English in Israel has the wonderful advantage over all other subjects in that we do NOT have specific content which we must complete in a specific time frame. We can teach the English language using any content, the best being as relevant to our students as possible. Utilizing this advantage, try letting go of control over specific content and allow your students to choose some of the content they would like to learn about. Each student or pair of students can choose content which interests them and teach it to the rest of the class. Sound familiar????
All language skills may be used in the learning and teaching of new content. Students learn MUCH BETTER from their peers than they do from their teachers.
Let's make up some guidelines for simple projects, which will incorporate the 4Cs we learned about in Session 2 and where students can work independently and share knowledge with each other.
Show and Tell holistically incorporates the 4C's + Choice, getting to know your students, allowing for different levels and different personalities, creativity, fun, learning and a whole lot more. It is the ultimate combination and activity for the classroom. Show and Tell has shorter prep time for the student and perhaps less "research" time, but it does require more improvisation by the student than a longer practiced presentation.
Both have great value in the language learning classroom.
You can print out the sites and bring the pages to class.
Sit with your partner and his 2-3 sites.
Think and decide together which information you want to present to the class and in which order.
Write up your draft copy of the presentation and send it to your teacher to correct.
After she has marked what needs to be fixed, sit with your partner and correct the mistakes. Print out your final draft.
There are two parts to the presentation:
Decide with your partner, who will be doing which part or will both of you be doing both parts.
You can include a PowerPoint or a video clip but remember.....
Plan out your time carefully - you have 5-7 minutes total for everything.
Practice, practice, practice!
The more the better. Practice alone, practice together with your partner, practice with your dog! (It'll be fun!)
Remember:
Instead of oral presentations , you can also use the tri-fold poster board idea of displaying student's Show and Tell through writing and decoration. See this Pinterest site to the right for many ideas and templates to enthuse your students!