martes, 1 de julio de 2014

Working together in the CLIL classroom

Hace unos días asistí a un seminario organizado por Richmond y Louise Connolly nos dio algunas ideas para trabajar con los alumnos utilizando materiales asequibles y con alto rendimiento. En primer lugar preparó una actividad en la que los alumnos tenían que pensar en una cadena de cuatro o cinco elementos y dibujar sobre unos cartones redondos (las bases de cartón que se utilizan para apoyar los pasteles) las diferentes fases; escogió "food chain" y nos hizo pensar en cómo se transforma un alimento y dibujar en cada cartón una imagen que lo representara. Por ejemplo un sol, la hierva, un conejo, un águila  y una seta ( The grass is the producer. The rabbit is a consumer because it easts the grass. The Eagle is also a consumer because it eats the rabbit. The fungi are the decomposers). El objetivo final es presentar la cadena de alimentación delante de la clase. Previamente se habían unido los diferentes cartones con un cordel y así se podía colgar en la pared del aula y servir como estímulo visual y recordatorio de la unidad.
 
Personalmente el uso de cartones es útil para preparar cualquier actividad, en mi caso y como actividad artística de fin de curso les pedí a mis alumnos de inglés (academia) que proyectaran con palabras, frases y dibujos lo que habían aprendido en el curso. Les resultó agradable y se mostraron muy comunicativos.
 
 
Como segunda actividad repartió unos sobres que contenían cinco Din A-4 de colores, lápices, rotuladores, pegamento en barra y tijeras. Teníamos que representar hábitats diferentes: un fondo marino, un desierto, un bosque lluvioso, un campo de cultivo etc,  y explicar los elementos que lo componen. Creamos un fondo, recortamos, dibujamos y pegamos elementos del paisaje elegido y luego lo presentamos delante de la clase. Fue divertido y una práctica oral excelente.
 
 
 
1. Characteristics of cooperative learning:
 
                    - Face-to-face interaction
                    - Individual Accountability
                    - Interpersonal and Small Group Skills
                    - Group processing
                    - Positive Interdependence
 
2. What are the benefits of cooperative learning in CLIL?
 
                   - Focuses on content and fluency (L2 competences/less correction)
                  - Creates frequent opportunities to speak and listen to L2/limits TTT.
                  - Active participation > pupils build deeper understanding of concepts.
                  - Positive Interdependence / Individual Accountability boost sef-esteem.
                  - Develops higher level cognitive strategies (planning, organizing, solving)
                  - Process of "negotiation" helps pupils to build on prior knowledge.
                  - Small groups > Anxiety is reduces & equal participation promoted.
                  - Autonomy and sociability strengthened through peer-interaction
                  - Creates real communication needs, increasing variety of speech acts.
                  - Reduces fear of making mistakes and increases motivation
 
 

martes, 17 de junio de 2014

Our favourite Theme Park

Disneyland Paris: Paula and Pau
 
Disneyland is a very  good theme park.
It's in Paris and you can go by train, car or plane. The best season to go is Christmas, because the decoration is very beautiful.
 
Parades are great. We like the "Big Hungred train " in Fronttlerland.
The park icon is Mickey mouse.
 
If you want to have a great night and to be with Mickey and Cia. , stay in The Disney Hotel.
 
The most beautiful atraction for all the ages is "The Big Musical World Tour".
 
 



Port Aventura:Anna, Andrea, Sara and Marc

Port Aventura is a theme park. It's in Tarragona, Spain. You can go there by car. The best seasons to go are Spring and Summer.
We like furius bako, "estampida" and Dragon Can. We like this theme park because it is a good place to stay for a weekend with your family and friends. The attractions are very funny and we can have  an amazing day. We think it is a great theme park.


                                                            Tibidabo: Sergi, Iker and Alex

It's in mountain Collserola, the best season is summer, you can go by car. We liked " Huracan", the Mirrors,  "Tronquitos" etc. We like this atractions because they are very exciting. Iker didn't enjoy the "Huracan" after eating his meal. He got sick.



 
Thorpe Theme Park: Michael


It's near London.
You can go by car, train, or bus.
The best season to go is  summer.
I like it because all the atractions were very beautiful.
And it was very cheap!!!



martes, 20 de mayo de 2014

Jokes

When does butter fly?
-When it is a butterfly!!!! :)      



There is a Spanish and a British man on a cruise, one day the British falls from the ship and he says "help, help!"and the Spanish says " I don't have gel, but I have shampoo".


