Wednesday 8 July 2015

Activities on the 8th of July

DESIGNING A SCHOOL


  1. QUIZ : An introduction to the English education system.   
          A way to lead in the topic and activate students' previous knowledge.
    
     2 . ANSWER SHEET:  STS. have to match the right answer for the quiz .

          
          Scanning reading and less teacher centred activity.
   


      3. READING TEXT ON FREE SCHOOLS
   
          This narrows the subject a little bit and provides us with information and new ideas.

       4.GROUPWORK :What five things would you like to do if you could create a free school?

        This is meant to prepare students for the video they will watch next and focus on the topic.

      5. VIDEO CLIP
          
         A discussion model in order to show how people speak in a real context in a spontaneous                    conversation. 

       6.WATCHING THE VIDEO FOR A SECOND TIME.

       Students divided in groups of three are given different tasks to fulfil and cover different areas of          the language.(language analysis)

       7. SHARING the answers with the whole group. 

       8. 1-2-3 ROLE ASSIGNMENT
     
       This technique is used to make sure every student takes part in the task by assigning different               roles in the conversation.


      9.  OUR IDEAL FREE SCHOOL

      All the groups present their ideas. We share and learn from each other.

     10. SCORE 

      Students vote different groups .
      Aim: Make sure everybody listens.

     EVENING LECTURE: 

     CREATIVITY: THE POWER OF CONSTRAINTS by Alan Maley

     http://thecreativitygroup.weebly.com/

     Lecture activities:  pdf

     Alan Maley, who is now a freelance writer and lecturer, has come up today with several great              ideas for encouraging creative writing in our classes.

     By limiting the quantity of what learners can do, we simultaneously :

  1.     Apply pressure on what languages resources they have.
  2.     Trigger deeper processing.
  3.      Provide a support.
  4.      Offer a secure space.
      ACTIVITY 1. WORD ARRAY

     STS are given a set of 30 words and make as many sentences as possible.
     Group work: Write a small short text or poem in your group

                          

     ACTIVITY 2.   A,B,C..........

      IN groups of four, STS construct a sentence in which each successive word begins with the next letter of the alphabet. You can break it into two or maximum three sentences.

 
     ACTIVITY 3.    METAPHOR POEMS

      Combine at least three words from the left column with three words from the right and then write        two more verses.


                                     Hope                        a spoon      
                                     Life                          a knife
                                     Marriage                  an egg
                                     Love                        a brush
                                     Anger                      a window
                                     Dissapointment       a mirror
                                     Work                       a banana
                                     Happiness                a rope
                                     Time                        a bus
                                     Hate                         a cup
                                     Fear                          an alarm-clock

     
   ACTIVITY 4.  DICTATION

   The teacher reads a poem several times at a normal pace (3 or 4 times will be enough) while                students copy as much as they can every time.
   The aim is to work in groups and put the text down together.


 
   ACTIVITY 5. STORY FROM LIFE IN 6 WORDS


  •     For sale: baby shoes never worn.     Ernest Hemmingway
  •     Born, had fun, pain, loss -died.

 
    ACTIVITY 6.    MINI SAGA

    Tell a story in 50 words.


     ACTIVITY 7. MINING A STORY

     Select six words or phrases that you might have found striking or interesting.
     Make up a new story using them.





       


























    http://englishagenda.britishcouncil.org/sites/ec/files/F004_ELT_Creativity_FINAL_v2%20WEB.pdf

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