I am an ELT teacher from Turkey, who is interested in teacher training, writing stories for children, reading literature, listening to music and watching movies. I love working with kids, and I will try to share my experiences in ELT area.
Friday, March 27, 2015
Hey there!
I am following this website on instagram and I adore Teo Zirinis’ works. Then I came across with this image one day. So I decided to use it as an introduction of “used to” with my 5th graders. I showed this picture on the board asked them what they see. Obviously they saw a ghost. We called it “she” I asked them about “used to”. “Is she alive? – No. / Can she be somebody? –No.” And they wrote some sentences about her previous life using “used to” like “She used to live in Paris. / She used to be a waitress.”
Then I went on giving some more examples about my own life. After that they gave some more examples about themselves to their partners. We discussed who in the classroom had the most interesting life- because some of my kids are really creative =) Then I concluded with a handout on the subject.
They loved the picture and the fact that they had a chance to find out what “used to” means by themselves.
You can check Teo Zirinis' works on his web site. You can order his drawings as t-shirts or art prints!
With my 5th graders we have been working
on The Past Simple and Past Continuous Tense these days. For the writing task we
wrote about one of our dreams using “when” and “while”.
For the task, I gave
them an A 3 page and in pairs they divided the page into 2 so that every one
can have one page. Together they wrote about their dream and draw a Picture at
the bottom.
Here are a couple of examples:
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Hey!
I told my 5th graders about Earth
Hour and they were really interested. First I asked them what they know about
climate change and they discussed some ideas. Then I told them about the Earth
Hour event and they really got excited. To be able to have a say against climate change is definitely exciting.
I’m not sure if they will really turn
off the lights for one hour, but to have that idea in mind is efficient enough –
for now.
Here is a video that I used in one
of my CELTA TPs.
We first talked about the holiday they had. Then I told them that we were
going to watch a video about running away. I showed some pictures of words that
I thought my students did not know. Then we watched the video by paying attention
to the order of events. You can watch it twice. Then I gave my students the
jumbled sentences of the story and asked them to put in order. Then I have them
check the answers together and with the handout I hung beforehand. After that,
they made questions and answers about the video. Then to sum up the target grammar
they asked some questions to each other by completing the blanks.
Here are the handouts:
The name of the video was Runaway. The boy took a bottle of soda from the bridge. He tried to
close the door, but the door didn’t close. The door handle fell down. The boy
and the fridge were sad. The fridge saw the magazine in the boy’s hand. The
fridge was sad. The boy went out. The fridge ran away. It walked on the street and saw new fridges
at the shop. The new fridges weren’t its
friends because they laughed at it. The boy went home and he didn’t find the
fridge. He looked for it. The fridge was in the scrap yard. The fridge wasn’t
happy, it was angry. The boy didn’t buy a new fridge. He bought a new door
handle. They were very happy.
The name of the video was Runaway. The boy took a bottle of soda from the bridge. He tried to
close the door, but the door didn’t close.
The door handle fell down.
The boy and the fridge
were sad.
The fridge saw the magazine in the boy’s hand.
The fridge was sad.
The boy went out.
The fridge ran away.
It walked on the street
and saw new fridges at the shop.
The new fridges weren’t
its friends because they laughed at it.
The boy went home and he
didn’t find the fridge.
He looked for it.
The fridge was in the
scrap yard.
The fridge wasn’t happy,
it was angry.
The boy didn’t buy a new
fridge.
He bought a new door
handle.
They were very happy.
Please put the words in order and
answer the questions
1.the
boy/ were/ friends/ the fridge / and ?
Were the boy and the fridge
friends?
Yes, they were.
2.the
fridge/ was/ black ?
___________________________________
___________________________________
3.the
door of the fridge / fall/ did ?
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
4.the
fridge/ happy / was/ in the beginning ?
________________________________
_________________________________
5.the
fridge/ run away/ did ?
________________________________
_________________________________
6.the
boy/ buy/ fridge/ did/ a new/ ?
_______________________________
_______________________________
7.the
boy/ what/ buy/ did ?
_________________________________
_________________________________
8.they/
were/ happy/ in the end ?
_______________________________
_____________________________________
Question form Short answer
Didyou/we/theysleep last night? Yes, I/we/they_____
Auxiliary subject infinitive
No , I/we/they______
Verb
_____ he/she/it sleep last night? Yes, he/she/it did.
Auxiliary subject infinitive No, he/she/it didn’t.
Verb
_________ he/she/it at home yesterday? Yes, he/she/it was.
Auxiliary subject
No, he/she/it wasn’t.
Were you/we/they at home yesterday? Yes, you/we/they ____.
Auxiliary subject
No, you/we/they _____.
When
___ you last go to the cinema?
What
____ the name of the movie?
_____
you like it?
______
it a comedy?
Would
you like to watch it again?
Hope you’ll like it! ^.^
Hey! This
will be my first post, so I'm really excited ^.^ I couldn't decide what to
post, but then I chose this. In this site there are some optical illusion pictures
gathered together. This might be a good writing prompt from grade 5 and above -
I guess.
If you're not interested in these photos, still you can use this site for your
own taste! It's great!