Presentation: Reviewing an App in Welsh

Slide 1 of 7 · Settling starter · Welsh · Year 10

3 minutes

Adolygu ap yn Gymraeg: does the app page tell the truth?

You have a worksheet and a stimulus sheet, Geiriau Gwyllt: tudalen yr ap, the app store page for an invented Welsh-learning app with its 5 latest reviews. Today you check whether the page and the reviews tell the truth, improve a weak review, then write a fair, useful review of your own in Welsh with 1 suggestion for the developer.

While the register is called: write your name, class and date (Enw, Dosbarth, Dyddiad), then read the app page and the 5 reviews on the stimulus sheet.

Starter question: The page says 4.6 out of 5. What is the average of the 5 latest reviews?

DCF: Producing → Evaluating and improving digital content No computers or phones needed · the app and every reviewer are invented

Supply teacher script (no subject knowledge needed)

Hand out: one worksheet per pupil and one stimulus sheet per pupil or pair. No computers or phones are needed. The app, the company Cwmni Apiau’r Fro and every reviewer are invented. You need no Welsh: an English translation of the whole page is at the bottom of the stimulus sheet for you, and every answer is on the worked example. Fold the translation under if you want pupils working from the Welsh.

Say aloud: “Name, class and date at the top. While I take the register, read the app page and the 5 reviews. Count the stars on the 5 reviews and work out the average.”

Starter answer: the 5 reviews score 5, 1, 4, 2 and 4 stars. (5 + 1 + 4 + 2 + 4) ÷ 5 = 16 ÷ 5 = 3.2 stars, against the 4.6 on the page.

Slide 2 of 7 · Today’s brief and key words · Welsh · Year 10

2 minutes

Your brief: check the facts, judge the reviews, then write a better one

You will work out the average rating and find the sentence that is no longer true (Cam 1), decide which of the 5 reviews are useful (Cam 2), correct 4 mutation mistakes in Cai’s weak review and improve it (Cam 3), write your own balanced review of 120 to 150 words with a star rating (Cam 4), and check it against the list (Cam 5).

Cytbwys (balanced)

A review that gives good points and bad points, each with a reason, so a reader can decide for themselves.

Treiglad meddal ar ôl yn

After yn, an adjective takes a soft mutation: da becomes dda, drwg becomes ddrwg, gwell becomes well. ll and rh do not change.

Byddai’n well petai

“It would be better if”. The phrase that introduces your 1 suggested improvement for the developer.

DCF: Producing → Evaluating and improving digital content LNF: Literacy → Writing → Planning and organising for different purposes, audiences and context

Slide 3 of 7 · Cam 1 and Cam 2: the stars and the truth · Welsh · Year 10

12 minutes

Cam 1 & Cam 2 on your worksheet: the average, the untrue sentence, the useful reviews

Cam 1 (6 min): (a) work out the average of the 5 latest reviews, (b) give 2 reasons why it differs from the 4.6 on the page, looking at the number of ratings and the date of version 3.0, (c) find the 1 sentence in the description that is no longer true. Cam 2 (6 min): tick or cross each of the 5 reviews with a short reason, then list 3 things that make a good review. Row 1 is on the board.

#	Defnyddiol?	Pam?
1 (Siôn, 5 stars)	✗	Dim rheswm o gwbl. Dydyn ni ddim yn gwybod beth sy’n “wych”.

Cam 1 and Cam 2 on your worksheet · 12 minutes Compare the description with “Beth sy’n newydd”

Supply teacher script (no subject knowledge needed)

Say aloud: “Cam 1 first: show the sum for the average, then 2 reasons the numbers differ, then the sentence that is not true any more. Compare the description with the What’s new box for version 3.0. Then Cam 2: review 1 is on the board, a cross because it gives no reason. Judge the other 4 the same way.”

Quick check, Cam 1: (a) 3.2 seren. (b) 4.6 comes from 2,318 ratings but only 5 reviews sit behind 3.2, so 5 is a small sample; and all 5 reviews were written after version 3.0, 12 days ago, while most of the 2,318 ratings come from the old version before the adverts and the compulsory account. (c) “Dim hysbysebion byth!” (No adverts, ever) is no longer true, because version 3.0 added short adverts between levels in the free version, and Elen says there is a 30-second advert after every level.

Quick check, Cam 2: review 2 (Elen_dysgu) tick: specific details, the new account, a lost 200-day streak, a 30-second advert. Review 3 (Mr Hughes) tick: says who he is and how he uses it, gives reasons, suggests an improvement. Review 4 (Anhysbys, “rhy anodd”) cross: 2 words, too hard for whom. Review 5 (Gwenno) tick: balanced, short and fun against mistakes in the Welsh, with the example “dwy cath”. Three things that make a good review: specific reasons and examples; good points and bad, not just 1 side; it says who is writing and how they use the app.

