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Thursday 19 January 2017, 14:00-17:15
Chris Baldwin
Effective Use of IT to Explore Literary Texts in the Junior Secondary English Classroom
EDB Professional Development for Teachers 2016-17
All images © Mat Wright
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Saturday 18 February 2017, 9:00-12:15
Chris Baldwin
Effective Use of IT to Explore Literary Texts in the Junior Secondary English Classroom
EDB Professional Development for Teachers 2016-17
All images © Mat Wright
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Tuesday 21 March 2017, 14:00-17:15
Chris Baldwin
Effective Use of IT to Explore Literary Texts in the Junior Secondary English Classroom
EDB Professional Development for Teachers 2016-17
All images © Mat Wright
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Icebreaker
1.Do you use stories or poems or songs with junior forms?
Why?
2.What kind of support do your students need to appreciate
them?
3.Have you used any e-resources or aspects of IT with the
above texts?
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Housekeeping
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Source of images: Microsoft Office images and Open ClipartGlass of water: https://openclipart.org/detail/25330/glass (by Andrew)
Mobile phone: https://openclipart.org/detail/213535/icon-mobile-phone (by pitr)Coffee cup: https://openclipart.org/detail/22305/coffee-cup-icon (by krzysiu)
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IntroductionAbout today’s workshop
Aims:
(1) To introduce some e-resources which can be used with literary texts
(2) To take part in hands-on practical demonstrations to explore the e-resources, lesson methodology and staging
(3) To consider how to design activities and tasks to engage students with literary texts
(4) To reflect on the effective use of IT in the teaching and learning of literary texts.
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IntroductionPlot and character build
Engaging students in reading through sound
Sports poetry
Song lyrics and Poetry
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Introduction
What are literary texts?
Texts that have aesthetic value and are primarily for entertainment
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Source of image: Microsoft Office ‘Shapes’
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Why use literary texts?
Literature can make positive contributions to the language class in that:
It can be motivating and thought-provoking.
It provides meaningful (and memorable) contexts for new vocabulary and
structures, thus encouraging language acquisition and expanding students’
language awareness.
It provides access to new socio-cultural meanings, offering opportunities
for the development of cultural awareness.
It stimulates the imagination, as well as critical and personal response,
thus contributing to the major aim of educating the whole person.
Introduction
Summary from source: Claudia Ferradas ‘Enjoying Literature with Teens and Young Adults in the English Language Classroom’
in BritLit: Using Literature in EFL ClassroomsRetrieved from: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/britlit-using-literature-efl-classrooms
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Example
Ballads – Year 31. (Non – Authentic) Ballad
– form, rhythm
2. Write own
3. Background Information
4. Traditional Ballad – Analysis
5. Traditional Ballad – Listen
6. Sing
Introduction
Source of images: British Council secondary course materials (Hong Kong)
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How can literary texts be used?
Classroom work with literary works may involve pre-reading tasks, interactive work on the text and follow-up activities.
Introduction
Effective staging:-
• Pre-reading
• While reading
• Post-reading
Source of images: Microsoft Office ‘Shapes’ and Clipart
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Introduction: pre-reading and prediction 1
illustrationsshort video clip
sounds
to speculate on storyto predict elements
to gain context
develop a plot in groups
before reading
to tap into imaginationto activate narrative
patterns / content
Common techniques and why we use them
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Introduction: pre-reading and prediction 2
provide chunks of storystudents predict by
completing gaps
to expose to narrativeto engage imagination
and language
‘narrative building questions’
ask questions about the story Ss are to read
to engage verballyto engage imagination
to have preceding content to compare or contrast with
Common techniques and why we use them
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Introduction: preparing for reading / while reading
colour first line of each section
A pre-reading stage provides opportunities to encounter anduse the language in the narrativeThis can enable easier or increased access to the full text
preparing and managing the text
to help manage by chunks and track reference
read in sections – respond to one area
e.g. focus only on character or on plot
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Introduction:- preparing for impact through language and literary devices
Extract from short story ‘The Pink Bow Tie’ by Paul JenningsAvailable at British Council LearnEnglish Teens
Source of text: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/literature-uk/pink-bow-tie
Well, here I am again, sitting outside the
Principal's office. And I've only been at the
school for two days. Two lots of trouble in two
days! Yesterday I got punished for nothing.
