Marta González, Ariadna Garcia, Clara Manero, Marina Garcia & Nina Pugès

B A C K G R O U N D   A N D   S E T T I N G

Within the Immerses VR program, there is an enchanted virtual area called the Potions Class that is intended to encourage primary school pupils' curiosity and imagination, while they explore a magical space. It's a fantastical world with enthralling visual components, moving things, and mysterious relics.

• Target group: 4th Grade

• Target language level (according to CEFR): A1

• Location: Wizard's Class

• Distribution: Groups of 6 students.

O V E R V I E W   &   P U R P O S E 

The goal of this project is to give elementary school pupils engaging experiences in the Potions Class. Its main objective is to combine learning and enjoyment while encouraging creativity, curiosity, and problem-solving in a magical environment. With this activity we want to develop in our students the capacity of following short instructions.

M A I N   C O M P E T E N C E S   T O   B E   C O V E R E D

SPOKEN RECEPTION→ Listening to announcements and instructions: Can understand instructions addressed carefully and slowly to him/her and follow short, simple directions.

WRITTEN RECEPTION → 

• Overall reading comprehension: Can understand very short, simple texts a single phrase at a time, picking up familiar names, words and basic phrases and rereading as required.

• Reading instructions: Can follow short, simple written directions.

M A I N   L E A R N I N G   O B J E C T I V E S (S W B A T S)

• Students will be able to follow short instructions and recognize specific vocabulary while developing their technological skills in the Immerse app.

• Students will be able to develop different aspects (problem-solving, creativity, critical thinking) in team work.

A S S E S S M E N T

Students' involvement, engagement, inventiveness, and capacity for problem-solving in the immersive setting will all be taken into account when determining their assessment. The assessment will be done by the students, they are going to self-assess how they have done the activities.

O U T L I N E   S E S S I O N

S E S S I O N  1: LET'S BECOME WIZARDS!

S H O R T   D E S C R I P T I O N   O F   T H E   S E S S I O N 

During this session, students will be immersed in a Potion Class. As it is their first time in a wizardry class, they will have to follow different instructions to become real wizards! With the task proposed, the students will work on the food vocabulary they learned in the sessions before, and they will learn new vocabulary about the context they will be immersed in: wizardry. In addition, students will be able to follow short and clear instructions as they explore a magical space.

P R E P A R A T I O N   A N D   M A T E R I A L S   N E E D E D   F O R   T H E   S E S S I O N

• Headsets

• Immerse VR app

T A S K S

P R E   T A S K >> T U R N I N G   I N T O   R E A L  W I Z A R D S !

In groups of 6 students, they will enter the space and find a note on the left with the first instructions:

M A I N   T A S K >> E X PE R I M E N T I N G   W I T H  T H E  P O T I O N S !

Once the students have their wand and hat, they will read the instructions on the board in front of them. 

Once the spokesperson has read the instructions and understood them, they will start working in their groups. After discussing, when they have a clear idea of which potion they want to make and which elements they need, they can start searching for them to put them in their cauldron and make the potion. Each group will have a board available in the room to write or draw the list of ingredients that they will need.

P O S T   T A S K >> P O T I O N   F A I R

Once the potions are ready, students will exit the Immerse app and will present their potions at the “Potion Fair” in the class.  They will state the name of their potion, the ingredients it contains, and its purpose! Each group will need to showcase their potion to the other classmates. After each presentation, each group will ask some questions to encourage interaction among the students. At the end of the fair, students could vote for the potion they found most fascinating, original, or surprising.

M A T E R I A L S   F O R   S C A F F O L D I N G 

V O C A B U L A R Y 

The vocabulay will be in a board inside the wizard's class, for providing language scaffolding for the students.