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1. ENGLISH LANGUAGE
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
FOR BRAZILIAN TEACHERS
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
EUGENE – OREGON
WINTER - 2011

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3. Brazilian Teachers at pre departure in São Paulo

4. University of Oregon

5. Classroom Activities:
-Reader’s Theater
-Writing Creative Poems

6. READER’S THEATER
-CLASS IN GROUPS
-SEARCH PLAYS ON THE WEB / EX: “KEEP IN
MIND” – 8TH
YEAR / LESSON 12: “I HAD A
TOOTHACHE” – PLAY: “THE DENTIST”
-EXPLANATION ON “PROPS”:
-STUDENTS PRACTICE IT IN GROUPS
-FEEDBACK ON PRONOUNCIATION
-REHEARSAL
-PERFORMANCE DAY

7. Reader’s Theater Performance at the U of O

8. Reader’s Theater: Brazilian Context
Play: THE DENTIST
Characters: 2 (Patient and Dentist)
Props : teeth, bottle of glue
Patient: Good morning, doctor.
Dentist: (Very busy) Oh, good morning, Mr. Smith.
Patient : But I’m not...
Dentist : Have a seat, have a seat...now let’s see...(looks at patient’s folder,
then in patient’s mouth). We’ll pull all of these.
Patient : But doctor...
Dentist: Ah, yes. We’ll start here. (Begins pulling teeth and patient kicks
and turns and sputters).
Patient : But, but, but...

9. Dentist: Quite a beautiful job, if I do say so myself.
Patient; But I didn’t come here to get my teeth pulled!
Dentist: You didn’t? Aren’t you Mr. Smith?
Patient : No, I’m Mr. Jones.
Dentist: Uh, Oh.
Patient: Well, what are you gonna do now, doctor?
Dentist : Well, ah, here are your teeth back. (Hands back teeth). See if this
will help. (hands patient a bottle of glue).
(Patient chases dentist off stage)

10. Book: “Keep in Mind"

12. My group: teachers from Educação Infantil who are studying the
language for themselves and to develop some projects with their own
students.

14. WRITING CREATIVE POEMS
-CINQUAINE POEMS
-DIAMOND POEMS
-BIO POEMS

15. CINQUAINE POEM: Alarm Clock
Alarm Clock
Rude, Noisy
Ringing, Buzzing, Screaming
I lift my hand and slap it into the floor
Morning
TEMPLATE:
-Noun
-Two adjectives
-Verbs or adjectives in ING
-Sentence
-Noun (first line synonym)

16. DIAMOND (DIAMANTE) POEM: Studies
Studies
Unhappy, Difficult
Boring, Succeeding, Sleeping
Library, Pencil, Computer, Outside
Interesting, Failing, Exciting
Happy, Easy
Play
TEMPLATE:
-1 noun - top
-2 adjectives for top noun
-3 gerunds for top noun
-4 synonyms: 2 for top noun, 2 for bottom noun
-3 gerunds for bottom noun
-2 adjectives for bottom noun
-1 noun - bottom

17. BIO POEM: WALT WHITMAN
Walt
Poet, Journalist, Humanist, Free Verse father
Who loves writing, poetry, loving and caring for people
Who is afraid of war, discrimination, lack of inspiration, starvation
Who wants to see peace, human rights and equality
Resident of “Leaves of Grass” world
Whitman
TEMPLATE:
-First name
-4 adjectives
-Things person loves
-Things person is afraid of
-What the person wants to see
-Something related to where the person lives
-Last name

20. English Language Certificate for Brazilian Teachers

21. “If you can dream it, you can
do it” (Walt Disney)
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