Never give up day
Do you ever feel like giving up? You are not the only one. Most people do not like to fail. But if you want to be successful, failure is part of the process. Met STERK Engels gaan jouw leerlingen op een eigentijdse en aansprekende manier aan de slag met de Engelse taal. Het is de enige methode waarin je lezen, uitspraak én tekstbegrip kunt oefenen en meten op ERK-niveau.
Do you ever feel like giving up? You are not the only one. Most people do not like to fail. But if you want to be successful, failure is part of the process.
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<strong>Never</strong> <strong>give</strong> <strong>up</strong> <strong>day</strong><br />
Do you ever feel like giving <strong>up</strong>? You are not the only one.<br />
Most people do not like to fail. But if you want to be successful,<br />
failure is part of the process.
<strong>Never</strong> <strong>give</strong> <strong>up</strong> <strong>day</strong> – USA 18th of August<br />
Do you ever feel like giving <strong>up</strong>? You are not the only one. Most people do not like to fail. But if<br />
you want to be successful, failure is part of the process. In the USA there is a national <strong>day</strong> called<br />
‘<strong>Never</strong> Give Up Day’ to think about this. In this lesson you are going to learn about this <strong>day</strong> and<br />
about people who are great examples of never giving <strong>up</strong>.<br />
Have fun!<br />
<strong>Never</strong> Give Up Day<br />
This national <strong>day</strong> is celebrated in the USA on the 18th of August. Let’s find out more about this<br />
<strong>day</strong>. Check out the meaning of the most important words in the text first.<br />
Find their meaning or translation in a dictionary:<br />
WORD<br />
ancient civilization<br />
celebrate<br />
achieve<br />
motivation<br />
driving factor<br />
keep grinding<br />
extraordinary<br />
achievement<br />
beyond<br />
encourage<br />
MEANING<br />
Read & write<br />
Go to<br />
and answer the following questions:<br />
1. Why do people celebrate this <strong>day</strong>?<br />
___________________________________________________________________________<br />
2. Read the section ‘History’ & “Timeline”.<br />
Choose the correct answer for each question in the grid.<br />
STATEMENT TRUE FALSE<br />
<strong>Never</strong> Give Up Day was invented by Plato.<br />
Despite a torn hamstring, Derek Reymonds won the match.<br />
René Descartes found out the key element of motivation.<br />
In the last centuries there are many examples of human success.<br />
In the 20th century more people <strong>give</strong> <strong>up</strong> than ever before.<br />
3. Scroll down to ‘<strong>Never</strong> Give Up Day FAQs’.<br />
Choose one of the 3 FAQ’s and explain them in your own words.<br />
___________________________________________________________________________<br />
4. Scroll down to ‘<strong>Never</strong> Give Up Day Activities’. Choose one of the 3 activities and<br />
write down what you would say /write to motivate others/encourage yourself or<br />
share on social media:<br />
___________________________________________________________________________<br />
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Discuss<br />
Now let’s talk about this National Day in class. Use the questions below.<br />
1. Do you like National Day <strong>Never</strong> Give Up? Why (not)? Explain.<br />
2. Do you think it is important to commemorate never giving <strong>up</strong>? Why (not)? Explain.<br />
3. Can you think of an example of someone who never gave <strong>up</strong> and succeeded?<br />
4. Can you think of something you gave <strong>up</strong> on, or want to <strong>give</strong> <strong>up</strong> on?<br />
5. If so, can you motivate yourself or your classmate to never <strong>give</strong> <strong>up</strong>?<br />
Famous failures who succeeded<br />
Many famous people failed before they succeeded. Let’s find out more.<br />
You are going to watch a video about famous failures who succeeded after trying for a long time.<br />
