Eyed Peas, where capoeira movements are shown.