Saturday, December 31, 2011

Working with songs - part one



One of the songs I've been working on these last weeks, is "If that were me"
It is a wonderful song talking about homeless people.

Lesson Plan

Students listen to the song and try to write down all the "Wh- questions"

Compare what the students have noted and then ask them what the song is about, who is the singer talking to and finaly if they have experienced a situation like this.

Next step: Brainstorm vocabulary about "Poverty". You can use "Mind Maps" and colourful markers to make things more interesting.

I have also found some great worksheets on the internet if you have time to continue the discussion. Here and here.

There are so many songs to go on on this subject like





and




What I did with these two particular songs is to find and their stories on Wikipedia and cut them into paragraphs, and let students find which part goes where. They can work alone or in groups.

As homework they could make a poster or an article talking about poverty in the world or in their own country.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Xmas Activities


I thought I should post some links with Christmas activities we could all use in our classes these days
Goethe Institut Griechenland (Games, Stories, Adventskalender)

Christmas printables (English)

Christmas Worksheets and more

Christmas colouring picture

Christmas cards


You can do so many things these days, songs, arts and crafts, stories, drama, colouring and so much more!! Just be creative and feel the spirit of Christmas!

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