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May
13/12
ALL Middlesbrough: CLIL
Last Updated on Sunday, 13 May 2012 08:03
Written by Issac Greaves
Sunday, May 13th, 2012

!!!FREE CPD ALERT!!! ALL Middlesbrough CLIL Session 21st May 2012

The CLIL session (Content and Language Integrated Learning) on the 23rd May will be our third network meeting this academic year and with kind thanks to Liz Black, AST from the Stokesley area, will be a FREE event.

The event will largely focus on real-life example of work that will hopefully inspire you and other colleagues in your schools to join together in a cross-curricular manner.  I have invited staff from other departments in the school to also come along to get some ideas for potential future projects.

Here is the programme for the 21st:

16:00 – 16:30
Refreshments and chance to mix with colleagues.

There will be some Spanish style tapas kindly conjured up by the food technology department, if you could donate in the region of £1 towards the cost of this, it would be muchly appreciated.

16:30 – 16:35
Welcome by Issac Greaves Ormesby School, Middlesbrough.

16:35 – 16:45
Issac Greaves: Introduction to CLIL
Spanish, Art and ICT project

16:45 – 17:25
Liz Black:  CLIL throughout the curriculum with specific focus on Art/Drama/Music

17:25– 17:50
Issac Greaves: Student confidence and CLIL
Results of a small-scale enquiry combining French and Badminton

17:50– 18:00
Resources show and tell.  Please bring copies of any resources you are happy to share, and spend a minute or two describing them.

Event to be hosted at

Ormesby School,
Tothill Avenue,
Netherfields,
Middlesbrough,
TS3 ORH

Map for directions 

tel. 01642 452191
fax. 01642 446472

Contact Issac at allmiddlesbrough@gmail.com  or leave a message for more information.  Please feel free to comment below with any questions or to confirm that you will be attending.  Look forward to seeing/hearing from you!

May
05/12
Quiz-quiz-trade
Last Updated on Saturday, 5 May 2012 04:08
Written by Issac Greaves
Saturday, May 5th, 2012

Click image to get quiz-quiz-trade cards for topic displayed.

Activity

Students each have a small piece of paper/card like the one above with a phrase in the target language and it’s translation underneath.  Students mill around the room, when they ‘bump’ into someone student A will say their phrase in Spanish and student B has to translate (quiz), the same happens with student B’s card (quiz) if both students translate each other’s card correctly they trade, hence the quiz-quiz-trade.  To add an element of competition, ask the students to count the amount of times they exchanged and give a prize/raffle ticket/house point to the winner.

Equipment

  • A set of cards set out like the one shown above.  If you click the image above you will be able to take my full copy of ‘la hora’.  I have used paper and it is enough to be used several times.

Extension activities

  • Once the students have had a good practise, you could get them practising the same question and answers without support and do role plays in front of the class.

A good activity because…

  • It can be used throughout the key stages, and is particularly useful as an independent speaking activity.
  • You can use it to drill paragraphs, phrases or single words.
  • You can differentiate by having different coloured card/paper so all students know which level they have achieved.
  • Students like competition and it keeps them busy.  Just remind them not to stop after they have done it once.
  • It could be used as a plenary at any stage of the lesson to assess what has been learnt up until that point.
  • You can join in and drill specific pronunciation errors that have frequently occurred.
  • Every class I have done this speaking activity with have enjoyed it and participated fully.

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