Body Language

Today we will learn about gestures in Brazil.
 

Your Task:

1. Choose and describe three gestures which are used in Brazil from the following links.

2. Copy the following grid into your notebooks and fill it in.

3. Choose from the following links gestures in Brazil:
    Eating and Drinking
    Wishing Luck
    Disbelief
    Hurrying Up

Gestures In Brazil Meaning
   
   
   

4. Go out, watch what gestures Israelis do and write what you found  in the following table:  

Gestures In Israel Meaning
   
   
   
   
   

5. Write at least 3 sentences that compare gestures in Brazil and in Israel. Here are some examples:

* In Brazil  they  put their fingers together and open and close them to say a place is full of people but in Israel we don't. In Israel we use this gesture to say "wait a minute"

* In Brazil they hold their hand up and rub their thumb against their index finger to indicate that something is expensive and in Israel we do the same.

6. Check your work before you give it to your teacher.

Checklist

 

 
Content – wrote about three gestures in Brazil and at least three in Israel YES
 
NO
 
Punctuation – used capital letters, periods, etc. YES
 
NO
 
Language – used Present Simple correctly YES
 
NO
 
Presentation – wrote at least 3 sentences comparing gestures in Brazil and in Israel YES
 
NO
 

 

A follow up activity in class will be a game of guessing the gestures that your friends imitate. Get ready!