Watch<br />
Answer the following questions:<br />
1. Which statement describes Thomas Edison best?<br />
a. He invented the light bulb even though his teachers told him he was st<strong>up</strong>id.<br />
b. He invented the light bulb at a very young age because his mind wandered at school.<br />
c. He invented the light bulb when he was old enough to forget his bad school<br />
experience.<br />
2. Are these statements true or false? Tick the correct box:<br />
STATEMENT TRUE FALSE<br />
Elvis Presley hardly had any friends at school.<br />
Elvis Presley didn’t do well at school in music class.<br />
He was discovered as a singer when he was singing while driving a truck.<br />
His first manager always inspired and encouraged him to keep trying.<br />
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3. Describe in your own words how Michael Jordan became one of the best basketball<br />
players in the world:<br />
___________________________________________________________________________<br />
4. How many times did the founder of KFC get rejected before he was successful?<br />
___________________________________________________________________________<br />
5. What saved Stephen King’s career? The fact that…<br />
a. …he was born with an extraordinary talent.<br />
b. …he had written a lot of books and stories at school and university.<br />
c. …his wife kept believing in him and told him to keep trying.<br />
6. Fred Astaire…<br />
a. …had always been successful ever since he was a child.<br />
b. …had moderate talent but kept trying to improve.<br />
c. …was discovered at older age, when he was already going bald.<br />
7. Abraham Lincoln became a president, even though he…<br />
a. …didn’t go to school very long.<br />
b. …could not speak in public.<br />
c. …was a bad politician.<br />
8. The writer of Harry Potter was successful but had a lot of struggles. In your own words,<br />
describe at least two of those difficulties:<br />
___________________________________________________________________________<br />
9. Are these statements true or false? Tick the correct box.<br />
STATEMENT TRUE FALSE<br />
Albert Einstein was a gifted speaker.<br />
People considered Albert Einstein to be psychically unstable.<br />
Because he worked hard and listened to his teachers he became<br />
successful.<br />
He won a Nobel prize only a few years after he started serious research.<br />
10. What made dr Seuss decide to burn his manuscripts?<br />
___________________________________________________________________________<br />
Present<br />
Choose one of the famous people from the video or find someone yourself who never gave <strong>up</strong>.<br />
Find information about this person and create a presentation about this person. You can use<br />
Powerpoint, Prezi or any other tool to create your presentation.<br />
Answer at least the following questions in your presentation:<br />
1. What is the name of this person?<br />
2. What is this person famous for?<br />
3. What struggles did this person have to face before becoming successful?<br />
4. Can you find any other relevant information about this person?<br />
5. What important lesson can we learn from this person?<br />
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WHAT 4 3 2 1 0<br />
Presentation<br />
English<br />
Information<br />
points per topic<br />
Visual Aids<br />
Vocabulary<br />
Time<br />
Score<br />
Body language<br />
and eye<br />
contact with<br />
class is good,<br />
knows the text<br />
off by heart.<br />
English is fluent<br />
and clearly<br />
spoken.<br />
Detailed<br />
information is<br />
<strong>give</strong>n about the<br />
topic.<br />
Great visual<br />
aids that help<br />
understand<br />
and explain the<br />
topic.<br />
Vocabulary is<br />
wide and few<br />
mistakes are<br />
made.<br />
Presentation<br />
lasts at least 3.5<br />
minutes, excl.<br />
additional clips<br />
etc.<br />
Body language<br />
and/or eye<br />
contact is fairly<br />
good, mostly<br />
knows the text<br />
off by heart.<br />
