Saturday, April 23, 2011
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
I´m back!!!!!!!!!
Yes, I´m back. I arrived on the 10th. I hear I have some elementary and pre-teens groups to teach this semester. Unfortunately, I won´t be teaching teens and adults (there is only one group actually, of adult beginners). Most of my classes will be with the little ones. I can´t wait to have a lot of digital fun and share it with you guys!!!! P.S.: C´mon, leave a comment on my trip to Sampa!
I´m back!!!!!!!!!
Yes, I´m back. I arrived on the 10th. I hear I have some elementary and pre-teens groups to teach this semester. Unfortunately, I won´t be teaching teens and adults (there is only one group actually, of adult beginners). Most of my classes will be with the little ones. I can´t wait to have a lot of digital fun and share it with you guys!!!! P.S.: C´mon, leave a comment on my trip to Sampa!
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Time Off
I´m on vacation at last. Yeah, it´s been a hectic journey. Writing for this blog has been really awesome and I´ve learned a lot. Sharing my teaching experience with you guys has been priceless, especially because I used a blog for that, which was something new to me. Hope to be back soon and share a lot more. II´ll be away for a few days, I´m on my way to São Paulo. Hope I like it because I´ve never been there, I mean, as a sightseer. There´ll be lots of reasons to write, so I decided to post about it on the site that a couple of workmates and I created for our students. In case you´re interested, here is the link: http://travelandvacation.pbworks.com/ . It´s easy to find, my name is on the navigator list. I´m leaving on the third of January. I´ll keep in touch. See ya! HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all!
Time Off
I´m on vacation at last. Yeah, it´s been a hectic journey. Writing for this blog has been really awesome and I´ve learned a lot. Sharing my teaching experience with you guys has been priceless, especially because I used a blog for that, which was something new to me. Hope to be back soon and share a lot more. II´ll be away for a few days, I´m on my way to São Paulo. Hope I like it because I´ve never been there, I mean, as a sightseer. There´ll be lots of reasons to write, so I decided to post about it on the site that a couple of workmates and I created for our students. In case you´re interested, here is the link: http://travelandvacation.pbworks.com/ . It´s easy to find, my name is on the navigator list. I´m leaving on the third of January. I´ll keep in touch. See ya! HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all!
Saturday, November 27, 2010
My sibling´s routine
This is an extension of the Digital Project in Unit 8 "My Routine", but now my Elementary students are using the action verbs to describe the routine of a third person. They were supposed to write about a sibling. The tool chosen here was the MIXBOOK (http://www.mixbook.com/) because it was the easiest one to be taught and used in the little time we had, which was two weeks. Also, this tool allows us to add photos or images, which makes the book extremely appealing. Because some parents don´t allow their children to have their photos on the internet, I gave them the option to add ordinary images. Every class I would gradually teach them one step at a time. They were supposed to work at home, by themselves. I did not promise any kind of reward or points. I simply assigned the task, which was supposed to be completed as soon as they could and presented to the entire class. Surprisingly, five of the students made the mixbook. After reading their books, I managed to sugggest corrections to some of them but one was left unrevised, due to time constrains. Nevertheless, It´s worth to take a look at them and see how cute they are. Here is one of the books. In this one, the student, Guilherme, didn´t use photos. As soon as I have the permission of the parents, I´ll post the other books here. I don´t think they will oppose to that, but I want to ask them anyway. Meanwhile, the books are only available in my wiki.
Despite the complexity of this tool, the challenge of doing something on their own without the teacher´s supervision was very appealing to them. It was not the book itself, but managing to do it, being able to add the photos and the text. I think this was the main contributing factor for the success of the few people who worked on the project. I was glad there were five, considering the complexity of the task. They felt really good about themselves. Some of them told me they are working on other books already, personal projects per say.
My sibling´s routine
This is an extension of the Digital Project in Unit 8 "My Routine", but now my Elementary students are using the action verbs to describe the routine of a third person. They were supposed to write about a sibling. The tool chosen here was the MIXBOOK (http://www.mixbook.com/) because it was the easiest one to be taught and used in the little time we had, which was two weeks. Also, this tool allows us to add photos or images, which makes the book extremely appealing. Because some parents don´t allow their children to have their photos on the internet, I gave them the option to add ordinary images. Every class I would gradually teach them one step at a time. They were supposed to work at home, by themselves. I did not promise any kind of reward or points. I simply assigned the task, which was supposed to be completed as soon as they could and presented to the entire class. Surprisingly, five of the students made the mixbook. After reading their books, I managed to sugggest corrections to some of them but one was left unrevised, due to time constrains. Nevertheless, It´s worth to take a look at them and see how cute they are. Here is one of the books. In this one, the student, Guilherme, didn´t use photos. As soon as I have the permission of the parents, I´ll post the other books here. I don´t think they will oppose to that, but I want to ask them anyway. Meanwhile, the books are only available in my wiki.
