Welcome everyone! For your digital Portfolio Unit 0 (Revision) these are your tasks to be done on your PowerPoint:
SLIDES (=diapositivas)
SLIDE 1: cover for English, including your name and surnames, group (tutoría) and an image according to the subject.
SLIDE 2: a CONTENTS page
SLIDE 3: COVER My language biography: brief introduction of yourself and the languages you can speak
SLIDE 4: Graphic (round shaped) with the proportion of languages you can use (complete the spreadsheet accordingly)
SLIDES 5a, 5b, 5c 5d... (and as many as you consider for each language): a collage with the uses and contexts in wich you use those languages (and even the ones you want to learn in the future!)
Examples by student Rafael Medeiros: (for the European Day of Languages)
Once you are done with your language biography, let's start with the very first Unit on your book. So, you can add these new slides:
UNIT 0. COMMUNICATION
SLIDE 6 Revision: COMMUNICATION (look for pictures that reflect VERBAL and NON VERBAL communication)
SLIDE 7 VOCABULARY: non-verbal communication: look for images for the words on page 4.
SLIDE 8: GRAMMAR Present simple and continuous. Copy this image on your powerpoint and study it carefully!
What are they doing? Use the Present continuous to describe at least 5 pictures (you can use the negative as well):
GLOSSARY:
DIG: break up and move earth with a tool or machine, or with hands, paws, snout, etc.
STACK: arrange (a number of things) in a pile, typically a neat one.
SLIDE 9: Present simple and continuous. Do the activity and copy + paste your result on your slide. Try to explain the mistakes you did or doubts you had!
Do you know which letter used Romans to express number 10? If you want to unlock a 10 in your grades... dare doing these eXtra activities!
EXTRA X-FILES ACTIVITIES FOR THE 10!
SLIDE X1: Look for a picture of cultural greetings around the world and find a little explanation, for example: Indian nod, Maori hangi, Inuit nose rubbing...
Then, use this map: https://www.mytravelmap.xyz/?0 to look for the countries mentioned in the article (click on "Yo lo he visitado"= I have visited it). Copy and paste your final map and mention at least 5 countries/continents + greetings (you can find all 10!) using text boxes. You can find the flags of the countries as well.
CLASS MATERIALS
LISTENING: Remember the video on the Indian nod (or watch it if you missed it!)
This year I will be teaching 2nd, 3rd and 4th of ESO.
Ice-breakers for our first day at school! Activities to start using and improving your English in a fun way.
ESO1 and 2:
PASS THE BALL and introduce yourself. IN PAIRS: You can ask several questions to your classmate and then talk about him or her to the class.
In groups, pairs or walking around the class stopping at any random time indicated by the teacher or another student. You can have a list with question words and complete them: Who is your best friend? What is your favourite food? When is your birthday?
MY NAME + MY FIRST LETTER WORD
Introduce yourself just saying your name and another word in English beginning with the same letter as your first name (you can choose a particular topic, i.e. animals), for example: I'm Ann Ant, I'm Bern Ball, I'm Carles Cat... Then, we'll try to remember these nicknames.
GAME: End up with a game: stand up and form a circle, and each student say a word related to a topic (e.g. SUMMER). When a student says a word that does not fit or remains silent, sits down and gets eliminated. The last one standing up is the winner.
An extra activity could be to introduce basic instructions in English and hang a poster with them, e.g.: How do you say ... in English? Excuse me I'm late, can I come in?
ESO3 and 4:
ASK ATTACK: Draw a big question mark and let students ask you questions. Write them down to ellicit error correction (sentence structure)-, other students can help in the right word order/grammatical correction.
LIE DETECTOR: You say three sentences about yourself, two are true, one is false. The class have to guess which one is the lie. The more surprising your true sentences are, the better! If you have proof of it, show them! E.g.:
I have been to Malaysia, Australia and Vanuatu this summer.
I have learnt some Bahasa Indonesia language.
I have been parachuting.
GUESS WHO: in this case, your teacher asks you to write an anecdote about your (e.g. this summer) or a hobby you have, and collects them from you. Then, they are read loud and the class have to guess who is the person who wrote it.
NOTE FOR TEACHERS: It is important to set the assessment criteria in the first day, too. Make it in a clear and concise way, but make all the information available. They can be asked to be the markers of a particular text (written or oral) to experience the way the teacher is going to mark compositions or oral skills.
Exemplify compositions with a good layout and a really bad one to exaggerate the contrasts and make clear what is the model to follow.
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: 40% Procedures (what you do: compositions, speaking, listening, reading, grammar, vocabulary) 30% Concepts (what you know: written tests, oral tests) 30% Habits (how you do it: homework, dossiers/portfolio, punctuality)
Written compositions: Speaking: Reading: Pr. Presentation 20% Pronunciation 20% 2nd ESO Short stories Acc. Accuracy 20% Accuracy 20% 3rd ESO Short stories Fl. Fluency 20% Fluency 20% 4th ESO Romeo and Juliet Str. Structure 20% Acting 20% + Voluntary reading Or. Originality 20% Content/Ideas 20%
Specify rubrics for each task.
Materials:
Blue and black pens for notes, green pen for self-marking, red pen for other purposes.
Plastic pockets and paper sheets.
Pencil, eraser, sharpener, ruler, scissors, glue for specific purposes.
Headphones (for listenings)
Books: Readers/Original materials (plenty of them in our library). You can fill in the reading worksheet and grade them, plus write a recommendation (why did you liked it? or not...). Make a collective poster/lino.
Textbooks:
Digital Students Book MacMillan INTERFACE
You will work on the digital book and sometimes write theory and some exercises in your notes (at the end you will have a dossier per each unit).
We will use laptops for acccessing materials, eventually tablets and smart phones when the teacher says so.
Flipped classroom: you will study the theory at home and do the exercises in class!
Digital portfolio (ePortfolio): see this example... are you eager? You can upload your writing, learning reflection/diaries and oral skills productions easily!
