Inspiring speaking and writing ideas

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Modelling good practice

Sort through the cards + build up the case for each argument.
¿España?
¿El extranjero?
Your answer must be based on the information given. FIND YOUR EVIDENCE! Write down your conclusions in full in English.
with thanks to Neil Jones

with thanks to Neil Jones

Living graphs
© MFL Sunderland Resources

Intercultural Understanding
Holidays

Self-reflection
with thanks to
Helena Butterfield
www.langwitch.net

Extending sentences

Question?
Answer in 7 words
Now answer in 9 words

Table groups
Add one word person by person
- encourage them to catch each other out- COMPETITION
- then change groups / class competition

Provoking contexts

Intercultural Understanding
Daily routine

Sources to investigate
www.petitepipelette.posterous.com
www.mfljones.wordpress.com

Sources to investigate
www.clil4teachers.pbworks.com

Twist the question round
What did you not do last weekend?

Keeping it fun

Revision games
Pass the parcel
Vocabraces- 10 each on post-it
Vocabrace on mini-whiteboard, write 10 words on theme of... / sentence openers / preterite verbs
Self-written tests
Just a Minute
Being Bob
Character cards
Defend an opinion
Paper flickers

Active fun
If I could
If I were able to
If I lived in
I would like to
He said
We have just
They would go to
perhaps
We usually watch
They bought

What’s the question?
1999
David
Netball

Pupil bingo
years 10 / 11? Important not to let the fun disappear!
with thanks to Chris Harte, www.chrisharte.typepad.com

Springboards to writing
www.routesintolanguages.ac.uk/east/resources
www.mfljones.wordpress.com
http://bit.ly/kQQ9db

www.storybird.com
with thanks to Fiona Joyce, @wizenedcrone
mfl-storybirds.wikispaces.com

Easispeak microphones
www.easi-speak.org.uk

Flip cameras

Skype
Potential speaking homework
+ practises key skill
- can be put onto blog / wiki

Linguistic dexterity

Phonics- never too late
www.rachelhawkes.com
www.doonceandshare.wikispaces.com

The art of pausing
Language of speculation

Grammar for fun
Brain gym for verbs
izquierda= preterite
derecha = present
dos manos = future

Grammar for fun
Verb walks

Reading images
Who?Where?
Why?
What has just happened?What is about to happen?
Why?

Podcasting- what is it?
Digital audio recording
- role of editing in the learning process
- posted online
- commenting facilitates AfL

Podcasting- why?
- create guides (for Tourist Office?)
create their own listening exercises
peer grammar guides

Podcasting- how to?
What you’ll need
A microphone
Audacity
Lame FE

Self-checkers?

Do students understand the criteria?
6

J’habite au Basingstoke. J’habite dans une grand maison dans le centre ville. J’ai une petit chambre avec un grande lit. J’aime bien ma chambre parceque c’est ne pas trop grande. J’ai les cheveux long et blond, et j’ai les yeux bleu. Je suis 15. J’aime regarde les films au cinema, mais j’ai payer avec mon l’argent. C’est bien parceque il y a beacoup des films a le cinema.
20!

J’habite au Basingstoke. J’habite dans une grand maison dans le centre ville. J’ai une petit chambre avec un grande lit. J’aime bien ma chambre parcequec’est ne pas trop grande. J’ai les cheveux long et blond, et j’ai les yeux bleu. Je suis 15. J’aime regarde les films au cinema, mais j’ai payer avec mon l’argent. C’est bien parcequeil y a beacoupdes films a lecinema.
20!

My Speaking Checklist:
http://mrhockaday.edublogs.org/teacher/

Wieviele Punkte habe ich gekriegt?
http://mrhockaday.edublogs.org/teacher/

Writingassessment ~ “vacaciones” reflection
Check your draft against the criteria below to see how you’re doing
with thanks to Caroline Grant

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