use grammar with pictures feb 8 2013 (2)
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USE GRAMMAR WITH PICTURES TO PROMOTE STUDENTS’ INTERACTION
Presenter:ASTEVIA HAJNY
ASTEVIA HAJNY – ENGLISH TEACHERS’ TRAINING. MEDUCA 2013
Early bird Activity
Read this quote and share your ideas with the person next to you.
“Pictures help you to form the mental
mold.” Robert Collier
ASTEVIA HAJNY – ENGLISH TEACHERS’ TRAINING. MEDUCA 2013
Agenda1. Early bird activity
2. K-W-L Chart (STARTING)
3. Content and Language Objectives
4. Pictures and Grammar
a. People Pictures
b. Creating Captions
c. Cut-Up Stories
d. Partial Pictures
e. Picture Dictation
5. Group work
6. K-W-L Chart (CLOSING)
7.Wrap up the objectives
ASTEVIA HAJNY – ENGLISH TEACHERS’ TRAINING. MEDUCA 2013
K-W-L Chart
What do I Know
about Grammar and
Pictures?
What do I Want to
know about Grammar
and Pictures?
What have I Learned
about Grammar and
Pictures?
COMPLETE THE K AND W COLUMN !!!!!
ASTEVIA HAJNY – ENGLISH TEACHERS’ TRAINING. MEDUCA 2013
ObjectivesContent
Participants will be able to:
1.Be familiar with the use of pictures to teach grammar structures.2.Create sample activity based on the topic.
Language:
Participants will be able to:
1.Share their opinions about the Early Bird Activity.2.Read the agenda.3.Complete the K and W columns before starting the workshop.4.Read the Content and Language Objectives5.Listen to the presenter carefully.6.Work in groups of 4 to prepare an activity using pictures to practice grammar structures.7.Present the activity to the class.8.Complete the L column.9.Wrap up the objectives.
ASTEVIA HAJNY – ENGLISH TEACHERS’ TRAINING. MEDUCA 2013
Easy to do Grammar activities using pictures
ASTEVIA HAJNY – ENGLISH TEACHERS’ TRAINING. MEDUCA 2013
People Pictures
There are so many ways you can use people pictures. Here are some ideas to get you started.• 20 questions with famous people (is it a man? is he a singer?)• describing people using picture; what are they doing; What happened or what is happening? •create a story from the picture• write the sequence of a story for the picture and share.
ASTEVIA HAJNY – ENGLISH TEACHERS’ TRAINING. MEDUCA 2013
People Pictures
ASTEVIA HAJNY – ENGLISH TEACHERS’ TRAINING. MEDUCA 2013
Creating Captions• You can also do a lot with cartoons, news pictures, or oddly-
themed pictures. Have the students write their own captions to create a punch line.
• You can utilize news stories or current events and have them write short captions that tell what is happening in the picture using a reporter tone. I have even used newspaper cartoons by whiting out all the dialogue and ask students to fill in their own dialogue and/or captions
• You can give them perimeters or you can leave it wide open. • Challenge their critical thinking skills and creativity for
powerful results by asking them to think beyond what is happening in the given picture
ASTEVIA HAJNY – ENGLISH TEACHERS’ TRAINING. MEDUCA 2013
Creating Captions
ASTEVIA HAJNY – ENGLISH TEACHERS’ TRAINING. MEDUCA 2013
Cut-Up Stories• You can practice things like sequence, directions,
story-telling, and various tenses with cut-up stories. • Essentially it is a puzzle made of photographs.
Have a stack of 8-10 photographs that are related so that they can be put in some kind of order (sequence, what happened, solve a crime, etc.).
• Put the students in small groups and have them examine the pictures.
• Tell them what the goal is. For example, tell a story by putting these 7 pictures into an order.
ASTEVIA HAJNY – ENGLISH TEACHERS’ TRAINING. MEDUCA 2013
Cut-Up Stories
ASTEVIA HAJNY – ENGLISH TEACHERS’ TRAINING. MEDUCA 2013
Partial Pictures• This is a fun picture activity that can be
approached for low intermediate or above. • You can use more abstract pictures or artwork
for this activity. • Take a variety of photographs and paste them
on either construction paper or cardboard. • You will then want to cover up most of the
picture using squares of paper.
ASTEVIA HAJNY – ENGLISH TEACHERS’ TRAINING. MEDUCA 2013
WHAT IS IT?
Partial Pictures
ASTEVIA HAJNY – ENGLISH TEACHERS’ TRAINING. MEDUCA 2013
Picture Dictation• This activity is often a favorite of students. It is Pictionary on steroids and much more challenging.
• The best grammar activities to use this for are: there is/there are, prepositions of place or direction combined with house vocabulary, or what is happening in the picture.
• Put the students into pairs and give each student a picture, face down. Tell them to take a turn describing their picture to their partner with several sentences and descriptions. The partner has to draw what their partner tells them.
ASTEVIA HAJNY – ENGLISH TEACHERS’ TRAINING. MEDUCA 2013
STUDENT A STUDENT B
Picture Dictation
ASTEVIA HAJNY – ENGLISH TEACHERS’ TRAINING. MEDUCA 2013
GROUP WORKActivity
• IN GROUP OF 4, MAKE AN ACTIVITY YOU WOULD USE IN YOUR CLASS USING PICTURES TO TEACH GRAMMAR.
• THEN BE PREPARED TO PRESENT YOUR ACTIVITY TO THE WHOLE AUDIENCE.
ASTEVIA HAJNY – ENGLISH TEACHERS’ TRAINING. MEDUCA 2013
K-W-L Chart
What do I Know
about Grammar and
Pictures?
What do I Want to
know about Grammar
and Pictures?
What have I Learned
about Grammar and
Pictures?
COMPLETE THE L COLUMN !!!!!
ASTEVIA HAJNY – ENGLISH TEACHERS’ TRAINING. MEDUCA 2013
Wrapping up the objectives
ASTEVIA HAJNY- UNIVERSIDAD LATINA DE PANAMA- TRAINING CENTER, 2013
Content
Participants were able to:
1.Be familiar with the use of pictures to teach grammar structures.2.Create sample activity based on the topic.
Language:
Participants were really involved in:
1.Sharing their opinions about the Early Bird Activity.2.Reading the agenda.3.Completing the K and W columns before starting the workshop.4.Reading the Content and Language Objectives5.Listening to the presenter carefully.6.Working in groups of 4 to prepare an activity using pictures to practice grammar structures.7.Presenting the activity to the class.8.Completing the L column.9.Wrapping up the objectives.
ASTEVIA HAJNY – ENGLISH TEACHERS’ TRAINING. MEDUCA 2013
Contact Information
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ASTEVIA HAJNY- UNIVERSIDAD LATINA DE PANAMA- TRAINING CENTER, 2013
