Mientras los chicos esperan al Easter Bunny con ansias, las teachers tienen que planificar (qué novedad!).
El año pasado, el post sobre Easter fue desde el punto de vista religioso, con actividades y lesson plans para adaptar. Si en las escuelas donde trabajan exigen que el tema de Pascuas sea tratado desde ese plano, clickeando aquí encontrarán varias ideas.
Y encontré aquí unos flashcards muy interesantes, además de actividades sobre textos bíblicos, ideal para nivel pre-intermediate en adelante.
Para los pequeños de jardín y los primeros grados, acá hay unas bonitas colouring pages, listas para imprimir. Y en este sitio, innumerables worksheets y printables, también para pequeños.
Me gustó también esta página donde hay word searches, board games, awards, señaladores, y hasta tarjetas, todos con el tema de Pascuas. Y aquí hay desde crafts hasta poemas y canciones.
Felices Pascuas y disfruten de esos días de descanso que se vienen!
Generalmente se celebra St Patrick's Day el 17 de marzo si esta fecha no cae en Semana Santa.
Tienen que preparar algo para esa fecha?
Empecemos con algunos lesson plans entonces...
Este plan es de un sitio americano donde explica cómo desarrollar un lesson plan especial para esta fecha. Fíjense, es fácil de adaptar y tiene muy buenas ideas. Y al final, una lista de resources.
Para nivel Elementary aquí hay un crucigrama basado en un texto. Está listo para imprimir.
Este plan es un listening comprehension explicando la historia de St Patrick's Day. Es un texto que pueden adaptar para muchos niveles.
Este también es un listening comprehension y es para Upper Intermediate level. Aquí encuentran de qué se trata y el link para bajar el mp3, o sea que después lo pueden copiar a un CD. Y aquí tienen el lesson plan listo para imprimir y aquí el worksheet.
Este es un reading, listening and speaking plan, bien completo, para nivel Intermediate a Advanced. Y éste también es para Advanced; es una speaking activity y es para aprender idioms con la palabra green.
Este otro está perfecto para First Certificate students! Donde dice mp3 clickeen así se pueden bajar el audio.
Para niños, actividades aquí tienen lo que imaginen! Sobre todo crafts, games y printables.
Aquí poemas y canciones. Y acá flashcards. Acá encontrarán diferentes actividades listas para imprimir, hasta colouring pages.
Y cómo los hago hablar? Y de qué? No se me ocurre ningún temaaaaa!!!
Se puede enseñar "speaking"?
Por experiencia puedo decir que un alumno adquiere fluency y vocabulario con tiempo pero siempre que el tema a hablar les sea interesante y tenga que ver con sus vidas o intereses.
No sirve de nada tirarle cualquier tema para que hable y hable y hable.
Y también es muy importante que la teacher se interese en lo que el alumno esté diciendo, por ejemplo, haciendo preguntas, sonriendo, haciendo eye contact, sobre todo...
Demás está decir que interrumpir para corregir no es una buena idea si lo que queremos es que nuestros alumnos se "suelten" a hablar.
Cuando los alumnos son de un nivel inicial, no esperemos que se sientan con mucha confianza para hablar. Una buena idea es hacerlos hablar en base a algún juego, en base a una lectura que hayan tenido, así pueden usar vocabulario y estructuras que ya vieron.
Teaching Speaking links:
Un poco de teoría y tips: aquí, y aquí para nivel avanzado. Y aquí, genial, unas muy interesantes preguntas para hacernos pensar.
Conversation lesson plans para todo nivel, clickear aquí. Acá también hay una lista interesante de lesson plans.
Aquí encontrarán unos videos interesantes, se ve diferentes estrategias para enseñar speaking, cómo desenvolverse en la clase, etc.
Para beginners/ elementary o children, divino este sitio donde tiene board games listos para imprimir y jugar, con personajes, counters, etc., a todo color!
También les invito pasar por aquí, un post del año pasado con recursos e ideas para el primero día.
Espero que los links les sirvan y desde ya les deseo buen comienzo de clases!
A mí me encantaba ver series cuando era chica, allá por los setenta. Y mi favorita era La Mujer Maravilla.
Más aquí en el tiempo, mi serie favorita, la que no me canso de ver nunca es Friends y The Nanny.
Y las de ustedes ? Cuáles son sus series favoritas? Las de ahora o las que veían de pequeños?
Aquí les dejo los videos de la presentación de algunas y las letras de las canciones.
Sing along and enjoy!
Friends
So no one told you life was going to be this way. Your job's a joke, you're broke, you're love life's DOA. It's like you're always stuck in second gear, Well, it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year.
But, I'll be there for you, when the rain starts to pour. I'll be there for you, like I've been there before. I'll be there for you, cause you're there for me too.
You're still in bed at ten, the work began at eight. You've burned your breakfast, so far, things are going great. Your mother warned you there'd be days like these, But she didn't tell you when the world has brought you down to your knees.
That, I'll be there for you, when the rain starts to pour. I'll be there for you, like I've been there before. I'll be there for you, cause you're there for me too.
