ACTIVITY Nº4 FODEY

Name:  "A non-smoking campaign"

Type: Pseudo-communicative

Focus: Writing

Communicative goal: Imperative

Vocabulary focus: Health

Recycled Language: Musn´t prohibition

Target class: 7th form

Grouping Scheme: Pair work

 

Description: .As a final step of a non –smoking campaign create a package with a warning for people to stop smoking.
This is a nice activity to grow concern on health awareness in students and at the same time to foster their writing skills.

Evaluation criteria:

1. Grammar 
2. Appropriate range of vocabulary.
3. Spelling
4. Creativity
5. Meet datelines

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ACTIVITY Nº3 MAKE BELIEFS COMIX

Name:  "At a restaurant"

Type: Pseudo-communicative

Focus: Writing

Communicative goal: Future "Will" for immediate decisions

Vocabulary focus: Food

Recycled Language: "Should" advice

Target class: 4th form

Grouping Scheme: Pair work
 

Description: .Write a dialogue in the comic strip.Include the following expressions:
                                    
Waiter:       Good afternoon/evening Sir /madam
Customer:  Can I see the menu,please?
Waiter:       Certainly.Here you are.
                    You should try the________ .It´s today´s special

Later...

Waiter:       Are you ready to order?
                   What are you going to eat/drink?/Would  you like something to drink?

Customer:   I´ll have fish and chips/salad/spaghetti/grilled tuna and cheese on rye
                     I´ll drink/coke/sparkling water/wine
                                          
Waiter:        Anything else? A dessert/coffee/tea?

Customer:   No,thanks/yes please/I´d like the bill,please.

 Waiter:       That´ll be $______

Customer:   Here you are and keep the change/This is your tip.

Waiter:       Thank you! Have a nice day!

Evaluation criteria:

1. Grammar
2. Appropriate range of vocabulary.
3. Spelling
4. Creativity
5. To meet datelines

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ACTIVITY Nº2 ANIMOTO

Name:  "Holiday Pics"

Type: Pseudo-communicative

Focus: Writing

Communicative goal: Past simple 

Vocabulary focus: Sports and weather

Recycled Language: Adverbs of time and manner

Target class: 6th form

Grouping Scheme: Solo

Description:  Write a paragraph on a word document about your last holidays and make a  video choosing your best holiday pics.

Use these expressions to write your paragraph: 

                                         Last year/two years ago/summer/winter my family and I went                                to _____.

                                        The weather was lovely!/ sunny/stormy/cloudy/windy  and warm/hot/cold.

                                         We got up very early/late every day to go to____.

                                         My mother and father went on swimming/skiing  and my sister/brother/cousin/aunt,etc played football/basketball/volleyball 

                                        We had such a good time/ bad time
because_______ 
                                         
                                        
                                      
                                       

Evaluation criteria:   

1.     Appropriate range of vocabulary. 
2.   Grammar   

3    Punctuation
4    Spelling

5.     Creativity

6.     Meeting datelines.



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ACTIVITY Nº1 GO ANIMATE

Name:  "A day on the Beach"

Type: Pseudo-communicative

Focus: Writing

Communicative goal: Present Continuous 

Vocabulary focus: Weather

Recycled Language: Present Simple

Target class: 5th form

Grouping Scheme: Pair work

Description: Create a video .
Situation: You are  on holidays  with your family and one of your best friends.Now  you are on the beach  having a dialogue with your friend.
Include  expression such as: 

                                         Every year my family and I come to _____.
                                         My father loves____,my mother likes_____
                                         Now  we are having such a good time/ bad time
because_______ 
                                         
                                         My brother/sister is __ and ______
                                         My mother and I  are____
                                         The weather is lovely!/ sunny/stormy/cloudy/windy  and warm/hot/cold 

Evaluation criteria:   

1.      Appropriate range of vocabulary. 
2.   Grammar.     

3    Punctuation
4    Spelling

5.     Creativity

6.     Meeting datelines.


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FODEY

WHAT YOU CAN DO

To create activities such as a final step of a non –smoking campaign. 

HOW TO DO IT

Students have to select the option cigarette packet

Then they will have to invent a brand

Write a warning label

And finally click on generate to see the final outcome and download the image to their computer.

WHY YOU SHOULD USE IT

This is a nice activity to grow concern on health awareness in students and at the same time to foster their writing skills.


This is the website link:

http://www.fodey.com/generators/cigarette_packet/generator.cig


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MAKE BELIEFS COMIX

WHAT YOU CAN DO

It is meant to create your own comic strip in a fashionable and entertaining way.

HOW TO DO IT

• First you can choose among two, three or four panels to produce your comic strip

• Then you select a character

• Once you have done that you click to select objects and scenes

• You can choose a “talk balloon” or a “thought balloon”

• You can add a background colour if you wish

• You review and edit

• Once you have done that you can print it or e-mail your comic strip.

WHY YOU SHOULD USE THIS WEBSITE

Creating a comic strip is a good activity to elicit student´s creativity while they put into practice their writing skills and have fun at the same time. It is targeted to any level of students


Here is the link:

http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/

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ANIMOTO

WHAT  YOU CAN DO IN THIS WEBSITE:

Animoto helps you to produce  video clips either with pictures or uploading other recordings and giving them your personal touch. 

HOW TO DO IT

• First open an account. Short videos are for free.

• Once you have an account  select a style for your video: dance party,autumn,inkwell,etc.

• There are two video options.One is to  purchase a video and the other is to  make a 30 seconds video for free.

• After that you decide if you upload your pictures or videos from your computer,Facebook ,Flickr,Picasa,etc.

• Then there is a variety of music from which you can choose.

• Another option is to add text.

• Finally preview your creation and if you want you can edit the video as many times as you wish. 

• And last but not least the final step is to produce it and share it in Facebook,Twitter , e-mail or just download it in your computer.

WHY YOU SHOULD USE THIS SITE FOR TEACHING

This type of activity fosters student’s creativity and can be done at any level.

This is the web link:

http://animoto.com/


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Make your own slide show at Animoto.


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GO ANIMATE

WHAT YOU CAN DO IN THIS WEBSITE

You can make simple videos in which you can create your own characters and give them different settings and appearance. It is aimed for any level since students have to develop their own stories and can use the grammar and vocabulary they are able to.

HOW TO DO IT:

• First you have to open an account. It is for free!  

• Once you have signed up all  you have to do is to follow the templates. You can choose  either to produce a short story or a movie just by  clicking on the desired option.

 

• Then select a suitable setting for your story.

• After that choose the characters that are appealing to you.

• Now  write your own story. Be creative!

WHY YOU SHOULD USE THIS SITE FOR TEACHING:

 Because this is a good way to encourage students to  write stories in a funny and entertaining way and  to allow them to be in contact with technology at the same time which is something most students  love.

This is the link:

http://goanimate.com/videomaker

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Animación de marcelaperez2001 by marcelaperez2001 on GoAnimate

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