WORLD BOOK DAY - A COLLABORATIVE READING IN CONFINEMENT -

WORLD BOOK DAY - A COLLABORATIVE READING IN CONFINEMENT

Even while living in confinement, we have to find the way to work with our students the different skills they'll need in the future. This is one of the reasons I've prepared some material to work reading for pleasure in a collaborative way. These are the steps of our task for this week in our Google Classroom:

• I've chosen two different adapted novels according to my group levels. 
• I've divided the pages into the students in each group. So they know which pages have to read aloud.
• Some tools and apps for revising their pronunciation and entonation have been provided.
• The task consists in recording a video of themselves while reading aloud the excerpts that have been assigned to them.
• After that, they'll send me the videos and we'll have a collaborative reading of the same book.

When I've posted the task on Classroom this morning, I've also included an evaluation guide, so they know how I'm going to grade their readings. I've only considered three criteria to grade this task, with three levels each one:

The task deadline is on Friday, so they have five days to prepare properly, the part of the book they have to read and record.

Finally, I've given to them some recomendations on films about these novels, and I've invited them to participate in a Kahoot Challenge, about Literature in English:

( https://kahoot.it/challenge/7bdfbe5a-2d26-44cf-8b77-487f34506a62_1587335814508)

I hope they definitely start loving literature!!!!!

Pic taken from http://highgreenprimary.co.uk/2020/02/world-book-day/

IDEAS ABOUT CHRISTMAS TIME AT SCHOOL

Pic from http://www.lovethispic.com/image/41124/christmas-time-in-london

It's time to start preparing activities for Christmas at school. 

You can find below some ideas I'm going to work with:

• Project CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD:

Pic from http://jayce-o.blogspot.com/2012/12/25-inspirational-christmas-poster-design.html

Group students in groups of 3/4 and make them choose one country. Their task is to search information and pictures in the Internet about how Christmas time is celebrated in the different countries they've chosen. 

They have to print the pictures in colour and write captions in English for each picture. These captions have to describe what is in the pictures.

Glue all the pictures and captions in a big poster that you can make with red paper. 

The different groups have to present the information they have compiled to the rest of the classroom.

• A contest of SHORT STORIES ABOUT CHRISTMAS:

Pic from https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/251574

It's an idea for higher level groups whose students are able to write in a proper English. You can provide some prompts so they can create their stories from them.

You can evaluate these stories by giving positive points or with quantity marks.

• Let's play to be VOICEOVER ACTORS:

Pic from http://saadstudio.in/recording.html

Choose some classic Christmas film extracts and get your students to create the subtitles for them or to record the dubbed dialogues.

It's a very funny and entertaining activity which help your students to improve their oral production in English.

LET'S FINISH WITH A SONG:

A DIFFERENT TEST FOR IRREGULAR VERBS

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ASKING AND GIVING DIRECTIONS

Today, we'll learn and revise how to ask and give directions. We'll work with different types of activities so we can practice all the skills.

Firstly, let's revise basic vocabulary:

Now, watch the following video explaining the different ways to indicate directions:

Practice with the following exercises:

Click HERE to do the exercises.

HERE you can practice with some listening activities.

More listening activities.

READING ACTIVITY

Look at the map:

Then, answer the following comprehension questions:

1. Excuse me. Could you please tell me where the da-da-da is?
   
   Yes. It's on Long Avenue between McDab's and the Parking Lot.
   1.   City Elementary School
   2.   Video Store
   3.   Court House
   4.   Grocery Store
2. Excuse me, I need a prescription filled. Can you tell me where the da-da-da is?
   
   Yes. The da-da-da is on Short Avenue across the street from the Library, between the Fire Station and the Bakery.
   1.   Drug Store
   2.   Grocery Store
   3.   Fire Station
   4.   Bakery
3. Can you help me? I am looking for the da-da-da. Do you know where it is?
   
   Sure, it's located across from the grocery store next to the Elementary School.
   1.   City Middle School
   2.   City Park
   3.   Video Store
   4.   Bakery
4. Hello. Could you tell me where the da-da-da is?
   
   Yes, the da-da-da is across the street from the City Park and next to the City Clinic.
   1.   Grocery Store
   2.   Day Care Center
   3.   City Middle School
   4.   Bakery
5. Can you please help me? I am looking for the da-da-da. Do you know where it is?
   
   Why, sure. The da-da-da is on Back Street, just south of the Elementary and Middle Schools.
   1.   Court House
   2.   City Park
   3.   City High School
   4.   Barber Shop
6. Can you help me? I am looking for the da-da-da?
   
   Sure. You can find the da-da-da on Back Street, between the Barber Shop and The Day Care Center.
   1.   Court House
   2.   Police Station
   3.   Beauty Shop
   4.   City High School
7. Pardon me, but I'm looking for the nearest da-da-da. Can you help me?
   
   Umm. . . I think the da-da-da is on Front Street across the street from the Elementary and Middle Schools.
   1.   Video Store
   2.   Bakery
   3.   City High School
   4.   Grocery Store
8. Excuse me, where is the da-da-da located?
   
   The da-da-da is located across the street from the parking lot on Long Avenue.
   1.   Bank
   2.   Library
   3.   Video Store
   4.   Mc Dab
9. Could you please help me? My car is missing. Where is the da-da-da?
   
   The da-da-da is on the southwest corner of Long Avenue and Back Street.
   1.   Police Station
   2.   City High School
   3.   Court House
   4.   Barber Shop
10. Excuse me, I am looking for the da-da-da. Do you know where I could find it?
    
    Yes. The da-da-da is on Short Avenue, across the street from the library.
    1.   Grocery Store
    2.   Fire Station
    3.   Bank
    4.   Bakery
11. Hi. I have a bad cough. Could you please tell me where the da-da-da is?
    
    Sorry to hear about that. You will find the da-da-da on the northwest corner of Border Avenue and Front Street.
    1.   City Park
    2.   Grocery Store
    3.   Bakery
    4.   City Clinic
12. My friend asked me to return these to the da-da-da, but I don’t know where it is.
    
    Oh, the da-da-da is on Short Avenue, across the street from the fire station.
    1.   Bakery
    2.   Library
    3.   Grocery Store
    4.   Drug Store

For more information about asking and giving direction CLICK HERE