Pink Panther
The Pink Panther
Think of all the animals you've ever heard about like rhinoc'ruses and tigers cats and mink There are lots of funny animals in all this world But have you ever seen a panther that is pink?
Think!
A panther that is positively pink,
Well here he is, the pink panther, The rinky-dink panther, Isn't he a panther ever so pink?
He really is a groovy cat, and what a gentleman, a scholar, what an acrobat !
He's in the pink - the pink panther The rinky-dink panther, and it's as plain as your nose, that he's the one and only, truly original, Panther-pink (panther) from head to toes !
Mr Ed
A horse is a horse, of course, of course, And no one can talk to a horse of course That is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mr. Ed.
Go right to the source and ask the horse He'll give you the answer that you'll endorse. He's always on a steady course. Talk to Mr. Ed.
Gilligan's Island
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, A tale of a fateful trip That started from this tropic port Aboard this tiny ship.
The mate was a mighty sailing man, The skipper brave and sure. Five passengers set sail that day For a three hour tour, a three hour tour.
The weather started getting rough, The tiny ship was tossed, If not for the courage of the fearless crew The minnow would be lost, the minnow would be lost.
The ship set ground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle With Gilligan The Skipper too, The millionaire and his wife, The movie star The professor and Mary Ann, Here on Gilligans Isle.
So this is the talel of the castways, They're here for a long, long time, They'll have to make the best of things, It's an uphill climb.
The first mate and the Skipper too, Will do their very best, To make the others comfortable, In the tropic island nest.
No phone, no lights no motor cars, Not a single luxury, Like Robinson Crusoe, As primative as can be.
So join us here each week my freinds, You're sure to get a smile, From seven stranded castways, Here on "Gilligan's Isle."
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman. All the world's waiting for you, and the power you possess.
In your satin tights, Fighting for your rights And the old Red, White and Blue.
Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman. Now the world is ready for you, and the wonders you can do.
Make a hawk a dove, Stop a war with love, Make a liar tell the truth.
Wonder Woman, Get us out from under, Wonder Woman. All our hopes are pinned on you. And the magic that you do.
Stop a bullet cold, Make the Axis fall, Change their minds, and change the world.
Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman. You're a wonder, Wonder Woman.
The Nanny
She was working in a bridal shop in Flushing, Queens, Til her boyfriend kicked her out in one of those crushing scenes. What was she to do, where was she to go She was out on her fanny.
So over the bridge from Flushing to the Sheffield's door, She was there to sell make up but the father saw more, She had style, she had flair, she was there, That's how she became the Nanny.
Who would have guessed that the girl we described was just exactly what the doctor prescribed?
Now, the father finds her beguiling, watch out C.C., The kids are actually smiling, such joie de vivre She's the lady in red when everybody else is wearing tan. The flashy girl from Flushing, the Nanny named Fran.
Mucho con Londres no tiene que ver pero es importante saber qué pasa en el mundo, no?
Aquí les copio el discurso que dio Barack Obama el día de ayer cuando asumió (Lo anunciaron "Mr Barack H. Obama", aunque cuando juró, dijeron su nombre completo, o sea, Barack Hussein Obama). Les sugiero que lo lean mientras lo escuchan.
PRESIDENT BARACK Thank you. Thank you.
CROWD: Obama! Obama! Obama! Obama!
My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.
I thank President Bush for his service to our nation...
(APPLAUSE)
... as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.
Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath.
The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forbearers, and true to our founding documents.
So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans.
That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age.
Homes have been lost, jobs shed, businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly, our schools fail too many, and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet.
These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics. Less measurable, but no less profound, is a sapping of confidence across our land; a nagging fear that America's decline is inevitable, that the next generation must lower its sights.
Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real, they are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this America: They will be met.
(APPLAUSE)
On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.
On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas that for far too long have strangled our politics.
We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.
(APPLAUSE)
In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling for less.
It has not been the path for the faint-hearted, for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame.
Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things -- some celebrated, but more often men and women obscure in their labor -- who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom.
For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and traveled across oceans in search of a new life. For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the West, endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth.
For us, they fought and died in places Concord and Gettysburg; Normandy and Khe Sahn.
Time and again these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better life. They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions; greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction.
This is the journey we continue today. We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year. Our capacity remains undiminished. But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions -- that time has surely passed.
Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.
(APPLAUSE)
For everywhere we look, there is work to be done.
The state of our economy calls for action: bold and swift. And we will act not only to create new jobs but to lay a new foundation for growth.
We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together.
We will restore science to its rightful place and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality...
(APPLAUSE)
... and lower its costs.
We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age.
All this we can do. All this we will do.
Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions, who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short, for they have forgotten what this country has already done, what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose and necessity to courage.
What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them, that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long, no longer apply.
The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works, whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified.
Where the answer is yes, we intend to move forward. Where the answer is no, programs will end.
And those of us who manage the public's dollars will be held to account, to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day, because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government.
Nor is the question before us whether the market is a force for good or ill. Its power to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched.
But this crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye, the market can spin out of control. The nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous.
The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our gross domestic product, but on the reach of our prosperity; on the ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart -- not out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good.
(APPLAUSE)
As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals.
