The document outlines various activities and experiences in content and language integrated learning (CLIL), emphasizing the use of theater and other interactive methods such as spelling bees and storytelling to enhance language skills and cultural understanding. It details the organization of a spelling bee competition and highlights the educational benefits gained from these activities, including improved communication and teamwork. Overall, the document serves as a resource for integrating engaging learning experiences into language education.

1. (inter)Acting With Our World:
MATERIALS FOR CONTENT AND LANGUAGE
INTEGRATED LEARNING (CLIL)

2. Introducción
My experience:
•North American Language and Culture Assistant
•Student
Materials: mixture of LA activities and university projects.
•Theater as a tool for integrated / cross-curricular
learning.
•Spelling Bee: Cultural curiosity and fun with language.
•Storybird.com: “Art-inspired storytelling”.

3. Friends of the Forest
•Theater performance: Comenius “Green Globe” project
•How we did it
•Brainstorming / Storyline
•Roles
•Materials / Costumes

4. What We Learned
•Useful language “chunks”
Promoting •Pronunciation / Enunciation
environmental •Drama
awareness •Self Confidence
•Communication skills (non-verbal)
•Cooperation and teamwork
All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts […]
-Shakespeare (As You Like It)

5. Spelling Bee!
•What is a spelling bee?
•Why “bee”?
•Organization

6. Class Level:
•Step 1:
Preliminary writing exam to
select the contestants (10 max)
•Step 2:
Oral class competition to
select a class “representative”.
1º A

7. Cycle Level:
•Step 3: Representatives from each class
compete within their cycle to
select a cycle representative.
1º A 1º B 1º C 2º A 2º B 2º C
1º cycle
3º A 3º B 3º C 2º cycle 4º A 4º B 4º C
5º A 5º B 5º C 3º cycle 6º A 6º B 6º C

8. School Competition!
•Step 4: The three cycle representatives
compete for the title of “School
Spelling Champion”
1º cycle 2º cycle 3º cycle
•Inter-school competition: School
students only compete Spelling
within their cycle but Champion!
with students from
other schools.

9. What We Learned
•Alphabet
•Vocabulary
FUN!!! •Pronunciation (words and letters)
•Sportsmanship
•North American culture

10. www.storybird.com
•What is it?
•How does it work?
•Is it safe?
•Private/Public
Promoting •Student emails
Creativity •Applications in the classroom:
•Vocabulary
•Co-authoring
•Writing and editing
•Reading comprehension
•Blog/Wiki/Print

11. Thank You!
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to share! I hope you have as much
fun with these activities as I have.
Any questions?
•Friends of the Forest script:
http://www.slideshare.net/violap22/friends-of-the-forest
•Spelling Bee: lists, rules, etc.
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B3peaRO-RDKmdWc3VlMxbEkwZVU
•My own storybird:
http://storybird.com/books/the-perfect-shape/
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