Create your own Superhero LES for 6th graders Designed by Jérôme Plamondon

First Period : (Pre-activity) Activating prior knowledge What is the difference between heroes and Superheroes? Heroes Real No superpowers Superheroes Not real Fantastic Superpowers

Examples of both: Heroes Doctors Firefighters Police officers Teachers Parents Olympic athletes Superheroes Spiderman Hulk Iron man Captain America Superman Batman And much more…

Scaffolding begins : model 1 Who is this?

Superman’s Biography: Superhero name: Superman Real name: Clark Kent / Kal El Gender: Male Race: Alien Height: 6 feet 4 inches Weight: Over a ton Eye colour: Blue Hair colour: Black Work/occupation: Journalist Superpowers: flying, super speed, super strength, X-ray vision. Weakness: Kryptonite Story: Kal El’s parents sent him to earth to save him from their planet’s destruction. On earth, he calls himself Clark Kent. His powers come from the yellow sun of earth. He uses his powers to defend humans from evil.

Time for practice! Who is this?

Read the text and fill Batman’s bio sheet Batman Batman’s real name is Bruce Wayne. His height is 6 feet 2 inches and his weight is 210 pounds. His eye colour is blue and his hair colour is black. His occupation is to manage his father’s business: Wayne Enterprises. He is a martial art expert, a gadget and computer expert, an illusionist and he has a very high intellect. His equipment consists of: body armor, a utility belt, a cape and more high tech gadgets. His weakness is that he has no super powers. Batman decided to fight criminals because a thief killed his parents when he was 8 years old.

Batman’s Biography: Superhero name: Batman Real name: Bruce Wayne Gender: Male Race: Human Height: 6 feet 2 inches Weight: 210 pounds Eye colour: Blue Hair colour: Black Work/occupation: WE Manager Superpowers: no super powers Abilities: martial art expert, gadget and computer expert, illusionist, very high intellect. Equipment: body armor, utility belt, cape, high tech gadgets. Weakness: no superpowers Story: Batman decided to fight criminals because a thief killed his parents when he was 8 years old.

Second period: Beginning of the project! Setting the tone: Story Powerpoint Project complete instructions Reminder: Batman’s model sheet Students can begin their project

All the Superheroes have left planet Earth…

They are gone to battle in a cosmic war in a galaxy far far away…

All Supervillains are now free to spread evil in our world…

I want YOU!

Follow the path of THE ROMAN (The first replacement hero)

Then create a Superhero looking like this one (final product) : Hero name: The Roman True identity: Mr Jerome Height: 5.10 ft Weight: 180 lbs Abilities: Swordsmanship, hand to hand combat Super powers: Super strength, super speed Weapons : Body armor, roman sword Hero history and powers origins: Jerome was struck by lightning during a visit in the great city of Rome. It is said that it is the ghost of Julius Caesar himself who granted him his powers and gave him the mission to fight crime. Battle cry : “ I SHALL CONQUER YOU !! ”

The Superhero community thanks you for crime fighting during their absence and wishes you good luck!

Instructions The next period will be free to work on this. You will have to present your character 2 periods from now. You can create a superhero or a supervillain. Your creation must be ORIGINAL. Originality and effort counts. Use the Hints and tips section. Use the models for help.

Hints and tips section Hints and tips Examples of super powers : -Super strength -Super jump power -Magical powers -Super speed -Flying power -Cosmic powers -Super intelligence -X-ray vision -Elemental powers (fire, ice, wind, water) Examples of abilities: -Hand to hand combat -Gadget expert -High intellect -Martial arts expert -Illusionist -Weapon expert -Computer expert -Medical specialist Examples of equipment: -Body armor -Sword(s) -Shield -High tech gadgets Examples of battle cries: -Avengers Assemble! -I shall conquer you! Examples of weaknesses: -Elemental (fire, ice, wind, water) -Colour(s) Example of a Superhero history and his powers origin : Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider and woke up the next day with spider abilities. The death of his uncle made him realize that with great powers comes great responsibilities. Therefore, he decided to become Spiderman and use his powers to do good deeds.

Evaluation guidelines Spoken English: Good and clear spoken English = 30 Decent and somewhat clear spoken English = 18 Bad and unclear spoken English = 0 Understanding of Texts (C2): Good understanding = 30 Medium understanding = 18 Low understanding = 0 Written English: Between 1 and 5 errors = 20 Between 5 and 10 errors = or more = 0 Originality (of the superhero in general, drawing and bio): Totally extraordinary = 10 Extraordinary = 7 Ordinary = 3 Mediocre = 0 Effort (Time invested in the overall project): Great effort = 10 Medium effort = 6 Minimum effort = 0 Total on /100

Third period: Work time! Whole period is allowed to work on the project. They can use all their resources. I walk around to see their work progress and to answer questions. No off-task students. They know presentation day is soon. Students finish their project as homework.

Fourth and last period: Presentation day Students who want to present first, raise their hand, then the others are picked randomly. They are told to be loud and clear. I remind them that spoken English represents one of the most important part of the project. They can look at their sheet for “I have a blank” purpose. They display their superhero drawing on the board.

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