Personalized Handshake and Students’ names

Publicat el 14 de setembre de 2017 per MIREIA XORTO PRADOS

Watch how North Carolina teacher Barry White Jr. greets every student with their own special handshake each day as they enter the classroom.

How do you think this contributes to team-building? And to personalized learning? What else could contribute to it?

Do you think pronouncing our students’ names accurately and respectfully is a true welcome into classrooms by teachers?

As a teacher, I always ask students what they prefer to be called. Do you think this matters?

What do you think it means when your teacher changes your name?

Read these three articles:

The Death of My Mexican Name (By Edith Treviño)

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Learn Their Names, Learn Their Story (By Aliza Werner)

The Names They Gave Me (By Tasbeeh Herwees)

What do you think? Comment on the stories you’ve read; you can summarize them, give your opinion…

[Thanks to Teach Thought for sharing the first video]

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Can dogs sense emotions?

Publicat el 10 de setembre de 2017 per MIREIA XORTO PRADOS

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Activities

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Reported Speech. Activities with movie segments.

Publicat el 26 de maig de 2017 per MIREIA XORTO PRADOS
Before watching the scene, talk to a partner about the following situations. Decide what you would do:
1) What would you do if you saw someone falling on the subway tracks? Justify it.2) If you saved someone’s life, would you expect a financial reward? Why/Why not?

3) Would you hide a secret in order not to hurt a stranger’s feelings? Why/Why not?

Now watch the scene and do the activities on the worksheet.

Theatrical release poster

Watch the scene and do the activities on the worksheet.

Before watching the scene, talk to a partner:

1. Are you a romantic person? Do you like romantic lovers? Why?

2. What kind of things does a romantic person do? Make a list of at least five different things.

3. What was the most romantic scene someone has ever done for you? Describe it.

Now watch the scene and do the activities on the worksheet.
Post-viewing discussion:

1. What is your opinion about this scene? Is it romantic or tacky?

2. Would you like your sweetheart to be more or less romantic? Why?

3. What do you consider important in a relationship? Rank the five most important things for a romance to work out.

4. Share your list with he rest of the class. Which one was the most voted?

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Weather forecast

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Shopping is great

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Activities

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City of Ember: Future continuous

Publicat el 4 de maig de 2017 per MIREIA XORTO PRADOS

On the day the world ended, the fate of mankind was carried in a metal box. Scientists and engineers met and decided to build an underground city to protect people for the next generations. they will keep the people in the city for 200 years hoping the world will be inhabitable then. In the box, there are instructions about how to leave the underground city. The people in this city, Ember, do not know there is an outside world.

Check the alternatives with the information you think will be taking place in Ember when the box opens in 200 years.

( ) 1. People still live underground
( ) 2. Citizens experience several power blackouts during the day.
( ) 3. The world is falling apart
( ) 4. Children live for playing.
( ) 5. Teens work hard
( ) 6. The city mayor will determine the population’s occupations.
( ) 7. People live in comfortable houses
( ) 8. People face serious difficulties
( ) 9. People own modern cars.
( ) 10. People work as engineers, doctors and scientists.
( ) 11. People work as electricians, potato peelers and messengers.
( ) 12. Citizens work on computers.

Now watch the segment and check if you were right.

Now rewrite 8 of the sentences in exercise B using the future continuous tense.

Ex: People will still be living underground.

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News stories

Publicat el 2 de maig de 2017 per MIREIA XORTO PRADOS

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In your groups watch the clip you’ve been assigned and choose one news story. Prepare a 2-minute presentation about it. Why did you choose this news story? You can also use the transcripts. Check all new vocabulary to pre-teach it to your classmates.

Group 1

Transcript

Group2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

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Books & reading speaking prompts

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Speaking Skills Questionnaire

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Film Activities)

Publicat el 28 de març de 2017 per MIREIA XORTO PRADOS

Before watching

The curious case of Benjamin Button is inspired by a quote by Mark Twain:

“It is a pity that the best part of life comes at the the beginning and the worst part at the end.”

What do you think that means? Discuss it with your partner. Do you agree? Why?

While watching activities

After watching

  1. What would you do if you were Benjamin Button?
  2. Would you change the end of the story? What would it be?

3rd Conditional Activities

Writing assignment: Choose option 1 or 2

Option 1

Think of the main events in Benjamin´s life, use your imagination to make up for the details you don’t know. Write his autobiography starting as follows (around 100 words): My name’s Benjamin, Benjamin Button, and I was born under unusual circumstances…

Option 2

Write a film review judging the good and bad things that you liked about the movie (around 100 words).

 

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