Once upon a Time...

Video Segments

Students´Videos

                                        

My intermediate students are learning the Simple Past and Past continuous to tell stories.

1) Students watch two video segments;
2) Students are divided in two teams;
3) Each team will be assigned one of the stories;
4) They will decide what they will say and who in the group will say what. They have to know who the characters are, the setting and the plot;
5) Students in the group will tell the story to the other group and vice-versa.The teacher records them in audio or video.

Based on the audio/video recorded in class, the teacher will prepare for the following class, a transcription of both stories. As a WRITING TASK, students will receive each a copy of the transcriptions and with the monitoring of the teacher, they will add what they might think is missing and correct any grammar problems, such as verb tenses or word forms.

Once upon a Time...

Video Segments

Students´Videos

                                        

My intermediate students are learning the Simple Past and Past continuous to tell stories.

1) Students watch two video segments;
2) Students are divided in two teams;
3) Each team will be assigned one of the stories;
4) They will decide what they will say and who in the group will say what. They have to know who the characters are, the setting and the plot;
5) Students in the group will tell the story to the other group and vice-versa.The teacher records them in audio or video.

Based on the audio/video recorded in class, the teacher will prepare for the following class, a transcription of both stories. As a WRITING TASK, students will receive each a copy of the transcriptions and with the monitoring of the teacher, they will add what they might think is missing and correct any grammar problems, such as verb tenses or word forms.

A blog for the parents

My dear friend and colleague Dani Lyra, suggested that, along with my wiki, I also create a blog to post my students´work, so parents can see it. Here it is.

A blog for the parents

My dear friend and colleague Dani Lyra, suggested that, along with my wiki, I also create a blog to post my students´work, so parents can see it. Here it is.

Writing Task: The foods I love

Last class, I asked my elementary students to draw their favorite foods. After they finished, I asked them to write a sentence using the vocabulary learned. After I collected everything, I made this Guessing Game using PhotoPeach, in which students were supposed to look at the illustrations and guess what their peers liked to eat.It´s super duper fun. Check it out.

"The foods I love" on PhotoPeach

Writing Task: The foods I love

Last class, I asked my elementary students to draw their favorite foods. After they finished, I asked them to write a sentence using the vocabulary learned. After I collected everything, I made this Guessing Game using PhotoPeach, in which students were supposed to look at the illustrations and guess what their peers liked to eat.It´s super duper fun. Check it out.

"The foods I love" on PhotoPeach

A way with words (part 2)

I was wondering if you blog readers could help me out! I was trying to find out the term we use when we change a word to fit a certain phrase or context. For example, I was reading a blog yesterday (unfortunately, I can´t remember the name) and it was written "shift happens" (which totally made sense in the text). How do we call that?

A way with words (part 2)

I was wondering if you blog readers could help me out! I was trying to find out the term we use when we change a word to fit a certain phrase or context. For example, I was reading a blog yesterday (unfortunately, I can´t remember the name) and it was written "shift happens" (which totally made sense in the text). How do we call that?

Writing is fun!

What does this picture say to you? Do you agree with the tittle? Why? Why not?

Writing is fun!

What does this picture say to you? Do you agree with the tittle? Why? Why not?

Here I am!!!!

I don´t know where I´m supposed to go from here, but it´s been exciting to have come this far!!!!

Here I am!!!!

I don´t know where I´m supposed to go from here, but it´s been exciting to have come this far!!!!