Our founding fathers faced with perils that we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations.
Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience's sake.
And so, to all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born: know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and we are ready to lead once more.
(APPLAUSE)
Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and tanks, but with the sturdy alliances and enduring convictions.
They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we please. Instead, they knew that our power grows through its prudent use. Our security emanates from the justness of our cause; the force of our example; the tempering qualities of humility and restraint.
We are the keepers of this legacy, guided by these principles once more, we can meet those new threats that demand even greater effort, even greater cooperation and understanding between nations. We'll begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people and forge a hard- earned peace in Afghanistan.
With old friends and former foes, we'll work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat and roll back the specter of a warming planet.
We will not apologize for our way of life nor will we waver in its defense.
And for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that, "Our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken. You cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you."
(APPLAUSE)
For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.
We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and nonbelievers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth.
And because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.
To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect.
To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict or blame their society's ills on the West, know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.
To those...
(APPLAUSE)
To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history, but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.
(APPLAUSE)
To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds.
And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to the suffering outside our borders, nor can we consume the world's resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must change with it.
As we consider the road that unfolds before us, we remember with humble gratitude those brave Americans who, at this very hour, patrol far-off deserts and distant mountains. They have something to tell us, just as the fallen heroes who lie in Arlington whisper through the ages.
We honor them not only because they are guardians of our liberty, but because they embody the spirit of service: a willingness to find meaning in something greater than themselves.
And yet, at this moment, a moment that will define a generation, it is precisely this spirit that must inhabit us all.
For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies.
It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break; the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job which sees us through our darkest hours.
It is the firefighter's courage to storm a stairway filled with smoke, but also a parent's willingness to nurture a child, that finally decides our fate.
Our challenges may be new, the instruments with which we meet them may be new, but those values upon which our success depends, honesty and hard work, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism -- these things are old.
These things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history.
What is demanded then is a return to these truths. What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility -- a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character than giving our all to a difficult task.
This is the price and the promise of citizenship.
This is the source of our confidence: the knowledge that God calls on us to shape an uncertain destiny.
This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed, why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent mall. And why a man whose father less than 60 years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath.
(APPLAUSE)
So let us mark this day in remembrance of who we are and how far we have traveled.
In the year of America's birth, in the coldest of months, a small band of patriots huddled by nine campfires on the shores of an icy river.
The capital was abandoned. The enemy was advancing. The snow was stained with blood.
At a moment when the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt, the father of our nation ordered these words be read to the people:
"Let it be told to the future world that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet it."
America, in the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words; with hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come; let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations.
El año pasado tuve la alegría de conocer a Mirta Polla. Mirta dirige la cultural inglesa P.E.T. (Practical English Teaching) Argentina. No conforme con eso, también entrena NLP a distancia.
Mirta, trabajadora incansable, luchadora, optimista y profesional (como lo es cualquier teacher que se precie como tal) me invitó a que diera unas charlas a sus alumnos sobre cómo es vivir en Inglaterra.
Me sorprendí gratamente al ver este poster a la entrada del lugar! Me sentí toda una celebrity!
Dí dos charlas, una a los niños y otra a adolescentes.
Mientras preparaba la presentación aquí en Londres, me preguntaba qué podría interesarles a los chicos. Y comencé a mirar la ciudad desde otro punto, pensando "Qué me sorprendería de Londres?" Qué me gustaría aprender?"
Entonces, ustedes se reirán, pero comencé a sacar fotos de toda la ciudad pero de cosas que nadie saca: los diferentes tachos de basura, los especiales que hay para chicles y colillas de cigarrillo, los de reciclaje, los autos, lo que está pintado sobre las calles, infinidad de cosas.
Y a los chicos les encantó!
Guardo muy gratos recuerdos de aquel día (un año ya pasó, increíble!) y aquí les dejo unas fotos.
Sí! Me atrevería a decir que está por llegar el día más esperado por todos los alumnos!
Cuando trabajaba en Argentina, una de las primeras cosas que me preguntaban al empezar el año era "Miss, este año vamos a festejar Halloween?" Para su alegría, les decía que sí, pero eso significaba planificar algo más de lo que una siempre tiene que planificar!
Pero... Así es la vida de un teacher...
Bueno, vamos a lo nuestro.
Encontré este sitio fabuloso donde no sólo encontrarán games, crafts, recetas, lo usual, sino también stickers y awards para darle a los chicos como premio por haber ganado algún juego, etc. Tiene una sección de party planning donde verán que hay tarjetas de invitación y una sección genial que se llama Classroom Decorations donde pueden hacer click en dibujos listos para imprimir y decorar el salón. Divino.
Interesante también este sitio del British Council! Tiene hasta flashcards para imprimir, historias para escuchar y ver, actividades varias, dénse una vuelta por acá.
Y este último sitio es uno de Disney con actividades varias, muchos juegos y muy buenas ideas.
Además, les recomiendo darse una vuelta por aquí, lo posteado el año pasado, con otras listas de sitios para visitar.
Mientras los chicos esperan al Easter Bunny con ansias, las teachers tienen que planificar (qué novedad!).