English is fairly<br />
fluent and fairly<br />
clearly spoken.<br />
General<br />
information is<br />
<strong>give</strong>n about the<br />
topic.<br />
Good visual<br />
aids that<br />
either help to<br />
understand<br />
or explain the<br />
topic.<br />
Vocabulary is<br />
sufficient and<br />
only common<br />
mistakes are<br />
made.<br />
Presentation<br />
lasts at least 3<br />
minutes, excl.<br />
additional clips<br />
etc.<br />
Body language<br />
and/or eye<br />
contact is fairly<br />
good, knows<br />
the text 50%<br />
off by heart<br />
and 50% not.<br />
English is fairly<br />
fluent spoken.<br />
Some<br />
information is<br />
<strong>give</strong>n about the<br />
topic.<br />
Visual aids, well<br />
prepared but<br />
don’t really add<br />
to the topic.<br />
Vocabulary<br />
is insufficient<br />
and common<br />
mistakes are<br />
made.<br />
Presentation<br />
lasts at least 2.5<br />
.minutes, excl.<br />
additional clips<br />
etc.<br />
Body language<br />
and/or eye<br />
contact is not<br />
good, known<br />
text is limited,<br />
mostly read<br />
from sheet.<br />
English is<br />
hardly fluent<br />
spoken.<br />
Little<br />
information is<br />
<strong>give</strong>n about<br />
the topic.<br />
Very poor<br />
visual aids that<br />
don’t add to<br />
the topic.<br />
Vocabulary<br />
is insufficient<br />
and common<br />
mistakes are<br />
made. Few<br />
Dutch words<br />
are used.<br />
Presentation<br />
lasts at least 2<br />
minutes, excl.<br />
additional clips<br />
etc.<br />
Body language<br />
and/or eye<br />
contact is<br />
insufficient. No<br />
text is known<br />
off by heart.<br />
English is not<br />
fluent and not<br />
clearly spoken.<br />
No (relevant)<br />
information<br />
about<br />
magazine is<br />
<strong>give</strong>n.<br />
No visual aids<br />
to add to the<br />
topic.<br />
Vocabulary is<br />
insufficient and<br />
many mistakes<br />
are made. Many<br />
Dutch words<br />
are used.<br />
Presentation<br />
lasts at least 1.5<br />
minutes, excl.<br />
additional clips<br />
etc.<br />
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Lesopzet<br />
Hieronder een korte verantwoording en uitleg van de les.<br />
<strong>Never</strong> Give Up Day<br />
De les begint met het aanbieden van woordenschat. De leerlingen zoeken de betekenis van<br />
de belangrijkste woorden in de tekst op met behulp van een (online) woordenboek. In het<br />
antwoordmodel staan de antwoorden in het Engels, maar uiteraard is de Nederlandse vertaling<br />
ook goed.<br />
TIP: aangezien alle instructies in het Engels zijn is het aan te raden om de leerlingen deze zelf<br />
te laten lezen en daarna met elkaar te delen wat de bedoeling is. Daarna kan er een klassikale<br />
terugkoppeling plaatsvinden zodat elke leerling weet wat de opdracht inhoudt en weet wat er<br />
verwacht wordt.<br />
Read & write<br />
Na het doornemen van de moeilijke woorden kunnen de leerlingen aan de slag met de tekst. Ze<br />
beantwoorden de vragen bij de tekst. Afhankelijk van het niveau van de leerlingen kun je ze een<br />
woordenboek aanbieden ter ondersteuning.<br />
Discuss<br />
De antwoorden kun je zelf na laten kijken of (laten) bespreken. De vragen om te bespreken zijn<br />
vooral bedoeld als opstapje naar het volgende onderdeel, waar leerlingen gaan nadenken over<br />
en kijken naar inspirerende voorbeelden van mensen die niet opgegeven hebben en daardoor<br />
succesvol zijn geworden.<br />
Famous failures who succeeded<br />
Bij dit onderdeel gaan leerlingen eerst zelf nadenken over inspirerende mensen. Het gaat hierbij<br />
om de voorkennis te activeren en de focus te krijgen. Het is niet nodig om hier heel diep op in<br />
te gaan in dit stadium van de les.<br />
Daarna bekijken ze een video over 10 beroemde mensen die met veel vallen en opstaan tot<br />
succes zijn gekomen. Hierover beantwoorden ze vragen. Afhankelijk van het niveau van de<br />
leerlingen is het aan te raden de video eerst een keer gezamenlijk te kijken en ze daarna<br />