Nothing at all. I see this bloke walking along
the street wearing a pink bow tie. It looks like
a great pink butterfly attacking his neck. It is
the silliest bow tie I have ever seen. '’What
are you staring at, lad?' says the bloke.
Butterfly: impactful image using a simile
Lad: colloquial word for ‘boy’
Bloke: informal word for ‘man’
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Introduction:- range of post-reading activities
Cline of activities to explore concept to creativity to language
Narrativeexplore characters’behaviourattitudes andpossible motivations
Poetry / Songidentify rhythmpractise aloud in groupsgenerate lyrics on a topic for the rhythm
Out loud workuse small groupsdivide up the textcreate a choral groupto read aloud
Creative responsecreate a new characterchange the outcomewrite a flashback or a flash-forward
Language workIdentify & highlightphrases in contextfind synonyms
Common techniques
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Introduction: recap
Why do we use literary texts? What common activities do we use and why?
a socio-cultural and aesthetic resourcewhich can appeal to imaginative, cultural and creative aspects of ourselves
provides access to a wide range of ideas, content and textual patterns
carefully developed tasks at three different stages (pre-, while-, post-)can improve the aesthetic and learning experience that students have and the value they assign to these texts and creative work more generally
practical tasks such as colour-coding, chunking and segmenting the text, using audio recordings of sections of text can support the depth of accessand enjoyment that students experience – making good learning memories
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Practical demonstration 1 – Short Story Openings
Short Story OpeningsKey features: openings, plot, character
Aims
Motivational: to engage students to read, analyse and respond to an opening
Analysis: to consider ways for students to notice key features of stories
Source of image: https://openclipart.org/detail/16258/open-file-drawer (by Johnny_Automatic)
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How do stories
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start?
Discuss:- which type of opening could the images below show?- what effect would they have on the reader?- why would the reader want to read on?
Source of images: Microsoft PowerPoint ‘Shapes’
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How do stories
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start?
a shock statement for impact
in media res (Latin)‘in the middle’ of dramatic action
pop culture:about half of James Bond movies start this way (Wikipedia)
non-linear time for cause / result
flashback (Greek: analepsis)showing what happened before
flash-forward (Greek: prolepsis)showing what happened later
combining:shock and non-linear time frequently work togetherSource of images: Microsoft PowerPoint ‘Shapes’
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How do stories
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start?
an assembly to set mood
dialogue, objects, events or characters gathering at a key moment, a puzzle
Shakespeare:Three witches gather to prophesy Macbeth’s future – the rest of the play shows how it happens
interior monologue to (re)position reader this creates a perspective and frame of reference for experience of events within the story
history nugget:early thought bubbles were ‘speech scrolls’ in Central AmericaSource of images: Microsoft PowerPoint ‘Shapes’
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Short Story Openings
The following pattern of 5 sentences is inspired by the opening of the short story:
‘Finders Keepers’ by Frank Brennanin the anthology, ‘The Fruitcake Special and Other Stories’ Level 4(Intermediate) by Cambridge University Press
Find out more about this book at:
http://www.cambridge.org/us/cambridgeenglish/catalog/skills/cambridge-english-readers/fruitcake-special-and-other-stories-level-4
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Discuss with a partner
o What type of character is she?
o Would you like to get to know her? Why? Why not?
o What do you think she does in her free time?
Source of image: Microsoft ‘Shapes’Trainer to distribute text
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Mary Chow seemed like an everyday office worker.
She often carried a small bag and a lunch box, and wore a black jacket, a white shirt and a black skirt.
She wore heavy-rimmed glasses and tended to walk briskly with her head down as she was always thinking.
For the past fifteen years, she had worked in a stationery office indowntown Hong Kong and had rarely taken a holiday.
How would you finish the following sentence?
On her weekends, however, she was a
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Mary Chow seemed like an everyday office worker.
She often carried a small bag and a lunch box, and wore a black jacket, a white shirt and a black skirt.
