Oct. 30, 2020: Free Time & Hobbies

Ready for a creative challenge? This week, we’ll tackle a desert island dilemma! Practice collaborating, problem-solving, and narrating events using key vocabulary like “resourceful” and “devise”. Let’s invent survival stories together and boost our speaking skills!

Scientists in Germany have cast doubt on a previously believed assumption that the processing speed of our brain starts to decline from the age of 20.

In this classroom activity, students become time travelers with big ideas! Each group prepares a short presentation about their plan to change history for the betterment of many people. They have to share their pitch with “scouts” from a company that invented a time machine that can only be used once. They have to convince the scouts their idea for using the time machine is the best one. The scouts will listen carefully and ask questions.

This week, let’s explore how to share our unique ideas! We’ll practice using key phrases to express our opinions and disagree politely in a fun, low-pressure discussion. Come ready to chat, listen, and discover some surprising perspectives.

This week, we’re exploring “turning points”—those moments when life took an unexpected turn and nothing was quite the same afterward. We’ll practice storytelling phrases and spend plenty of time mingling, hearing about each other’s experiences and sharing our own. Looking forward to hearing your stories!

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to analyze and discuss common misconceptions and unhelpful practices related to healthy aging. They will apply the concept of cognitive dissonance to recognize conflicting beliefs, values, or behaviors and propose strategies to align actions with healthy aging principles.