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Writing activities (Advanced Didactics English Language)

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TALO activity  Click on the image to access the answer sheet. This activity can be done individually or in pairs. It is to review numbers and how to spell them. Each students should be given a printed sheet with the text and a printed chart like the following one. Evaluation   TAVI activity  Ready to swim? TASP activity Infographics is the union between the words information and graphic. It is designed to make data easy and understandable at a glance. It is normally made with an image accompanied by a short text. It must be simple and attractive.  In groups of 6 people, the students will have to collect interesting facts or amazing experiences from 10 people from the school, and create their own infographic.  Download the rubric clicking here

Speaking activity - Tour guides

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  Dear ICTeachers,  linking our learning to potential real life situations, is always inspirational.  Talking about the city or town we were born is clearly motivating.    Here is an activity in which students must to talk about important monuments or places from their own city/town as if they were tour guides. Since I am from Girona, the example is about this city, but it could be from anywhere!   Click on the image to access the sheet.    

Writing activity - Comic strip

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  Dear ICTeacher,    comic books are a great way to foster both creativity and writing skills.  Here is a scheme to use as a reference to create your own story.     Here is an example of a story created with StoryBoard That , a great online tool to create your own comic short story.     

Reading activity

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Dear ICTeachers,  Here is an attractive way to make reading interesting through an interactive sheet made with genially.  Find here a reading comprehension linked to a shared google document to write the answers.    Type of activity: reading Subject: what to do in summer    Go to the reading  Infographic resource: Kline, M. (n.d). 10 Super Fun Ways to Make Summer Last. Kids discover. https://online.kidsdiscover.com/infographic/10-super-fun-ways-to-make-summer-last  

Listening activity - Days of the week

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  Dear ICTeachers,  Although being a constantly used material, songs are always effective when looking for listening activities. Here is a catchy song to learn/review the days of the week, as well as reviewing how to write them. Find here a fill in the gaps sheet to work on the days of the week and on daily routines sentence structure.  Type of activity : listening.  Subject : days of the week. Link to the video   Activity sheet Planet Pop (2019, November 29th). Days of the Week. Learn English with ESL Music for Kids. [Video]. YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLdFvCJNtOk 

Resource - Game

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Games, a great way to learn  Yes! This is about a game, specifically a game called Dobble that has been adapted with vocabulary concerning the human body. The Human Body Dobble The game: this game has different versions using the same cards. All of the version have the same main goal, to identify and say out loud the names of the matching drawings. ⒸDouble Card Game - How to Play . Asmodee UK. (2013) [Video] YouTube Subject:  The Human Body - Vocabulary Concepts:  human body parts: heart, mouth, ears, arm, neuron...  Age : 12 / 6th grade Primary Use : Highly recommended to learn words and new vocabulary by repetition. The two archives you will find attached are to be printed. The Dobble cards archive is one whole deck. The Vocabulary Sheet has all the drawings and their names and can be used as a guide.  Available material :  1.  Human Body Vocabulary Sheet   (only for personal non...

Resource - Educational Work Sheets

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Learning vocabulary: Bones  On a previous post we talked about The Skeletal System Song . You can use this worksheet to complement the previous work on the song to make sure they learned at least some names. The Skeletal System · Bones                         ⒸICTeachers material  Subject:  The Human Body - Skeletal System Concepts:  bones' names  Age : 12 / 6th grade Primary Use :   You can use this worksheet to complement the previous work on the song to make sure they learned at least some names.  Available material :  Different Types of Bones Worksheet   (free use for personal non-commercial use) The Skeletal System Answers   (free use for personal non-commercial use)