She wore heavy-rimmed glasses and tended to walk briskly with her head down as she was always thinking.
For the past fifteen years, she had worked in a stationery office indowntown Hong Kong and had rarely taken a holiday.
How would you finish the following sentence?
On her weekends, however, she was a getaway car driver.
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Practical demonstration 1 - Short Story Openings
What does she take in her ‘getaway car’?
Hot dogs? Secret
technology?
Antiques? And why?
Source of image: ‘Open Clipart’Antique bike: https://openclipart.org/detail/180205/antique-bicycle (by SOlvera)
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Tick what information we read about in the introduction
Her name
Her family
Her clothes
Her shoes
Her job
The way she walks
A little bit about her behaviour
What she thinks about her clothes
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Tick what information we read about in the introduction - check
Her name
Her family
Her clothes
Her shoes
Her job
The way she walks
A little bit about her behaviour
What she thinks about her clothes
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Practical demonstration 1 - Short Story Openings
In 5 sentences, we learn about…- Her job and how long she has done it- The way she looks and walks- The way she holds herself (head down)- Her approach to holidays (rarely takes one)We may find the character uninteresting, but then…
in one single, fifth sentence…
we learn something dramatic, improbable and …
STORY WORTHY
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In this session, we’ll call this…
the shock sentence technique
Discuss:- what impact does this have
on the reader?- do you want to read on? Why?
Why not?
Source of image: Microsoft ‘Shapes’
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For example:-
Media: Journalist
Finance: Bank clerk
Art/Design: Cartoonist
Science: Biologist
Medicine: Nurse
1Choose
a job
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Let’s write one
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For example:-
ClothesStature /stance
Appearance Gait
Approach to work?
2Build
acharacter
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3Addthe
shocksentence
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On weekends, however, she was…
Source of images: https://openclipart.org/detail/1048/karate-1https://openclipart.org/detail/241551/bowl-with-chopsticks (by Liftarn)
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How can technology help us develop this opening?
Toondooan easy and fast way to create comic strips
http://www.toondoo.com/
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How can technology help us develop this opening?
Toondooan easy and fast way to create comic strips
Let’s take a look
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Toondooo Re-work a narrative into a shorter texto Separate each idea into sceneso Increase the amount of dialogue or thought
Source of images: https://openclipart.org/detail/173604/caption-balloon-5 and Microsoft Clipart ‘comic’ search
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Toondoo – simple procedureso Introduce the task and Toondoo functionso Decide on key features of the literary text to useo Create the comic strip onlineo Use a pre-made guide sheet for peer commentary
Source of images: https://openclipart.org/detail/173604/caption-balloon-5 and Microsoft Clipart ‘comic’ search
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Reflection
1 How might Toondoo be a useful tool?
2 How can it be used to help students notice and work with key features?
3 What aims and preparation would you need to support appropriately?
4 What preparation do you need for classroom management?
5 How much time do students need to prepare a Toondoo? (in / out of class)
6 How would you give feedback on Toondoo work?
7 Are there any issues you would anticipate?
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Reflection
1 How might Toondoo be a useful tool?
2 How can it be used to help students notice and work with key features?
3 What aims and preparation would you need to support appropriately?
4 What preparation do you need for classroom management?
5 How much time do students need to prepare a Toondoo? (in / out of class)
6 How would you give feedback on Toondoo work?
7 Are there any issues you would anticipate?
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Considerations
o Toondoo can be used to help students interpret the text visually
and in sections
o It can help you check students’ understanding of the story
o Preparing for it can give a reason to students to study the text closely
and analyse it
o It can help you see if students have understood and can use
a selection of key features
o Peer reflection and commentary
o Formative assessment
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Practical demonstration 3 – Sports Poetry and Enquiry-based learning
Sports Poetry andEnquiry-based learningKey focus: onomatopoeia
Aims
Motivational: to engage students in poetic language through familiar sports
Awareness-raising and practice of: onomatopoeia, rhyme, imagery
Approach: enquiry-based or discovery-based learning
Source of image: https://openclipart.org/detail/213455/table-tennis-bw (by rdevries)
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Practical demonstration 2 – Creating a soundtrack
Sports Poetry andEnquiry-based learning
The websites used in the following demonstration are:
Poetry Soup, Poetry4kids and Poets.orghttp://www.poetrysoup.com/poems/sports
http://www.poetry4kids.com/topic/sports
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Discuss with a partner
o Do your students like reading or writing poetry? Why? Why not?
o What challenges do you face when teaching poetry?
o What’s an ‘enquiry-based’ or ‘discovery-based’
lesson to you?
