Sandra MACABRE English teacher, eTwinning ambassador Middle school la Canopée, Matoury, French Guiana "Interdisciplinary approach of learning contents develop skills to our students"

1. By Sandra MACABRE
English teacher, eTwinning ambassador
Middle school la Canopée, Matoury, French Guiana

2. Background of our school
 Pupils :
 from different social classes
 Various ethnies,
 Many of them come from low-class families even if it is evoluating,
 Some pupils face important both school and personal problems.
 Major issues:
 Lack of autonomy,
 Lack of personal work at home and of motivation,
 Absenteeism.
 Language
 Equipement:
 a computer room with 16 computers but wifi is not good enoug.
 I have my own room equipped with an interactive board. I use my own laptop.

3. Background of our school
 Our secondary school La Canopée is located in
Matoury, a medium-sized town of French Guiana (one
of French oversea regions).

4. School key challenges
 Motivating pupils,
 Making learnings more concrete,
 Increasing self-confidence,
 Widening students’ minds through trans curricular
projects,

5. Learning objectives
 To improve foreign languages skills,
 To improve skills in History and Geography
 To improve ICT skills,
 To develop self-confidence
 To develop planning skills,
 To develop collaborating skills.

6. Learning activity 1
Realization of slides to present French Guiana to
partners of eTwinning and European projects:
 Study of documents with the History and Geography
teacher according to the curriculum,
 Personal research with the school librarian,
 Study of documents in English as a Foreign Language
(EFL),
 Visits,
 Oral presentation of their final production filmed for
peer-evaluation and feedback.

7. Learning activity 1
Realization of slides to present French Guiana to
partners of eTwinning and European projects:

8. Learning activity 2
Realization of interactive posters about French
Guiana fauna and flora:
 Study of documents with the Geography teacher and
the Biology teacher according to the curriculum,
 Personal research with the help of the school librarian,
 Webquests in English as a Foreign Language (EFL),
 Visit to the zoo.
 Use of eduGlogster and ImagesActives app to create
posters.

9. Learning activity 2
Realization interactive posters about French
Guiana fauna and flora:

10. Learning activity 2
Realization interactive posters about French
Guiana fauna and flora:

11. Learning activity 2
Realization interactive posters about French
Guiana fauna and flora:

12. Thank you
for your
attention!