Slide 4 of 7 · Cam 3: improve a weak review · Welsh · Year 10

8 minutes

Cam 3 on your worksheet: correct Cai’s 4 mutations, then make his review useful

(a) Cai’s review has 4 mutation mistakes after yn. Find and correct them. (b) The Welsh is better now, but the review is still not useful: list 3 things that are missing. (c) Rewrite Cai’s first 2 sentences, replacing “cwl” with a specific reason. The first correction is on the board.

Anghywir	Cywir	Why
yn da	yn dda	Soft mutation after yn: d becomes dd.

The rule: after yn, an adjective soft-mutates: p→b, t→d, c→g, b→f, d→dd, g disappears, m→f. Adjectives starting ll or rh do not change: yn llawn, yn rhad.

Cam 3 on your worksheet · 8 minutes Do his stars match his words?

Supply teacher script (no subject knowledge needed)

Say aloud: “Cai wrote 4 describing words after yn without mutating them. The first is on the board: yn da should be yn dda. Find the other 3 using the rule box. Then say what is still missing from his review, and rewrite his first 2 sentences with a real reason instead of cwl.”

Quick check, (a): yn da iawn → yn dda iawn; yn drwg → yn ddrwg; yn gwell → yn well (the g disappears). (b): no reason why the app is good and no game named; he gives 5 stars but complains about the adverts, so the stars do not match the words; no suggestion for the developer, and we do not know who Cai is. (c), model: “Mae’r ap yn dda i ddysgu geirfa newydd achos mae pob gêm yn para tua pum munud yn unig. Rydw i’n ei hoffi oherwydd fy mod i’n gallu chwarae ar y ffordd i’r ysgol a chlywed acen y de.” Any rewrite with a specific reason after achos or oherwydd is acceptable.

Slide 5 of 7 · Cam 4: your own review · Welsh · Year 10

18 minutes

Cam 4 on your worksheet: plan, then write your review of 120 to 150 words

Plan (5 min): fill the 6 boxes: headline and stars; who you are and how you use the app; 2 good things with a reason; 1 or 2 bad things with a reason; 1 improvement for the developer; who you would recommend it to. Write (13 min): 120 to 150 words, using the Banc iaith phrases. Review Geiriau Gwyllt from the evidence on the page, or a Welsh app you really use.

Model headline and stars: Gwych i ddysgu geiriau, ond gormod o hysbysebion · 3 seren.

Phrases to use: Yn fy marn i · Y peth gorau am yr ap ydy · Fodd bynnag · Yn anffodus · Byddai’n well petai’r ap yn · Byddwn i’n argymell yr ap i · oherwydd · achos

Cam 4 on your worksheet · 18 minutes Stars must match the words: no 5 stars with a big problem

Supply teacher script (no subject knowledge needed)

Say aloud: “Five minutes to fill the 6 planning boxes, then write. 120 to 150 words. A reason after every opinion, using oherwydd or achos. One improvement for the developer starting Byddai’n well petai. Your stars must match your words: if you complain about a big problem you cannot give 5 stars. The model headline on the board gives 3 stars.”

Walk the room: the checks you can make without Welsh: the review is 120 to 150 words, it has a star rating, it contains the phrase Byddai’n well petai, and it contains oherwydd or achos more than once. The worked example review is 145 words, gives 3 stars, names 2 good things (short games, clear audio with a choice of accent), 3 bad things (an advert after every level, a compulsory email account, the description still saying “Dim hysbysebion byth!”), and asks the company to check the Welsh and restore the old streaks.

Slide 6 of 7 · Self and partner check · Welsh · Year 10

4 minutes

Cam 5: check your own review, then swap and check your partner’s

Count your words and fill in the Cam 5 table. Underline every adjective after yn and check it has mutated. Then swap and tick the criteria your partner’s review meets. Correct 1 thing: a missing reason, a wrong mutation, or stars that do not match the words.

I can calculate an average and explain why it differs from the score on the page.
I can judge which reviews are useful, and say why.
I can correct mutations after yn and improve a weak review.
My review is balanced: good things, bad things, reasons, and 1 improvement for the developer.
My stars match what I write, and my Welsh is correct.

4 minutes · self check, then partner check Finished early? Premiwm costs £2.99 a month. How much is that a year, and is it worth it?

Slide 7 of 7 · Plenary review · Welsh · Year 10

3 minutes

Round the room, then quick-check answers before handing in

Everyone reads out their headline and star rating, nobody repeats one. Then check these answers.

Question	Correct answer
What is the average of the 5 latest reviews?	3.2 seren: (5 + 1 + 4 + 2 + 4) ÷ 5. The 4.6 comes from 2,318 older ratings.
Which sentence in the description is no longer true?	“Dim hysbysebion byth!” Version 3.0 added adverts between levels in the free version.
What are the 4 corrections to Cai’s review?	yn dda, yn dda iawn, yn ddrwg, yn well.

Check your name and class are on your worksheet Worksheets in · stimulus sheets back to the front