MUSIC FOR THE SCIENCE CLASS

 

This song is an example of the Youtube channel, by ParrMr and  devoted to songs related to science in the classroom.

Shared and curated by Nuria Salgado. 

RUN-ON SENTENCES. How to avoid them

Shared and curated by Shawn Redwood:

This is a link to help you avoid writing run-on sentences. I have seen this is some of my students writing and it is a great resources to share with your students as well.

https://www.niu.edu/writingtutorial/punctuation/run-on-sentences.shtml

Run-on Sentences

A run-on sentence occurs when two independent clauses run together without proper punctuation or appropriate conjunctions.

Incorrect:

Raffi sings upbeat children's songs he is an excellent musician.

Correcting the Problem

Correct:

Raffi sings upbeat children's songs; he is an excellent musician.

Art in AI-motion: a mini lesson using Artificial Techology

 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KGtjo_A4zXYAtJrc_T6Sp1PXzQfQOSuJ/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=113476293133212747818&rtpof=true&sd=true

I have designed a mini lesson meant to be an interdisciplinary lesson among English, Music, Visual Arts and Technology using IA support. You will find that it can easity be adapted to any level.

The lesson deals with emotions, shapes, music  and the artistic experience through the works of Vassily Kandinsky. The lesson includes the use of  different Artificial Intelligence apps, free and really easy to use: Music Lab, google Arts, Mentimeter or Genially.

You can find the mini lesson attached and I hope you can use, adapt o inspire you.  

Clilck on the picture or in the link to access to the full lesson.

Shared and curated by Mariví de la Rocha

Language Teaching Through Art

 

Here is a great webite which gives ideas on how to use art in the classroom.

https://katiabrunetti2.medium.com/language-teaching-through-art-1e3e7a077d37

Shared and curated  by Shawn Redwood

And Nuria Salgado shares this newspaper about art: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/

PAINT YOUR PET

Did you ever want to paint your pet? Here's a great hack for transfering the outline makes that part so easy! No drawing! Here, artist @andrea.nelson.art used her tropical watercolor palette and brushes on watercolor paper.  Any color and most brushes will work. Have fun! 

Now you and your students can try painting any creature that would be quite a difficult task otherwise. 
Other great tips @kitchentableclassroom and https://www.kitchentableclassroom.com/


Painting My Dog

Shared and curated by Mary Marsell

STREET POETRY

Afrose Fatima Ahmed is a traveling poet who, along with her trusty typewriter, has traveled across the contiguous United States in pursuit of an idea of home. Born out of grief after a personal tragedy, Afrose’s project—”Poem Store,” impromptu typewritten poetry for strangers—is an opportunity to connect with other people in a common quest for belonging. 

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 At Atlas Obscura, our mission is to inspire wonder and curiosity about the incredible world we all share. See where we’re exploring here:

https://www.atlasobscura.com 

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Shared and curated by Eva Mª Díaz

Teaching prepositions of place through art

 Here is an activity that I did when I worked in a summer camp in 2015. You give your students sentences that contain prepositions of place. They have to draw the sentences and put the objects in the correct place. I have placed three examples below.

ART CHALLENGE

The Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California asked art lovers to post picture of themselves recreating their favorite works of art from the comfort of their own home. They were to recreate art with everyday things and the results were brilliant.

Have fun seeing what they came up with! How would you recreate with YOUR favorite work of art?

https://www.hiptoro.com/p/museum-asks-people-to-recreate-paintings-with-things-they-can-find-at-home-and-the-results-are-brilliant/

Shared and curated by Mary Marsell

SIX-WORD MEMOIRS

Shared by Shawn Redwood:

"Six-Word Memoirs® is a simple way to engage and inspire anyone and everyone to get to the essence of who they are and what matters most."

https://www.sixwordmemoirs.com/

You can use this as a lesson in your English Classroom. There are plenty of examples and prompts on the website. It is best to start out with examples to model what is expected of your students.

Show your students a picture or a work of art and have them describe it in six words. Give them a minute to write their sentence. You can even use a prompt.

Students will be challenged by this because they are used to writing long sentences. I have placed examples below from a PowerPoint I used in my teacher training sessions. I wrote the sentences for each picture.

I normally give them the art or photo. I use it as a way to start class and get students thinking about the topic. 

You can use it any way you wish. The beauty about this is that you can adapt it in class and put a spin on it. It also works with prompts. Look at the example below.

GAMES FOR CONVERSATION

 

Shared by Shawn Redwood:

This website also has games that you can download and use right away, especially for conversation and getting students talking in class, while making learning fun. The link is below.

https://americanenglish.state.gov/resources/activate-board-games

USING ART TO TEACH IN ENGLISH

 

Shared by M. Carmen Carbajo:

I would like to display three links related to art. The first, is packed with art lessons for kids and teenagers. Lessons are categorized by age, medium and grade.
https://kinderart.com/art-lessons-by-medium/

The second is a repository of digital images of the collections of The National Gallery of Art. On this website you can search, browse, share, and download images. It facilitates learning, enrichment, enjoyment, and exploration.
https://www.nga.gov/open-access-images.html

The third is a platform where you can find videos about art and artists from more than 50 cultural institutions from around the world.
http://www.artbabble.org/educators/

Shared by Shawn Redwood:

Here are some links to help you learn how to use art to teach English.

