Bell Work Title: Life in a Favela Date:

Bell Work Title: Life in a Favela Date:

Scrabble challenge: How many words can you create in 2 minutes to describe Brazil? Answer on MWB Choose your ‘best’ 3 words and add up the score! Hint: Look back in your book to last lesson!

What is life like in a Favela? Lesson 3

Lesson Objectives

Lesson Sequence Key Words; Favela

Initial Knowledge Check Using the understanding you have at the start of the lesson, write R (red), A (amber), or G (green) for how confident you are about the Learning Objectives

Life in Sao Paulo Task A: G2 Describe the photo using 10 adjectives Task B: G3 Write a small paragraph pretending to a person living on the other side of the wall – explain what would you see? Task C: G3+ Explain why is life so different within Sao Paulo using the photo Too easy? Can you think of somewhere else in the world where it might look like this? Too hard? Think about which side you would prefer to live on – why?

Too hard: Use the image on the board and describe the key characteristics What is a favela? “FAVELA is the name given to spontaneoussettlements in Brazil. They are found in all the major cities, even the recently built new capital of Brasilia. They have poor living conditions like no running water or electricity” • In pairs, come up with some ideas to define a favela. Task A: Write down the definition and highlight the keywords Task B: Using the words in bold, write your own definition Task C: Draw the definition, annotating the words in bold To describe what favelas are like in 3 sentences

Hint: Housing Transport Services Health Care Look at the images and complete a task: Use 5 words to describe them Write down 2 human and 2 environmental problems To describe what favelas are like in 3 sentences

What are favelas like? • Watch the video clips and complete one of the following tasks: Task B: Write a paragraph of information about the favelas and pose 2 questions about it Task A: Write down key points from the video in a spider diagram or bullet points Task C: Draw an image or several images which represent life in a favela http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGXjNCGiEVw&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omYAElw2XfM To describe what favelas are like in 3 sentences

Progress Check Using the understanding you have gained so far in the lesson, write R (red), A (amber), or G (green) for how confident you are about the Learning Objectives: NOW

Using your diaries, represent your confidence with what favelas are like. Show RED, AMBER or GREEN

Why do people live in favelas? • 1 in 5 people live in favelas, why? • Population: 198.7 million (2012) Why do people live in favelas? To explain why people live in favelas

Read the information and complete one of the following tasks: Task A: Take bullet point notes of the article Task B: Answer the questions: How many favelas are there? Why do they tend to be located there? Why is population increasing? Finished: Pick up a challenge sheet to see what can be done about the favelas? To evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of favelas in Brazil To explain why people live in favelas

Jeremy’s Flip Flop Debate! • Are there advantages and disadvantages of favelas? • Work as a table • On your flip flop, write down an advantage or disadvantage about favelas • Pass it around your table in a clockwise direction- twice! • Use the prompts on your table for guidance • You must have at least 3 points on each side of your flip flop! To evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of favelas in Brazil

Let’s go! • Nominate someone to be Jeremy Kyle • Half of your table must be for favelas • Half must be against • You have 5 minutes to debate and ‘Jeremy’ must come to a conclusion for the debate e.g. are favelas good or bad • Go! Go! Go! To evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of favelas in Brazil

Progress Check Using the understanding you have gained throughout the lesson, write R (red), A (amber), or G (green) for how confident you are about the Learning Objectives: AT THE END OF THE LESSON

Plenary Task – Using the layout below, think of a word you have learn today and put it in the middle box, I want you to do complete each of the boxes for your word Similar/associating word Use it in a sentence Keyword from the lesson Draw a picture Definition

Stuck?: Ask me for a sentence structure sheet Homework • Write a letter home or diary entry on your first day and night in a favela • You must use the criteria on the next slide and the information on what makes a good letter and the fact file below: • Favela Fact file: • 1 in 5 people in Rio de Janerio and Sao Paolo live in favelas • 21 million people live in Sao Paolo • Average earning in this area is £6300 a year • Lots of factories • Good farmland for sugar cane and coffee • No sewage system and no rubbish collection, high crime rate! • What makes a good letter? • A range of sentences –long/short • Varied and interesting words – powerful adjectives and verbs • Use of sense to appeal to the reader • Emotive language • Correct spelling and grammar • List of 3 • Alliteration • Rhetorical questions • Informative To evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of favelas in Brazil

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