Post on 29-Dec-2015
StorylinePoems
British Council
Write a poem about yourselfName ______________________
Title (of poem)_______________
I will never ___________________,
and I will never ________________.
Sometimes I will ________________,
And sometimes I will_____________.
But I will always_______________ and always remember to______________.
Because I’m me!
1.Tape your poem on the board.
2.Read all the other poems.3.Stick a post-it note next to
the one that you can identify with and explain why.
Sharing and Commenting
Write associations with the word “dreams”
www.bit.ly/1rX2JVV
Discussion: How can you use answergarden in your
classroom?
A Shared Dream Poster
Read the snappywords with the word dream on this link:
www.goo.gl/qgxNoA
Write sentences with different relations you find on the poster.
Dreaming is part of sleeping
Let Me DreamElizabeth McCrorie
I've neglected and _____________,All this pain.And today was filled withSo much _____________,I'm _____________ now,From all my thoughts.And I don't know how To make things stop!But I have a _____________Up my _____________To make things pause,For 8 hours at least.It comes late, after the sunHas _____________To the point were stars,Sparkle like _____________,
It's called a dream.My own little _____________A place where people don't even exist.But the things I love are _____________,It lets me _____________, for only a little while.Giving my life time to breathe.And handing me somethingI know _____________,Just let me dream.
Source: http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/let-me-dream#ixzz3P0PlhTbV Family Friend Poems
Find a friend with the same paper color of the poem. Complete the poem together. Guess the missing words.
Find your new partner according to the number on the back of the poem.
In new pairs, compare your versions of the poems.
I've neglected and regrettedAll this pain.And today was filled withSo much shame.I'm exhausted now,From all my thoughts.And I don't know how To make things stop!But I have a trick,Up my sleeve.To make things pause,For 8 hours at least.It comes late, after the sunHas vanished.
To the point were stars,Sparkle like magic.It's called a dream.My own little world,A place where people don't even exist.But the things I love are at my fingertips.It lets me run, for only a little while.Giving my life time to breathe.And handing me somethingI know I can keep.Just let me dream.
Let Me DreamElizabeth McCrorie
In pairs: what is the message of the poem? Are you touched by the poem? Discuss.
Trying out Shel Silverstin’s worksheetsFind your partner according to the color of the butterfly on the back of the poem.
Collocations Bingo game
_____________something off
To spark something off
___________ motivator
great motivator
_____________ an atmosphere
To create an atmospherePart of creating the right atmosphere is about encouraging people to behave in a manner that is in keeping with the style of your premises.
http://icap.org/PolicyTools/Toolkits/ResponsibleHospitalityGuides/AServersGuide/CreatingtheRightAtmosphere/tabid/143/Default.aspx
_____________ opportunities
Learning opportunities
_______________ texts
authentic textsAn authentic text is usually taken to mean a text which was not written for the language classroom, and which hasn’t been messed with – it retains its original vocabulary and grammar, and bits of the text have not been cut out. Preferably it is unprocessed, i.e. not retyped, so it still looks the same as it always did: the same font and graphics. In other words, authentic texts are written for any purpose other than language learning, and are intact rather than processed, adapted, or simplified.
http://oupeltglobalblog.com/tag/authentic-texts/
____________ a verse.
To contribute a verse. life is like a poem that we live. And everyone is allowed a shot at building on it and elaborating on the same work of art.
we should aspire to make a dent in the "circle of life".
Watch video from “dead poet society”
____________ writing
__________ easily adapted
To be easily adapted
____________ patterns
rhyming patterns
____________ as a starting point
To use something as a starting point
Ideas for teaching poems?Looking at ideas in pairs, writing pros and cons and voting for the best one. www.goo.gl/f1uQt8
1. Change the meaning/words of the poem to their opposites.
2. Role-play the poem.3. Mime the parts. Guess the words.4. Interview one of the characters in the poem, or the
poet.5. Give learners the title, and they write the words.6. Give the words and they write the title.7. Draw the poem.8. Give one verse, e.g the middle one and they write the
first and the final verses.
Ideas for teaching poems?
Participants will be divided into groups A,B,C,D. each group will get a poem. 1. Create an activity.2. You will be regrouped that each
new group has one person from groups A,B,C and D.
3. Role-Play teachers and learners: take turns teaching the activity.
4. Discuss: Which ones would you use with your own learners?
Microteaching Jigsaw