SAM proto 2

2 | Weird Weather

The Weather Machine: Replikat tampers with a weather machine, causing erratic weather in the ‘real world’. It’s pouring rain in the desert and the ice is melting in the arctic. Quick! The Novakids must restore it.

Lessons 5 Oct discussion

• Type: Seek and destroy

• Quest giver: Elara

• Quest location: Real World

• Objective: Fix the erratic weather in the ‘real world’ >> Sub-objectives can be break the various weather machines left in location by Replikat.

• Conflict: Weather (Heavy rains, winds, floods, Sandstorms, temperature, snow, etc) Other type of local conflict (The machine is at the top of a building, at the bottom of the sea etc)

• Climax: All the weather machines are disabled. Nice job, the world’s weather is fixed now. Back to Skymoor (or other name)

NOTE: remind who Replikat is, in case students did NOT do any Quests before.

Replikat

Hierarchy Position: Ultimate Villain

What he is: A rogue inventor who has turned his back on ethical science and sustainable practices. He aims to transform Elara into a kingdom of machines and clones, generating pollution and waste in the process.

How he looks: Replikat wears a suit made of various non-recyclable materials like plastic and metal scraps. His "crown" could be a rotating gear encrusted with faux jewels made from broken glass and electronic waste. His mechanical suit could emit puffs of dark smoke at intervals, and his boots could leave a trail of oil as he walks.

Reason: Driven by a twisted sense of industrial progress, Replikat believes that turning Elara into a mechanical wasteland is the ultimate form of advancement. He disregards the natural balance and ethical considerations in his blind pursuit of this goal.

Control Over: He has the ability to corrupt natural elements in Elara, turning them into polluted, mechanical versions of themselves. This could range from transforming water sources into toxic sludge to converting animals into mechanical, waste-producing versions. He also attempts to control lesser bosses like the Terraformer and the Clockwork Parasite, repurposing them to serve his destructive agenda.

2 | Lesson Verbs

find,

stop,

fix,

think

decide

2 Functional / Grammar

Comparatives/Superlatives: It is wetter today than yesterday. It is the coldest day ever. 

Modal verbs: We must go and help. We must stay indoors during a hurricane.

Conditionals: If there's a tornado, we should go to the basement.

What shall we do?

What shall we take?

Giving Advice - could be a kid contacts them via video call and they have to give them good advice, before going and breaking the machine?

1 | Lesson Vocab

snowy

rainy

cloudy

sunny

stormy

hot

cold

meteorologist

floods

drought

blizzard

hurricane

sandstorm

1 | Grammar and functional language

What's it like outside?

What's the weather like?

Let's check the weather.

Let's check the forecast.

Present continuous: It's raining heavily

1/2 functional language

What do we do?

What do we take?

Do we need?

I think we need...

Let's take...

It's important!

Time phrases

Always,

usually,

sometimes,

rarely,

never

Possible start:

They all start in headquarters when Replikat sends a message - 'I'm going to take over the world. I'll make the weather all bad. etc etc.' Elara then gives them the task to stop him. 

a) It introduces him with story rather than just this is Replikat

b) it gives a stronger sense of urgency.

Let's put the disasters in some sort of order. (they are weird and wouldn't normally occur in these places?)

 Floods in Fiji

Blizzards in Bahrain

Hurricanes in Hungary

Sandstorms in Spain

(note Spain has a desert so this may not be so unusual? Critical thinking?)

I'm going to take over the world. Ha ha ha 

Replikat appears on screen

Look at my amazing 'bad weather machines'

 But first I will make 'bad weather' so it's difficult for you to stop me. 

Story slide - Intro

What will he do?

What do the machines do?

Should we stop him?

What can we do?

Critical thinking slide

What will he do?

What do the machines do?

Should we stop him?

What can we do?

machine with snow

machine with rain

machine with wind

machine with sandstorm

A game to introduce the weather vocab

Game slide

Well Done! You all know the weather words.

Here's 20 Nova

Reward and story slide

Now! where shall we go first?

Get planning

Planning and choice

Sandstorm in Singapore

Floods in Finland

40 Nova

Blizzards in Bahrain

30 Nova

easy

medium

50 Nova

difficult

Here is a picture of Bahrain and some information. Let's look together

Blizzards in Bahrain

Bahrain is a small, hot island in the Persian Gulf. About 1 and a half million people live there. Average number of rainy days is 26 per year.

Here are some critical thinking questions.

Blizzards in Bahrain

Fill in the missing vowels to guess the correct word and then complete the sentence.

_lw_ys

_ft_n

s_m_t_m_s

r_r_ly

?

What do you think the weather is usually like in Bahrain?

There are _ _ _ _ _ bl_izz_rds in B_hr_ _ n

Well Done! You fixed the weather in 

Here's 10 Nova

Reward and story slide

Now! where shall we go?

Hurricane in Hungary

Sandstorm in Spain

Floods in Fiji

30 Nova

50 Nova

difficult

medium

50 Nova

difficult

Floods in Finland

machine with rain

machine with rain

Sandstorm in Singapore