UIUC Sculpture Hunt

"We laugh at old people's houses that have a lot of statues of gnomes, cowboys and other tchotckes... however if you take a look around, you'll find a whole lot of figurines and decorations all with their own style and history.

• Short description

This is an information hunt where students hunt for statues in campus, learn the history of each, and answer history/context questions based on each.  Finally students write a summary about the entire experience.

• Contextualization

  • Target Age: 10-14/ anyone learning English (E for everyone)

  • Target Language Level (based on CEFR): B1 and B2

  • Location (indoors, outdoors, gym, classroom, etc.): UIUC Campus Outdoors

• Lesson Aims

  • Written Production: Students need to summarize an experience which requires writing structure to succinctly describe the experience, and perhaps create new information from a synthesis of the activities. (B1+, B2)

  • Interaction: Students need to interact successfully based off of a shared activity with fellow peers.  They must brainstorm ideas and reach an agreement on outside stimuli. (B1)

• Learning objectives (SWBATs)

  • 1. Read and understand brief descriptions about artifacts and statues

    2. Discuss and brainstorm multiple solutions to problems

    3. Summarize the activity in their own words

• Preparation for the app task cycle (before the lesson), include an estimate of time needed for prep, and whether in-class or before.

  • Downloading app if needed

  • Becoming familiar with technology if needed

  • Getting an account if needed

  • Logging in

• Materials

  • Link to the app used and activity code

  • Equipment: Only one smartphone or tablet for the group

  • Emergency phone number

• Brief description of each phase of task cycle (include time estimates for each stage)

  • Pre-task: Download app, teach how to use app, start talk about sculptures on campus

  • Main task: Students go around campus on a Goosechase

  • Post-task: Students come back to the classroom and we discuss how it went and how they feel