Teaching English through Art

https://neurolanguagecollective.com/edition-6-march-2021/teaching-english-through-art/

8 Brilliant Art Activities

https://www.fluentu.com/blog/educator-english/esl-art/

Please add more links to this thread. It is all about sharing resources

Shared by Santos Suárez:

I would like to share a recent study showing why integrating visual arts into English teaching can be a particularly appropriate and rewarding strategy. 

It is a brief article that offers an overview of how this topic has been investigated as well as the main conclusions that can be derived from the research carried out. 

Although it does not offer didactic suggestions (as the ones provided in this blog) on how to carry out this integration of the visual arts in language teaching, it offers arguments to understand why it is important to contemplate the integration of art in the teaching and learning process of a foreign language.

LINK: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344144548_Incorporating_Visual_Arts_into_English_Language_Teaching#fullTextFileContent

Shared by Remedios Gómez:

I'd like to share this section included in Google Arts&Culture webpage: https://artsandculture.google.com/category/artist?hl=es

It is a compendium of all the artists and styles from different periods; by clicking on each artist, you will find not only their history, but also all their works.

Shared by Nuria Sierra:

Here are a couple I've used to find information about famous paintings to prepare tasks for my C1 students:

https://historylists.org/art/20-of-the-world%E2%80%99s-most-famous-art-pieces.html

https://artanddesigninspiration.com/category/famous-painting-reviews/

Shared by Isabel Gejo:

English through Art (2011) by Grundy, Bociek & Parker is an amazing book that contains many activities for different levels. I have used in my lesson for many years.

Shared by María Esteban:

Create to Communicate. Art Activities for the english as a Foreign Language (efl) Classroom.

https://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/create_to_communicate_2nd_edition-508.pdf

Glass ceiling for B2 learners

Shared Ana Isabel Torres:

I am sending you an old video by a Mexican video-artist , Teresa Serrano, dealing with the topic of gender discrimination. 

The title is  'Glass ceiling' (Teresa Serrano,2008) and  I have used it with B2 students to introduce the topic and try to make them think about the possible causes and consequences for this unfair situation. 

Tolkien's inspiration in The Lord of the Rings

 

Shared by Mariví de la Rocha:

A pre sequel of The Lord of the Rings -but not quite the Silmarillion- will be soon on a tv platform (Gandalf help us!) and this is the excuse for me to bring you  some of the places which are said to have inspired Tolkien:

St. Edward’s Church, Stow-on-the-Wold

This entrance  seems to have inspired the Doors of Durin in the Lord of the Rings trilogy:

"It’s no secret that the ancient and magical yew trees of Britain have guided us for centuries and are shrouded in an air of mystery.  In fact, you’ll find most ancient yews in churchyards as they have a sacred status. The tree’s ability to regenerate from “deadwood” represents life, death, and resurrection which strongly echoes chapters of Christian texts."

There is a local legend that says that J. R. R. Tolkien visited Stow-on-the-Wold on his many tours of the Cotswolds while he was an academic at Oxford.  His brother lived in the market town of Evesham and they regularly met up at Moreton-in-Marsh at The Bell Inn pub too.

 The Tolkien Society has proven that the nearby Bell Inn of Moreton-in-Marsh was used as inspiration for “The Prancing Pony” in the town of Bree. They even had a special print made for the owners!

      

The Four Shire Stone on the A44 was confirmed as inspiration for the “Three-Farthing Stone”. This is mentioned in both Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit as the boundary marker for The Shire and its four farthings.

Source: https://thirdeyetraveller.com/st-edwards-church-stow-on-the-wold-door/   You will find videos and more information about these sites on the links above.

This graphic novel is a nice gate into Tolkien's world for you and as a reading book in the classroom. 

The Hobbit, by Chuck Dixon (Adapter), David Wenzel (Illustrator), Sean Deming (Adapter), J.R.R. Tolkien (Creator). Paperback, GraphicNovel, 133 pages

Published November 1st 1990 by Ballantine Books

Literary maps

 

Shared by Mariví de la Rocha:

I cannot visit a region, city or hamlet without a paper map. Then when I arrive to the site, I will buy a literary, historic, touristic, or vintage one.... sometimes all of them.

This is one of my favourites:

Shared by Sofía Belles:

I would give them a blank map, and the students would have to put different points of interest and explain them to their classmates.

Fostering speaking by "reading" illustrations: Anno's Journey

 

Shared by Shawn Redwood:

This is a great resource to foster speaking in the classroom.

Told through brilliant illustrations, a colorful, wordless book takes young readers on a wonderous tour of northern Europe, seeing its landscape, geography, and architecture along the way." The author also has written: Anno's Spain.

GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

 

Shared by Shawn Redwood:

Help your students classify ideas and communicate more effectively with these free graphic organizer templates, available for download. They can be used to structure writing projects and help in problem solving, decision making, studying, planning research, and brainstorming.

https://www.hmhco.com/blog/free-graphic-organizer-templates

Shared by Mariví de la Rocha:

these graphic organizers edited as nice classroom doodles, as a follow up of the ones shared in the unit.

I have found them in this instragram account which shares many interesting resources for the classroom:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CZETgQRsB4l/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Blog supporting lifelong learning

 

Shared by Shawn Redwood:

A community-driven blog supporting educators, building lifelong learners, and shaping the future of education.

There are many free resources for teachers.

https://www.hmhco.com/blog