Practical demonstration 2 – Sports Poetry and Enquiry-based learning
Source of image: Microsoft ‘Shapes’
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Your experience of sports poems
o Have you ever read a sports poem? What features did it have?
o Read one out loud to a partner
o Name two effects can you hear
o How do they achieve a poetic effect?
o Which words or phrases would your students
need help
(a) to understand?
(b) to pronounce?
Note: the poem used for this activity was written in-house by a teacher-trainer with permission to use
Practical demonstration 3 – Sports Poetry and Enquiry-based learning
Source of image: Microsoft ‘Shapes’
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Getting the most from sports poetry readingWhat other features would you expect to see in a sports poem?Consider the list below: which might interest your students?
Concrete: description of the sport: score / miss a goal, hit a ball
Physical: descriptions of people while playing the sport? lunge
Emotional: description of feelings after winning or losing? elated
Social or attitudinal: descriptions of how sports
can bring people together or separate them? team spirit
National – international: the feeling and responsibility of
representing one’s country pride and honour
Would you expect to read word images or imagery?
Would you expect to hear rhyme? rhythm? the sound of sounds?
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Onomatopoeia
Use any adaption of the following four key words and write your own definition:
(1) phonetic
(2) sound
(3) association
(4) name
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Onomatopoeia
Below is a table of onomatopoeic wordso Which ones do you think might appear in sports poetry? o Which sport, movement or equipment would you associate them with?
ping pong plop pop pow
rattle ring rumble rustle
slash splat splish splosh thud
Now, write three more of your ownWhich sport, movement or equipment do you associate them with?
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Onomatopoeia – find some examples
Use the following webpage to find a poem with some examples:o http://www.poetrysoup.com/poems/short/onomatopoeia
o Why was onomatopoeia used in those poems?
Over to youo You have read and listened to some example poetry
o You have identified examples of onomatopoeia that might be good for sport
o Now, it’s time to be creative
o Write a poem about a sport you like (or hate)
o Include at least one example of onomatopoeia
o And one other feature such as rhyme, imagery or rhythm
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Checking out sports poetry resources(1) Consider the proficiency level of your students(2) Go to two of the sites below that are closest to your students’ levels(3) Identify a poem from each website that exemplifies 1-2 poetic features
Easy and accessible languagehttp://www.poetry4kids.com/topic/sports
Intermediate level upwardshttp://www.poetrysoup.com/poems/sports
Advanced to proficient level (select and filter)https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/collection/poetry-and-sports
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Reflection
1 What categories might you use to help decide which sports poems to use?
2 What preparation may you need before you use a sports poem?
3 What type of language support might students might? When to provide it?
4 How would you scaffold sports poetry writing?
5 What would features of language and literary devices would you assess?
6 Are there any issues you would anticipate?
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BreakPlease be back in 10 minutes
Source of image: https://openclipart.org/detail/254262/hand-drawn-coffee-cup-line-art (by GDJ)
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Practical demonstration 3 – Engaging through sound
Creating a SoundtrackKey focus: atmosphere, emphasis and
dramatic tension
Aims
Motivational: to encourage intensive reading and creative writing
Awareness-raising and practice of: language to dramatise a text
Practice: reading a text aloud with meaning
Source of image: https://openclipart.org/detail/202347/listening-ear (by frankes)
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Creating a Soundtrack
The resource used in the following demonstration is:
‘Booktrack Classroom’- an e-resource which allows students to add a soundtrack and sound effects to their writing and share it with classmates to read
Find out more about this e-resource at:
https://www.booktrackclassroom.com/content/intro
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Creating a Soundtrack
In this demo, we use a short original poem using an opening question. The inspiration for an atmospheric poem starting with a question comes from:
‘The Listeners’ by Walter de la Marein the anthology, ‘The Collected Poems of Walter de la Mare’ (1979)by Faber & Faber
Find out more about this book at:
https://www.faber.co.uk/9780571080991-the-complete-poems-of-walter-de-la-mare.html
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Discuss with a partner
o Are your junior forms creative?
o Do they like to read? Do you read to them?
o How do they respond to texts that are read to them?
o What types of pre-task do use to prepareyour students for creative work?