Despite the complexity of this tool, the challenge of doing something on their own without the teacher´s supervision was very appealing to them. It was not the book itself, but managing to do it, being able to add the photos and the text. I think this was the main contributing factor for the success of the few people who worked on the project. I was glad there were five, considering the complexity of the task. They felt really good about themselves. Some of them told me they are working on other books already, personal projects per say.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Would X Used to
In order to practice the use of WOULD and USED TO, I showed my students the picture of a tree.
Students in groups were supposed to create a short story about that tree. They complained at first, claiming they couldn´t think of anything, but then, their creativity started flowing. When they finished, they read their story to their peers. They enjoyed the activity very much because they realized how creative and touching their stories turned out to be.
"When I was a child, I used to go to my aunt´s farm. It was very cool, I have good memories about this. I used to swim in the lake and spend hours climbing on the trees. In the end of the day, I used to watch the sunset and in the nights, I usually used to watch stars crash in the lake. I hope I will return there someday and check if the stars still shine in the same way". (2/2010 - Filipe, Kely and Sinara)
"When I was young, I used to go to my grandparents´ farm and there, I used to play outside in the garden. My favorite place to play was under the trees, especially during the summer, when the sun was amazing. The sunset was really wonderful. When I climbed the tree, I used to watch that sunset, it was a very beautiful landscape. I used to have great moments on the farm". (2/2010 - Antônio, Edilson and Monique)
"In the beginning, when the pangea still existed, we used to have many trees and many animals and vegetation. The sun used to shine bright and the climate used to be stable. After the humans arrived, the Earth changed radically and the nature was extremelly modified. The trees were replaced for concrete and builds and the sun didn´t shine anymore because all pollution". (2/2010 - Camilla, Marina and Stephany)
In the end, I showed them the animation based on the book and drawings by Shel Silverstein "The giving tree". They loved it.
Would X Used to
In order to practice the use of WOULD and USED TO, I showed my students the picture of a tree.
Students in groups were supposed to create a short story about that tree. They complained at first, claiming they couldn´t think of anything, but then, their creativity started flowing. When they finished, they read their story to their peers. They enjoyed the activity very much because they realized how creative and touching their stories turned out to be.
"When I was a child, I used to go to my aunt´s farm. It was very cool, I have good memories about this. I used to swim in the lake and spend hours climbing on the trees. In the end of the day, I used to watch the sunset and in the nights, I usually used to watch stars crash in the lake. I hope I will return there someday and check if the stars still shine in the same way". (2/2010 - Filipe, Kely and Sinara)
"When I was young, I used to go to my grandparents´ farm and there, I used to play outside in the garden. My favorite place to play was under the trees, especially during the summer, when the sun was amazing. The sunset was really wonderful. When I climbed the tree, I used to watch that sunset, it was a very beautiful landscape. I used to have great moments on the farm". (2/2010 - Antônio, Edilson and Monique)
"In the beginning, when the pangea still existed, we used to have many trees and many animals and vegetation. The sun used to shine bright and the climate used to be stable. After the humans arrived, the Earth changed radically and the nature was extremelly modified. The trees were replaced for concrete and builds and the sun didn´t shine anymore because all pollution". (2/2010 - Camilla, Marina and Stephany)
In the end, I showed them the animation based on the book and drawings by Shel Silverstein "The giving tree". They loved it.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Travel Tips
I and two other workmates are working on a digital project with our Advanced students. They are learning vocabulary and grammar used to talk about travel and vacation. So, during the time we have to cover the unit, they are supposed to find information and pictures of any place in the world. In order to have all this information in one place and therefore, to make it easier for us to find it, we created a wiki. travelandvacation.pbworks.com .
Travel Tips
I and two other workmates are working on a digital project with our Advanced students. They are learning vocabulary and grammar used to talk about travel and vacation. So, during the time we have to cover the unit, they are supposed to find information and pictures of any place in the world. In order to have all this information in one place and therefore, to make it easier for us to find it, we created a wiki. travelandvacation.pbworks.com .
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Friday, September 3, 2010
Authentic audience
Some of my students posted interesting material in the wiki. Take a look and leave a comment. They would be thrilled to see that there is authentic audience reading their writing and commenting on it.
Authentic audience
Some of my students posted interesting material in the wiki. Take a look and leave a comment. They would be thrilled to see that there is authentic audience reading their writing and commenting on it.
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