There are two girls and the girl in the middle falls.


A boy makes a puzzle in 8 months. He says to her mother that it is a record. Her mother asks him why and he answers that in the box it says 4 to 6 years.



There's an airplane falling and everybody is jumping with a parachute but a silly man takes a box of tools thinking it is parachute, jumps and says:  Mine is a racing parachute!!!




martes, 6 de mayo de 2014

My favourite movie

                                                                   Insidious

It's a family. The devil possesses the children. The father goes to hell to save the children. They all come back home save and sound. Months later the family notice the father is different .He wants to kill the rest of family but the children go back to hell and save the father.
It's a horror film.



The book's thief
 
 
The book's thief is a drama of nazis. The story is about a girl who goes with differents parents and she discovesr new things about life.
I like this film because is a nazi drama and I like this type of films.

 

 
 
Nemo 
 
Nemo is a children film but I like it because it has a moral. There is a fish and his father. The fish gets lost and the father looks for him. In the end they meet.
 

 
The games of  hunger
 

 
We like this film because it is very interesting, and there are a lot of thriller.
 It is about a girl who lives in apoor district and she is  selected for a competition and she fights with the other people of the differents districts.
It is a cience fiction place. There are three books of the film.
 

 
 
 
 
THE IMPOSIBLE
 
 
 
It's about a family: a dad, a mum and two children that go to Thayland on holidays and one day a Tsunami happens and washes away the beach and the city and all the members of the family appear in different hospitals in Thayland, they get together again.
 
 

 
 
 
STAR TREK
My favourite film is Star Trek. It's about travels and wars in the space. I think it is an interesting
film because it is about the space and I like this type of films.
 

 
 
NOW YOU SEE ME
My favourite film is NOWYOU SEE ME. It is a film of magic and I like it because the tricks are really espectacular.
I have to say that it is very well done.
I recommend this film for children and adults.
 

 





Pocket money, against or for?

Reasons against:
  • Because if you buy things with your pocket money its the same that if your parents pay this things with her money, because the money of the pocket money is given by your parents.
 
  • Because to get good marks at school, and help your parents in the housework is your obligation
  • Because som children  spend the their money stupidly.
  • Because some children spend the pocket money to buy unnecessary things.



Reasons for:

- A child needs money for the future to pay his needs.
- Parents give money to children because they do some houseworks.
 Pocket money



Our story for Sant Jordi

We have created a story using a website called  Storyjumper

http://www.storyjumper.com/book/index/13675262

martes, 21 de enero de 2014

Sports and hobbies

I'm Sara Ferrés my favourite sport is hockey, I practice it.
My hobbies are riding horse because I like horses.
 I realy like drawing because my father draw very good and he teach me.
And I like acting because my friends and me practice it in the school.

I'm Pau Rosell and my favorite sport is climbing.
My favorite hobby is theatre, I do every Friday one hour and a half.
I like Reading fantasy books.
I like meeting friends every weekend.
My other hobby is watching films, I really like it!



I'm Andrea Leite  and my favourite sport is swimming.
I think is the best sport.I practice it.
I like it because it is very relaxing.
My hobbies are dancing and listening music.I love it.

I am Anna Risueño.
My favourite hobbies are dancing and listening to music. When I do homework I usually listen to music because it relaxes me. I like dancing because I do it very well.
My favourite sport is swimming because I really like it.

I am Paula Meza, my favourite sport is basketball. Because I play-it at school with my best friends.
My hobbies are drawing, because I love drawing different thinks.
And my other hobbie is reading books. I like Reading a book, because it is very entertaining.

I'm Leire Alza my favorite sport is basketball.
My hobbies are Facebook ,and watching movies.
My favorite hobby is eating Lacasitos.
And my other hobbie is running.

I'm Michael Da veiga. My favourite sport is football, because I
started to play it when I was four years old.
I think it' s the most interesting and the most exiting sport.

My name is Marc my favourite sports is snowboarding because I love snow and Winter too.
My hobbies are playing computer games and going to my camping and cyclying and trecking.




I'm Sergi Pérez,my favourite hobbie is scooter.
My favourite sport is football.
I like basketball because is very interesting.
I like tennis because is very exciting.

I`m Alex Ruiz and my favourite sport is football because
I play it. I also like ping pong and I won a competition
.My hobby is playing video-games. I also like listening to music.