21-12-2017, Amaliada (Photos by Ms Kotadaki)
On 21st December, 2017, our school advisor, Ms Marianthi Kotadaki, asked me to present creative activities that I have included in the lessons, as part of the day event entitled “Teaching English in the Technical School. Designing activities that foster learners’ motivation for all skills”.
My presentation was mainly about 3 activities, one per sector: Economics, Agriculture and Health.
It was a great chance to exchange ideas with dear colleagues!
The idea is simple: show your students a video in which the characters don’t speak (e.g. Shaun the Sheep or The Pink Panther). Then, show it again, but this time pause and ask them: “In this scene, if Shaun could speak, what would he say?”
That’s the easy way. A more time-consuming way is to printscreen scenes from the video, attach them on a piece of paper, divide the students in teams and let them decide what the character would say. Either way, they love it!
Here is what my “agriculturist”-students came up with after I showed them the episode “Troublesome tractor” from Shaun the Sheep.
As far as the Pink Panther video is concerned (“Super Pink”), after guessing what the characters would say, I gave them their own printed superheroes ( boy and girl )and they had to write about their superpowers. Yes, I’m talking about Senior High School, not Primary School! They equally enjoy this activity!
