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COVID-19 Advice for the Public (World Health Organization)-Learn and Reflect

Pandemics: The Big Picture

“Pandemics: The Big Picture” από World Economic Forum διατίθεται με άδεια χρήσης CC by-nc-sa-2.0

STEP 1: Load the following link. Read and/or watch the basic measures that WHO (World Health Organization) proposes to protect yourself and others against the new coronavirus. Use an online dictionary to help you with vocabulary.

https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public

STEP 2: Take two online quizzes to check your knowledge on coronavirus.

https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/fact-or-fiction-how-much-do-you-actually-know-about-coronavirus-covid-19

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/17/learning/News-Quiz-Coronavirus.html

STEP 3: Answer the following questions.

QUESTIONS: Which basic protective measure from the ones you read in STEP 1 do you find the most difficult to follow? Why? What can you do/have you already done to refine your habits?  Is there any tip you can share to help others follow this protective measure? How can this measure help you and the community? How do you spend your day now that we are all staying at home?

Upcycled Wall Art

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Start the new school year with some hands-on motivation and upcycling! Old books or newsparer pages can be turned into wall art for students rooms by just applying some water colour or adding inspirational quotes. Get a few ideas below.

www.favecrafts.com  Bird-and-Text-Collage-Wall-Art

www.instructables.com How-to-make-upcycled-art-with-old-books

fineartamerica.com

www.shutterfly.com

The Singing Tree: An Interactive Installation

Technology, art and inspiration have combined into a glorious interactive Christmas tree in the halls of the  world’s largest museum of decorative arts and design, the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London. Every year, the museum commissions a designer to create a Christmas tree for the Museum’s Grand Entrance. This year, it’s the set designer Es Devlin who has installed a mesmerizing, constantly changing audiovisual Christmas tree, to which you are asked to contribute. You don’t have to be in the city to do so. You can actually do it online! Watch the video below to see how this year’s tree was made, where Es Devlin’s inspiration came from and how people actually transform the tree. For more information visit the relevant page and if you feel like it, contribute your own wish-word to the tree!

https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/christmas-tree-installations

 

 

Back to School Activities and Motivation

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Browsing around for new school year first day ideas, I came upon some activities that would be interesting to try out. I also found some classroom posters that are really cool. So here they are:

1] TeamExercises is a youtube channel full of team games that can be used throughout the school year. You can absolutely find a game to start the day!

2] A first day lesson proposal that uses poetry and can match all levels.

3] Just a reminder for Categories, the classic vocabulary game that most students love playing and can be adapted to match a first day by asking for classroom objects or school subjects or school routine verbs!

4] Free download colourful icebreakers along with suggestions on how to use them.

5] 10 Motivational Posters for Your Classroom to brighten up the space and also generate discussion about classroom rules and moods!

6] Finally, an article on how to be kind to ESL learners!

If crafting sounds as a more appealing first day activity, here’s an older entry with some ideas: last-minute-new-school-year-crafts

Are These Back-To-School Tips Good Enough For You?

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Happy or not, the new school year is starting soon and all kinds of tips and advice on how to prepare best for it swarm in mind. From back-to-school essentials to organizational skills or strengthening of social life all contribute to a hopeful and exciting school year.

The following USNews article, 3-Back-To-School-Resolutions-for-High-School-Students  by Alexandra Pannoni focuses on just three essential resolutions that can prompt speculation and discussion in the EFL classroom during the first days. Read the article and find out what these resolutions are. Then use the extra links to formulate a wider view on the issues involved so you can state your personal opinion.

The whole activity could also generate various writing tasks like opinion essays or a collaborative table of Best Tips For A Successful School Year.

EXTRA LINKS

Digital Footprint  by

kidsmart.org.uk

teachhub.com

teachthought.com

telstra.com.au

Extracurricular Activities by

education.more4kids.info

kidshealth.org