Source of image: Microsoft ‘Shapes’
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Let’s create a soundtrack
o Work in pairs. Look at the pictures.
o Person 1: What sound effect would you give to each picture?
o Person 2: What background music would you choose?
Source of images: https://openclipart.org/detail/185175/galloping-horsehttps://openclipart.org/detail/237893/An-owl
https://openclipart.org/detail/20106/doorhttps://openclipart.org/detail/87961/spooky-house
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Add your sound effect to a poem
o Listen to a poem.
o When I point to your table, make your sound effect!
1 Who is out there?
2 A knock at the door
3 A hound speeds by
4 An owl screeches and hoots
5 The turn of the handle
6 The hinge of the door
7 A face appears – who’s out there?
This poem was written in-house by a teacher trainer to demonstrate images that could be use to prompt soundtrack and sound effects.
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Let’s look at ‘Booktrack Classroom’
https://www.booktrackclassroom.com/content/intro
https://www.booktrackclassroom.com/content/intro?bp50555=1
Source of images: https://openclipart.org/detail/195965/sound-wave
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Reflection
1 How might Booktrack Classroom be a useful tool in your context?
2 What do students need to do on Booktrack Classroom?
3 What type of checking and preparation work do you need to do?
4 Which types of students might Booktrack Classroom appeal to?
5 What would features of language and creativity would you assess?
6 Are there any issues you would anticipate?
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Resources for songs and poemsKey focus: accessible materials
Aims
Motivational: to engage students through popular music and interactivity
Awareness-raising and practice of: rhyme and lexical phrases
Source of image: https://openclipart.org/detail/120367/music-equalizer-4 (by Merlin2525)
Other resources for songs and poems
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Discuss with a partner
o Do you use songs or pop music in class? Which sort and why?
o How do your students respond to songs or pop music?
o Have you used IT-based poetry apps in class?
Which ones?
Other resources for songs and poems
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Discuss with a partner
o Do you use songs or pop music in class? Which sort and why?
o How do your students respond to songs or pop music?
o Have you used IT-based poetry apps in class?
Which ones?
Other resources for songs and poems
Source of image: Microsoft ‘Shapes’
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Lyrics Traininghttp://lyricstraining.com/
Look at the website and make notes on:
(1) Song selection
(2) Language levels / difficulty levels
(3) What you have to do
(4) What kind of feedback you receive
(5) Other things you can do
Other resources for songs and poems
Source of image: Microsoft ‘Shapes’
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Considerations
1 How could student pairs or groups work with this resource?
2 What type of issues might there be with this resource?
3 How would you go about selection?
4 What type of equipment might you need to complete a task?
5 How would you monitor progress using this resource?
Other resources for songs and poems
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Magnetic Poetryhttp://magneticpoetry.com/pages/play-online
Look at the play online poetry kits
(1) Use the worksheet provided to guide you
(2) Try to write a haiku poem
Could you use this resource with your students?
What preparation and support would be needed?
Other resources for songs and poems
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Reflection and thoughts
1 What type of poetry might you be able to write with this resource?
- a theme-based poem
- free verse (no structure)
- simple structured poetry (e.g. rhyming couplet)
2 Would you use it to help students work with word order in a phase or line?
Other resources for songs and poems
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Round up
We’ve covered:
(1) Key considerations - introduction
(2) Exploring resources
(3) Practical demo 1: Short story openings
(4) Practical demo 2: Sports poetry
(5) Practical demo 3: Creating soundtracks – writing & reading aloud
(5) Resources for poems and songs
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Questionnaire feedback
Please take a moment to complete our feedback questionnaire
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Please come and ask me any follow up questions
Thank you for taking the time to attend the workshop
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