First classes and beyond

Robert Campbell Rebecca Robb Benne Rob Metcalf

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Which country do you teach in? When does your school year start?

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Germany

5 Seconds of Summer

Groot

Germany

5 Seconds of Summer Bill Gates

George W Bush

Luis Suárez

Miley Cyrus

Groot

Cristiano Ronaldo

Lady Gaga

Germany

5 Seconds of Summer Bill Gates

George W Bush

Luis Suárez

Miley Cyrus

Groot

Cristiano Ronaldo

Lady Gaga

Ebola

Robin Williams

WW1

MH17

Team A

1. _______ won the World Cup. During the football competition, a record 171 goals were scored in 64 matches watched by one billion people.

2. ___________________ was the title of the first album by the Australian 'boy band' of the same name. The group became famous when they toured with One Direction. 3. Over 1,400 people died from the _______ virus in West Africa. WHO (the World Health Organisation) declared an international health emergency.

Team A

1. Germany won the World Cup. During the football competition, a record 171 goals were scored in 64 matches watched by one billion people.

2. 5 Seconds of Summer was the title of the first album by the Australian 'boy band' of the same name. The group became famous when they toured with One Direction. 3. Over 1,400 people died from the Ebola virus in West Africa. WHO (the World Health Organisation) declared an international health emergency.

Team B

1. David Beckham, __________, __________, __________, __________, __________ and __________ all took part in The Ice Bucket Challenge to raise money for ALS, a health charity. 2. Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, Rocket, and _____ were all characters in the summer blockbuster movie Guardians of the Galaxy based on the Marvel Comic. 3. On 4 August, people in Britain marked 100 years since the country entered World War One (________) by turning off their lights for an hour.

Team B

1. David Beckham, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lady Gaga, Luis Suárez, Bill Gates, Miley Cyrus and George W Bush all took part in The Ice Bucket Challenge to raise money for ALS, a health charity. 2. Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, Rocket, and Groot were all characters in the summer blockbuster movie Guardians of the Galaxy based on the Marvel Comic. 3. On 4 August, people in Britain marked 100 years since the country entered World War One (WW1) by turning off their lights for an hour.

3 things to remember

• Respect students’ knowledge and experience of the world.

• Encourage students to formulate opinions and ideas.

• Activate students’ prior linguistic knowledge.

• Get to know your students.

• Find out how much vocabulary students can remember after the holidays. • Design a class mascot.

• Help the students find their way around the school.

Activate and engage

ACTIVATE The role of lead-in activities

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ENGAGE

Clear aims Personalisation Cognitive engagement

Today we’re going to study the past simple.

Today we’re going to study the past simple.

Today you’re going to learn how to talk about completed

events in the past.

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Get students thinking

• Ask ‘concept’ questions

• Students complete examples

• Students work out the form

CHALLENGE AND CONSOLIDATE

• Review and feedback

Set personal goals, improve performance

• Review and feedback

Set personal goals, improve performance

• Additional resources

Consolidate and practise language

LEARN

RECYCLE AND REVIEW

PRACTISE AND CONSOLIDATE

Ebbinghaus forgetting and learning curves

Peer assessment

Source: MEOLS COP HIGH SCHOOL

Fantastic Good OK Not so good

NAME: ___________________ TOPIC:

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He/She introduces the topic of the presentation.

He/She talks about the topic in an interesting way.

He/She uses good pictures.

He/She looks at the class.

He/she talks slowly and is easy to understand.

He/She ends the presentation correctly.

CORRECTING WRITTEN WORK

Additional resources

• Journals

Glogster edu.glogster.com

Storybird www.storybird.com

• Ideas for the first classes of the new academic year

• Ideas to engage and activate your students throughout the year

• Ideas to challenge your students using review and additional resources

SUMMARY

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