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crazylemongirl
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
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 Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 5:59 pm Post subject: Art and ESL |
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One of my favorite start of camp lessons is to create name poems. Where the students use their name as an acronym.
I gave my students (1st grade middle school boys) a full 90 minutes to write the poem and then create a poster to go with the poem. Using some really nice paints and pencils they were to draw pictures to go with the sentences. I told them to try and use sentences and gave them an example using my name. I gave them a little help if they needed a word and corrected mistakes when they asked for it. The results were amazing. Nearly all the kids wrote these really interesting poems. Like
Yellow is my favorite color
I am 14 years old
But my brother is 15 years old
Orange is my favorite fruit
Really I'm not crazy
Apple is my favorite fruit
My name is Yi Bo-ram!
At the moment we are studying the princess bride and we're going to create a poster once we are finished for promoting the movie. I'm looking forward to seeing what they come up.
So what other art related acitvities do you do with your students? |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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Read Archie comics with the words whited out and have the students input a dialogue: hilarious!
Listen to hit English songs and talk about what it means, what feelings is there, etc.
That's about it. |
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blunder1983
Joined: 12 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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I found comics to be rather unsuccessful at my summer camp.
I got a simple calvin and hobbes with whited out sections and didnt have any luck in generating responses, just a lot of blank faces. After 15mins my co teacher and I went through and gave them the answer how we saw it.
Creating comics was met with the same confusion, or lack of interest, but half of the kids did try, the other half just looked bored.
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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I found comics to be rather unsuccessful at my summer camp.
I got a simple calvin and hobbes with whited out sections and didnt have any luck in generating responses, just a lot of blank faces. |
Of course! Calvin & Hobbes is very strange, heavy on commentary
and light on context, with dream sequences, heavy monologues,
deep reflections...
"It's all Latin to me!" They'll think.
There just isn't enough visual cues to discern what's going on, what to say.
Too heavy on the words, great words though, for a native speaker.
Don't blame the medium: comics are fine
if you pick a story or comic series which has a clear story development
or easily recognizable meaning to a scene or context.
Lots of physical action in many Archie comics.
Get the students to put words to them
or to describe what is happening:
Garfield has several straightforward strips.
Peanuts not so much, but some.
Archie comics has some but again not all.
One really has to pick and choose carefully. |
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blunder1983
Joined: 12 Apr 2005
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Bah i know C&V is hard, but i chose SUCH an easy one
C&V head to a tent with a book
Read book
Look scared
Hear noises outside
Tent opens
They peg it back to his mom
I dunno, I think ultimately the kids are
a. Not that interested
b. Not used to creative application of english |
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