Methodology
Speaking/Spoken Interaction
Heathfield, D. Personal and creative storytelling: telling our stories / D. Heathfield // Creativity in the English language classroom. – London: British Council, 2015. - PP.44-50.
I can evaluate and select creative speaking and interactional activities.
Storytelling
Writing/Written Interaction
I can evaluate and select a range of creative writing activities.
Listening
I can design and select different creative activities.
"The Media "
Kerri talks about where she gets her news and info to keep in touch with the world. Listen, write down at least two resourses an report them to the class.
116-Kerri-Media.mp3Reading
I can evaluate and select creative reading activities
A Christmas Carol by Ch. Dickens, (adapted)
He was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching covetous old sinner! Nobody ever stopped him in the street to say, with gladsome looks, My dear Scrooge, how are you? When will you come to see me? Even dogs appeared to know him, and then they saw him, would tug their owners into doorways and up courts.
Once upon a time – of all the good days in the year, on Christmas Eve – old Scrooge sat busy in his counting-house. It was cold, bleak, biting weather, foggy withal. And he could hear people in the court outside, go wheezing up and down.
A Merry Christmas uncle! God save you! cried a cheerful voice.
Bah! said Scrooge. Humbug! If I could work my will, every idiot with Merry Christmas on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding and buried with a stake of holly through his heart.
Bertie and Storynory are pleased to present their first mini-play. Natasha plays many parts, including several ghosts who come to haunt the old miser Scrooge. She is joined by Robert Maloney, who performs as Scrooge with a wonderful snarling voice. Natasha and Rob who acted these roles in the Winter of 05 for Working Space Theatre which tours primary schools. We use this wonderful adaptation by kind permission of its author, Mike Betteridge.
A Merry Christmas Bob! – said Scrooge – A Merrier Christmas, Bob, my good fellow, than I have given you for many a year! I will raise your salary, and endeavour to assist your struggling family, and we will discuss your affairs this afternoon over a bowl of smoking bishop, Bob!
And it was always said of Scrooge that he knew how to keep Christmas Well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God Bless us Every One!
Vocabulary
I can evaluate and select creative activities which help learners to learn vocabulary.
Grammar
I can evaluate and select creative grammatical exercises.
Word /letter game
A jelous Jane was drinking some juice and jumping to the nearest bus stop to Jamaica.
Brainstorming
Framework
Creating poems
In it there is a notebook.
a mirror
a lunch box
There are some pens and there is a telephone.
Burrows, P. A Creative Approach to Teaching Grammar. – London: Bloomsbury Education, 2014. – 100 p.
Culture
I can evaluate and select a variety of texts and activities to make learners aware of the interrelationship between culture and creativity.
Look at this picture and answer the questions:
- Would you like to meet this girl?
- Is she a real ballerina or does she pretend to be a dancer?
- Is it her casual clothes and make up?
- What does Baccell feel?
Creativity
I can evaluate and select a set of special creativity facilitating methods (of problem finding, idea producing, analytical and complex groups) in order to encourage learners to develop their creative potential.
Topic : Internet
Questions for discussions:
1)What is the Internet?
2)What would the world be like without the Internet?
3)Could you live without the Internet?
4)Is the Internet dangerous?
5)What kind of technology will replace the Internet?
6)What annoys you about the Internet?
7)Are you addicted to the Internet?
8)What do you think of social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace and Bebo?
9)Can you remember the first time you used the Internet?
10)Do you think fingerprints or retina scans are better than ID cards?
The method Six Thinking Hats can help students become more productive, focused and mindfully involved.
four_hats_role_cards.pdfMind map
" Christmas carol" by Ch. Dickens
I can provide a creative learning environment (which comprises physical, psychological, virtual and biological spaces).
The creative learning environment in my place of work comprises the physical space (flexible furniture, materials, microclimate conditions, but it is not equipped enough for learning or creative processes. It is not provided by special equipment for students where the can drink water), the psychological space (support personal interests, inspire and motivate students of all levels, strive to carry out real-life learning projects thet really fire up students), the virtual space (use e-learning technologies) and the biological space (use multimodal approach, provide time flexibility for my learners).
Dyslexia Explained: What's It Like Being Dyslexic?
I can establish creative partnerships between my school and outside organisations or/and individuals.
Our school collaborates with LCC University, Lithuania. Each year students of our sc hool takes part in the contest of Public speaking competition.
We also collaborate with our local theatre for young learners in staging famous Shakespear's plays.
We would like to collaborate with British council to support our English teachers in attending refreshment courses for them.