individueel aan het werk te zetten met de video. Wijs leerlingen op de mogelijkheid om<br />
ondertiteling aan te zetten en de video te vertragen dan wel versnellen indien nodig/gewenst.<br />
Het laatste onderdeel van deze les is een korte presentatie over een van de inspirerende<br />
voorbeelden uit de video óf een zelf gekozen persoon. Wijs leerlingen op de te beantwoorden<br />
vragen en de rubric. Het is aan de docent om de presentatie ook daadwerkelijk te beoordelen<br />
als spreekopdracht of deze enkel in te laten leveren.<br />
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Antwoordmodel <strong>Never</strong> Give Up Day<br />
Example key.<br />
WORD<br />
MEANING<br />
ancient civilization human society from a long time ago<br />
celebrate<br />
to take part in special enjoyable activities<br />
achieve<br />
to succeed in finishing something<br />
motivation<br />
enthusiasm for doing something<br />
driving factor strong and powerful fact or situation<br />
keep grinding to keep trying<br />
extraordinary very special<br />
achievement something very good you have succeeded doing<br />
beyond<br />
further away in the distance (than something)<br />
encourage<br />
to make someone more likely to do/achieve something<br />
Read & write<br />
1. To motivate themselves and others to keep trying until they get the result they want.<br />
2.<br />
STATEMENT TRUE FALSE<br />
<strong>Never</strong> Give Up Day was invented by Plato.<br />
x<br />
Despite a torn hamstring, Derek Reymonds won the<br />
x<br />
match.<br />
René Descartes found out the key element of motivation. x<br />
In the last centuries there are many examples of human x<br />
success.<br />
In the 20th century more people <strong>give</strong> <strong>up</strong> than ever<br />
x<br />
before.<br />
3. No key. Text in source should be adequately rephrased:<br />
Who came <strong>up</strong> with the song ‘<strong>Never</strong> Give Up’?<br />
The song ‘<strong>Never</strong> Give Up’ was composed and sung by singer Sia Furler and produced by<br />
Greg Kurstin.<br />
When did Churchill say “never <strong>give</strong> <strong>up</strong>”?<br />
Winston Churchill addressed the students of the Harrow School in the year 1941 where he<br />
made the famous speech “never <strong>give</strong> <strong>up</strong>.” He made the speech to encourage the youth to<br />
never <strong>give</strong> <strong>up</strong> fighting against the tyranny of Nazi Germany.<br />
Why is it good to never <strong>give</strong> <strong>up</strong>?<br />
As humans, we tend to stop way before reaching our true potential. Many people don’t<br />
realize how close they were to success before they quit. Hence, by never giving <strong>up</strong> we are<br />
more likely to achieve greater things in life.<br />
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4. No key. Example:<br />
You are not alone. We all struggle. But if you want to be successful you just have to<br />
keep going.<br />
Discuss<br />
No key<br />
Famous failures who succeeded<br />
1 A<br />
2<br />
STATEMENT TRUE FALSE<br />
Elvis Presley hardly had any friends at school.<br />
x<br />
Elvis Presley didn’t do well at school in music class.<br />
x<br />
He was discovered as a singer when he was singing while driving a truck.<br />
x<br />
His first manager always inspired an encouraged him to keep trying.<br />
x<br />
3 He was bumped off his high school team but always kept trying and worked his way to the<br />
top by pure willpower and perseverance.<br />
4 1009 times<br />
5 C<br />
6 B<br />
7 A<br />
8 She suffered depression, she was divorced.<br />
9<br />
STATEMENT TRUE FALSE<br />
Albert Einstein was a gifted speaker.<br />
x<br />
People considered Albert Einstein to be psychically unstable.<br />
x<br />
Because he worked hard and listened to his teachers he became<br />
x<br />
successful.<br />
He won a Nobel prize only a few years after he started serious research. x<br />
10 He was rejected so many times he decided to <strong>give</strong> <strong>up</strong>.<br />
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