Titel: Tema: Fag: Målgruppe: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Dog Days Growing up, Teenagers, Holidays, Relationships, USA Engelsk 6.-8.kl. Det er sommerferie og Greg Heffley aner problemer. Gregs far forbyder ham at spille computerspil, så ved hjælp af vennen Rowley lader Greg som om han arbejder på en elegant golfklub for at kunne være i nærheden af sin flamme Holly. Da faren opdager dette får han tilsendt informationsmateriale fra den frygtede militærskole Spag Union, og Greg er skrækslagen over, at han skal gå der. Billederne fra filmen Diary of a Wimpy Kid Dog Days Data om filmen Spillefilm: Spilletid 94 minutter, produktionsår 2012 Producent: Fox 2000 Pictures (USA), Color Force (USA) Distributør: 20th Century Fox, 2018 CFU IDnr: CFUFILM1075803 Faglig relevans/kompetenceområder Denne pædagogiske vejledning tager udgangspunkt i Forenklede Fælles Mål. Hovedvægten ligger på amerikansk kulturforståelse, mundtlig kommunikation i forhold til at tale og redegøre om filmen samt perspektivere denne fiktionsfilm til autentiske amerikansk forhold. Denne vejledning er delt op i før -under og eftertasks. 1
Ideer til undervisningen Forforståelse before you watch På klassen og parvis: 1. Tal om titlen Diary of a Wimpy Kid Dog Days 2. Hvert elevpar skriver mindst 5 associationer, som titlen giver. 3. Der byttes med et andet par, som skriver associationerne i hele sætninger. 4. Sammenlign på klassen og diskutér 5. Slå betydningen af dog days op findes dette begreb også på dansk? Hvorfra stammer begrebet? 6. Eleverne gætter på svaret af nedenstående, før de ser filmen: Guess the answer YES NO American summer holidays are 6 weeks long? The last day before the holiday is a fun day in Greg s school? Greg prefers computer games to a day in the city pool? Greg s best friend Rowley doesn t want to be with him during the summer? Greg s best friend invites him on a weekend with his family? Greg and Rowley love to be outside camping? Greg needs to be disciplined so his father sends him to another school? A country club is a place where you do things like camping, making a fire, live primitively? Spag Union is a very unpopular school among school kids? 2
7. Use all the yes answers to write a small text about what you think the film is about. Dicetalk: Divide the class into groups of four. Person 1 throws a dice and speaks for 1 minut about the statement that corresponds to the number of the dice. Then it s person two s turn. 1. Tell about the last day before the summer holidays in my school 2. Things I enjoy doing during my summer holidays 3. Outdoor life for me means 4. Hearing the word military academy school makes me think of 5. What do I think of when I hear the word expensive country club 6. Tell about a weekend you spent at your friend s house While you watch 1. Fill out the table above once more to get it correct. 2. In pairs/groups spy on these issues in the film, and prepare to tell about them afterwards: - American Issues -> school, family, relationships, gender issues - The Country Club -> who are members, activities, - Spag Union -> what sort of school, who are the students, why do they attend this school www.armyandnavyacademy.org - Greg s brother -> realistic relationship between the brothers, the birthday party - Rowley s family vs Greg s family -> differences and similarities After you watch 1. Check your answers from the pre-reading activity, correct your text from before and write it a little longer. Put it on the board. 3
2. Make groups of five, i.e. one from each spying team in the group Together fill out a table like fx this one: Discuss in class differences and similarities to your own summer American Issues The Country Club Spag Union Academy Different Relationships Greg/Dad Greg/Rowley families Greg/brother Etc. Family life Compare this fiction movie to real life military academies for kids in the USA. In the link below, you find various articles about Military Prep Schools in the US. https://da.padlet.com/ukr/militaryacademy Search for reasons for sending a teenager to this sort of school: From: - The parents perspective - The student s perspective what does the acdemy say they offer to the teenager - The military s perspective Supplerende materialer Følgende er forslag til supplerende materialer, der evt. kan lånes på dit lokale CFU: Bog: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Film: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick rules Film: Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Long Haul 4
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