ACTIVE LEARNING I
ACTIVE LEARNING I
- How to use stories
- Anticipating the story
- hearing and seeing the story
- checking the story
- role playing the story
- foster the values of the story
- How to use posters
General poster activities
• Before displaying the poster for the first time, pupils can anticipate and predict who and what they will see, within a topic area, and then see how many items they guessed correctly once the poster is visible.
• Pupils can create their own posters, based on a similar topic.
• Using a large piece of paper placed over the top of the poster (with a 5 cm hole cut out), pupils can be asked to identify what they can see through the hole.
• Through description, pupils can identify objects that are being described orally, e.g. We use it to communicate with our friends. (social media)
• With a time limit, pupils can look at the posters and try to remember as much language and content as possible and then in pairs, or led by the teacher, they can try to recall the content through questions and answers, e.g. What does she look like? (She’s tall and she’s got dark hair.)
• By pointing to an object and making a statement, pupils can reply Yes or No if the information is correct or incorrect, e.g. This is a coupon.
• In teams or pairs, pupils can write down as many words as possible for the items shown on each poster.
• At the beginning of each lesson, unit or term, ask pupils where they are on the Learning Adventure Poster by pointing on the map. This provides pupils with an opportunity for self-assessment, with instant feedback about their progress.
Poster 1. Learning Adventure Poster
Poster 2. Phonics and Spelling
Poster 3. CLIL.
Poster 4. Questions and answers.
