GREAT VIDEOS TO TEACH

In college we saw some interesting videos that can be useful in the classroom. We tend to give more importance to the video, but from it you can teach the students new vocabulary about the topics that had appeared. So my proposal is to create a workshop of textures and learn new vocabulary in a fun and dynamic way to be sure the students will not forget it!

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"THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR"

The story of the caterpillar is about how a little caterpillar grows up and gets fat while he eats. Every day he eats a little bit more until he is enough fat to make a cocoon. After some weeks he turns into a beautiful butterfly that comes out of the cocoon.

After seeing the video of The Very Hungry Catepillar, we would make a textures workshop in which students should touch the skin of the fruits, separate them by colors and smell them. Also, we will do the day of the fruit, where they will taste a piece of fruit for lunch.

"SIMON SAYS"

Simon Says is a game for three or more people. One participant is "Simon"which directs the action. The others must do what Simon says.

The trick is to listen to the magic phrase that is: "Simon Says". If Simon says "Simon says jump", players must jump or get out. If Simon says simply "jump" shouldn'tjump or you will be eliminate. In general, it is the spirit of the mandate that matters, not the actions; If Simon says "Simon says touch your toes", players must only show that you are trying to touch your toes. What is at stake is the ability to distinguish between valid and invalid requests, rather than demonstrate the physicalability to do so. Simon is up to everyone to try to get left out as quickly as possible, and work of each stay 'inside' as long as possible. The last of the followersof Simon on keeping gains (although the game does not always play to the end).

With this video we can teach the parts of the body. It can be useful to show the students a song and then we can create a mural all together. 

I hope you enjoyed this educational proposals!

Created by: MªJosé Inestal Santolaya.

LET'S GO TO DO THE GROCERY!

At the university,we were taught about the difference between teaching English by listening and teaching English by imitation and repetition. It has been an interesting class because it was a new knowledge for me, that I had never seen before. To put the theory into practice, we talked about making a class dictionary with the words that we are learning and activities like making the grocery. Also, we talked about the most appropriate expressions for each situation, needless to say that we always teach with a suitable level for the students.

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For teaching the students to make the grocery, we can divide the class into groups, some will be the vendors and the others the buyers. With toy's fruits and paper tickets we can recreate the activity of the grocery.

It would be nice to put a song of food for the students,because they need to learn the new vocabulary.

We can also teach them the answer's expressions like yummy or yucky, yes, I do or no, I don't.

A good idea will be to make a schedule of the meals. The students have to draw their meals into the holes. We can mix this with the days of the week and the hours.

I hope you enjoyed this educational proposals!

Created by: MªJosé Inestal Santolaya.