Blogging as an interactive teaching approach
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2) Discussion points
Tape your ideas to the wall using sticky notes.
Tape your ideas to the wall using sticky notes.
3) Introducing vocabulary
A) Match the words below with the sentences they belong to:
A) Match the words below with the sentences they belong to:
- melted
- noticed
- weighed
- servants
- sausers
- company
- When the chocolate bar was hot, it became a liquid. The chocolate ____________.
- Spencer looked and saw his chocolate was different. He ______________ it.
- The first microwave was very heave. It ________________ 750 pounds.
- Mrs Cockrane had ___________ to do all her housework for her.
- I like to have tea parties. I usually serve tea in beautiful cups and ___________.
- He started his own ____________ in 1981. The people working on him made dishwashers.
4) Listening1
A) Take a look at the questions below and be ready to circle the correct option while listening:
C) Discussion of the main idea
5) Listening 2
A) Listen to the Audio track again and:
A) Take a look at the questions below and be ready to circle the correct option while listening:
- The invention of microwave oven:
- helped the british
- was an accident
- was not an accident
- for meat and Freanch fries
- very big
- for homes
C) Discussion of the main idea
5) Listening 2
A) Listen to the Audio track again and:
- LOW LEVEL: arrange the pictureis in the correct order:
- MEDIUM/HIGH LEVEL: complete the first line of the chart below:
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for what?
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why invented?
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B) Watch the video and
1)LOW LEVEL: choose the correct option:
Josephine Cockrane invented the dishwasher because:
1)LOW LEVEL: choose the correct option:
Josephine Cockrane invented the dishwasher because:
- she wanted to help her servants by freeing them from washing dishes
- she wanted to become famous and start her own business
- she wanted to save her beautiful dishes from her clumsy servants who would always break them up.
6) Speaking:
A) Open the document posted below, explore the information presented in the chart and fill out the empty columns using the inventions from the word cloud for the first one and your personal knowledge for the last one.
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A) Open the document posted below, explore the information presented in the chart and fill out the empty columns using the inventions from the word cloud for the first one and your personal knowledge for the last one.
B)
- LOW LEVEL: Be ready to answer questions based on the chart info
- MEDIUM LEVEL: Make up 4 questions (Who…? What…? Why…? When…?) based on the chart info.
- HIGH LEVEL: Get ready to deliver a one-minute speech about (choose an option):
- inventions that entertain us
- inventions that make life easier
- invention that take us from place to place
- inventions that help our health
- inventions that help us communicate
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7) Make your own top of five best inventions of the modern world
8) Writing
A) Watch the tutorial about “Hamburger” essays:
8) Writing
A) Watch the tutorial about “Hamburger” essays:
B) Using the “humburger” structure, write an argumentative essay about the importance of number one invention in your top/
9) Homework:
Make a voicethread project presenting your top 5 inventions and giving information similar to the one from the chart you have explored and discussed.
TIPS:
9) Homework:
Make a voicethread project presenting your top 5 inventions and giving information similar to the one from the chart you have explored and discussed.
TIPS:
- use pictures and other visuals to maky it more eye-catchy
- comment your slides using voice comments
- check your grammar accuracy before commenting.
Hello, my friends!!
This time I want to suggest you an idea that might seem strange at first sight but still implementable. Anyway take you time to read throughout all my suggestions and maybe you will find it rather possible than not by the time you finish to read)
First consider how many times you walked out in our town and saw people smile. Almost never. Not because they can’t do it or don’t want to do it. Simple when a person is somewhere out, he/she is in a big hurry to manage to do all the stuff he/she planned.
What if I tell you that it is in your power to make your town a more pleasant place to live in through only bringing a small piece of warmth and care to every person you se around.
So, here what project I suggest we should start and as a result witness thousands of smiles around:
1) A list of rules of behavior considered within the local comunity and list of issues related to lack of behavior2) A list of ideas how to solve these problems and formed groups of students
3) Audio, video and photos from the considered places representing a report about the situation at the current moment
4) Posters, audio and video records of students’ work at troublesome places
5) Voicethread presentation describing the project implementation from the initial to the final steps in details.
For any additional information feel free to contact me through sending email or leaving comments to tjis asignment.
Good luck in your first project))
This time I want to suggest you an idea that might seem strange at first sight but still implementable. Anyway take you time to read throughout all my suggestions and maybe you will find it rather possible than not by the time you finish to read)
First consider how many times you walked out in our town and saw people smile. Almost never. Not because they can’t do it or don’t want to do it. Simple when a person is somewhere out, he/she is in a big hurry to manage to do all the stuff he/she planned.
What if I tell you that it is in your power to make your town a more pleasant place to live in through only bringing a small piece of warmth and care to every person you se around.
So, here what project I suggest we should start and as a result witness thousands of smiles around:
- Project Title: Is it still considered old-fashioned to be polite?
- Students’ level: 14-16 years
- Project idea: students will display and promote good manners and offer help to people in the streets thus provoking them to smile.
- Driving question: How can my good manners influence the others and how will I benefit from this?
- EFL Content Skills and Standards:
- to learn the standard rules of behaviour
- to identify the reasons of bad behaviour and ways to cope with it
- to aquire correspondent vocabulary
- to develope positive attitude toward the fact of being a well-behaved person.
- Collaborative Final Products: a Voicethread presentation including photo- and video products describing the whole process of project implementation and its outcomes
- Local & Global Audience: representatives of the local comunity, internet users
- Project Steps and schedule:
- Collect information about the rules of behavior considered within the local comunity
- Consider the appearing issues related to the lack of good behavior
- Brainstorm ideas of possible methods to cope with the problems considered in step1 and the most common places such problems might occure
- Split into as many groups as places were considered
- investigate the potential troublesome areas in order to identify which behavior-related issues do appear more often.
- working in the same groups, make adopted to the issue posters for hanging them at the considered places.
- still in the same groups, concentrate at the mentioned places in order to demonstrate good behavior and make people smile.
- Making a Voicethread presentation demonstrating the work done within the project
- Needed materials and resources for each stage:
- paper, pens, dictionaries
- paper, pens, dictionaries
- notebook, pen, camera/dictophone
- poster-sized pieces of paper, markers, pencils, crayons, erasers, dictionaries, camera
- internet access. dictionaries, camera
- Students’ outcomes for each stage :
1) A list of rules of behavior considered within the local comunity and list of issues related to lack of behavior2) A list of ideas how to solve these problems and formed groups of students
3) Audio, video and photos from the considered places representing a report about the situation at the current moment
4) Posters, audio and video records of students’ work at troublesome places
5) Voicethread presentation describing the project implementation from the initial to the final steps in details.
For any additional information feel free to contact me through sending email or leaving comments to tjis asignment.
Good luck in your first project))
Dear friends, it’s time to think about a way of relecting the progress you are going to make during our two-year-long jorney. And just the way it usually happens, I have an idea I’d like to share with you and, what’s more, encourage to realize)) It has always been boring and space-consuming to keep all those essays and summaries, hasn’t it? What’s worse, you could never manage to keep a track of all your ‘masterpieces’ and organize them in a way convenient for both you and the teacher to browse and assess.
You can solve all these problems by implementing E-PORTFOLIOs into your life.
Use your creativity and imagination and create an e-Portfolio which will reflect your knowledge and skills gained in the process of learning.
1. Read about what a student e-Portfolio is:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_portfolio
https://studentcareercoach.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/e-portfolios-the-new-resume-for-students/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvqBORISA5k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI1BYteU3UI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOYB-vQbBFA
2. Analyse several e- portfolio samples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5DGLktOd-s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6udEqB52N_Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_FmRH6Lj5c
3. Go to Weebly, create a free account and work on your e-portfolio.
Use this tutorial to learn how to do it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7V59KwVzdc
4. Your portfolio should have the following pages:
DON'T forget to:
GOOD LUCK!!
You can solve all these problems by implementing E-PORTFOLIOs into your life.
Use your creativity and imagination and create an e-Portfolio which will reflect your knowledge and skills gained in the process of learning.
1. Read about what a student e-Portfolio is:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_portfolio
https://studentcareercoach.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/e-portfolios-the-new-resume-for-students/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvqBORISA5k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI1BYteU3UI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOYB-vQbBFA
2. Analyse several e- portfolio samples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5DGLktOd-s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6udEqB52N_Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_FmRH6Lj5c
3. Go to Weebly, create a free account and work on your e-portfolio.
Use this tutorial to learn how to do it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7V59KwVzdc
4. Your portfolio should have the following pages:
- Home (create a VOKI character and give it your voice to describe the purpose of your e-portfolio, what ‘story’ you would like it to tell to your audience and how you think it will help you to become a more organized learner)
- About me (Make a Voicethread project to presents some biographical info about yourself, interesting facts about you, hobbies, motto, likes/dislikes, plans for future: mention your ideas for future and how learning English will influence it. USE VOICE COMMENTS);
- My projects (this section should include all your projects/presentations done using web tools.) - MAKE SURE YOU CREATE A BLOG PAGE WHEN YOU MENTION ITS TYPE SINCE YOU WILL ADD NEW POSTS PERIODICALLY
- Writing(all written works such as summaries, essays ) - also blog page
- Reflection/self-evaluation- (Create a special rubric in GOOGLE FORMS to perform self -evaluation af all your products that you post on the two previous pages.)
DON'T forget to:
- -use pictures to make the e-Portofolio more captivating;
- - check your spelling;
- -be organized and creative
GOOD LUCK!!
Hello, guys))
Watch the tutorial on Past Simple and Continuous and accomplish the tasks I give you in the movenote project posted below the tutorial:
Watch the tutorial on Past Simple and Continuous and accomplish the tasks I give you in the movenote project posted below the tutorial:
Hello, my friends
Last time we read a text about the history of the humburger.
Now it is time to learn how to cook it)
Watch the video below and write a recipe of "HUMBURGER".
1) write the list of ingredients
2) listen carefully for the verbs used to describe the process, put them down in another list
3) when describing the procedure of cooking, write the verbs in imperative mood, like "chop",""wash", etc.
4) present you recipe in a form of 1)a list of ingredients, 2) a list of steps to do
Optional task
5) You can try to cook it at home and take some pictures of every step you describe
6) Make a presentation using one of the webtools you've learnt to work with before. Use your pictures and voice to give comments.
Last time we read a text about the history of the humburger.
Now it is time to learn how to cook it)
Watch the video below and write a recipe of "HUMBURGER".
1) write the list of ingredients
2) listen carefully for the verbs used to describe the process, put them down in another list
3) when describing the procedure of cooking, write the verbs in imperative mood, like "chop",""wash", etc.
4) present you recipe in a form of 1)a list of ingredients, 2) a list of steps to do
Optional task
5) You can try to cook it at home and take some pictures of every step you describe
6) Make a presentation using one of the webtools you've learnt to work with before. Use your pictures and voice to give comments.
Dear students, write aharburger essay about why people should treat dolphins with respect using the information you can find in the glol posted below. You can find a tutorial about how to write "humburger" essays on the 'for students/helpful grammar' blog page