This document outlines a Colombian TEFL action plan created by Olga Leonor Torres Sanchez for her eleventh grade English class at Colegio San Jose Norte IED. The plan aims to encourage students to improve their speaking and writing skills by transforming recyclable materials into art using modal verbs. It involves collaborating with a cancer foundation to raise awareness of recycling and hosting an art exhibition at the school using recycled materials. The 18-step plan spans from January to June 2019 and includes activities such as workshops on recycling, presentations on global warming, designing art from recyclables, and creating an ecological information stand.

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Name: OLGA LEONOR TORRES SÁNCHEZ Class: EleventhGraders– ColegioSan José Norte IED
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Research Question: How can recyclable materials be transformed into Art to save the planet?
Strategy: Promote collaborative learningteamwork “realize how plasticbottles, bags and all recyclable material canbecome useful to
protect the environment; Ss can lead written and oral campaigns to transform plastic into Art in an exhibition at school.
What steps must be taken to accomplish this strategy?
1. Colleagues´ Socialization – “English Project – TEFL Action Plan”
2. Awareness related to recycling, reduce and reuse (plastic, bags, paper).- Conference
and recycling workshop “Operadores de aseo, Bogotá Limpia”
3. Contact “Sanar”, its main goal is to help children with cancer. This foundation will get
a conference / speech to teachers and high school students about recycling and how to
contribute to save children´s lives and the planet, “reduce and reuse caps, plastic, bags
and paper.
4. Ss will register of sequence ofphotos since Ss start the project until the project is totally
done. Ss will create their time line, schedule, blog.
5. Discuss about Global warming, using videos and pictures. Ss will be organized in groups
of four in order to design a Draft, using an ICT presentation, Ss have to look for causes
and consequences and possible solutions to stop Global Warming, Ss will write articles
using Modal verbs related to recycling procedure.
6. Ss.Will do the presentation about how to contribute inorder to recycle, reuse and reduce plastic,
bags, and paper.
7. Ss will be organized in groups 3 or 4, they will select a recyclable material in order to design a
DRAFT ART MODEL, or a recyclable material to be reused into a useful object, it will help Ss to
visualize and lead a potential functional business to be done in Colombia and other countries.
8.
By when?(Date)
1) Jan – 17 / 2019
2) Feb- 18 – 28 / 2019
3) Feb- 25 / 2019
4) Feb. – Jun/2019
5) Feb. 20-28/2019
6) March 4 - 15/2019
7) April 1-3/2019
What resources/materials will be
needed? (Be specific)
1) Video Beam, laptop, pictures,
videos
2) Videos, articles, video beam,
laptop. Recycable materials
3) Videos, articles, video beam.
4) Videos, pictures, laptop and
ICT tools
5) Videos, video beam, laptop,
ICT tools, pictures.
6) Videos, video beam, laptop,
ICT tools, pictures
7) Bottles, bags, cardboard,
scissors, glue, laptop.
Objective:How can I encourage my tenth graders to improve their speaking andwritingskills and develop their artisticcreativityby
transforming recyclable materials into Art using MODAL VERBS?

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Name: OLGA LEONOR TORRES SÁNCHEZ Class: EleventhGraders– ColegioSan José Norte IED
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What steps must be taken to accomplish this strategy?
8. Ss will write and describe the materials and the purpose of the object theyhave
chosen for the ART MODEL.
9. Ss will do a short presentation using ICT “mind maps, infographic, Ss will introduce the
materials, purpose of the design of the recyclable material Ss have selected.
10. Ss will perform the ART Model .
11. Ss will do the presentation about the ART Model, theywill describe the design and its
purpose, in English classes. April 22-26/2019
12. Ss will design a draft of an ecological stand and ICT presentation about the purpose of
the ART Model.
13. Ss will write and describe the materials they will use for the ecological stand- using
infographics, mind maps, time line.-
14. Ss will design their ecological stand at School.
15. Logistic and schedule
16. Final oral Presentation using ICT.
17. Ss will introduce their Art Project in Primary Branch.
18. Ss will show their final presentation in GALERY EXHIBITION in the hall at San José
Norte.
By when?(Date)
8) April 4-5
9) April 8-10
10) April 15-19/2019
11) April 22-26 / 2019
12) May 2-3/2019
13) May 6-8 /2019
14) May 13 -17 /2019
15) May 20-24/2019
16) May 27-31/2019
17) June 3-6/2019
18) June 7 or 14/2019
What resources/materials will be
needed? (Be specific)
8) Video Beam, laptop, pictures,
videos
9) Videos, articles, video beam,
laptop. Recyclable materials.
10) Plastic materials, bottles,
scissors, glue, rope, colors,
video beam
11)Videos, pictures, laptop and
ICT tools
12)Videos, video beam, laptop,
ICT tools, pictures.
13). Plastic materials, bottles,
scissors, glue, rope, colors,
video beam
14).Recycable materials,
pictures, laptop
15).cardboard, markerts, pen,
pencil
16).Video beam, laptop, ICT
Tools
17). Video beam, laptop, ICT
Tools
18)Video beam, laptop, ICT
Tools

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Name: OLGA LEONOR TORRES SÁNCHEZ Class: EleventhGraders– ColegioSan José Norte IED
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PLAN
 WHO?
Colegio San José Norte IED, BOGOTÁ
Ss “eleventh graders 16-17”
Two hours
 WHAT?
1. Ss PRODUCE THEIR OWN IDEAS
2. REAL CONTEXT
3. CRITICAL THINKING
4. ENCOURAGEMENT
5. CREATIVITY
 HOW?
1. SCAFFOLDING
“SPEAKING, WRITING, SKILLS, VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR”
2. COOPERATIVE LEARNING ACTIVITIES
3. COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH
 WHY?
1. SELF CONFIDENCE
2. INNOVATION
3. TEAMWORK
4. INTEGRATE OTHER SUBJECTS “VALUES, ARTS, BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, SOCIAL STUDIES,
LEADERSHIP AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
5. SAVE THE PLANET
6. PROMOTE THE USE OF ICT TOOLS
7. Ss CAN IMPROVE THEIR SPEAKING, WRITING, LISTENING SKILLS.

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Choosing Your Action Research Topic
From the list of education/EFL subjects you brainstormed about on Forums, choose two topics that you
might be interested in researching.
1. MODAL VERBS __
2. REPORTED SPEECH_
Now think of 1 more possible topic choice not included on our list.
3. PASSIVE VOICE _
Which of these subjects do you think is the most interesting?
I CONSIDER USING MODAL VERBS CAN BE FOCUSED IN A REAL CONTEXT
Why?
I consider students are aware about their remarkable responsibility to protect the planet, how they can
contribute to help the environment, and the best way to reduce, reuse and recycle plastic and recyclable
material.
Which of these do you think is the second-most interesting?
REPORTED SPEECH
Why?
Because Ss. can express a look for solutions to recycle plastic to avoid global warming, it can develop
critical thinking, as well as, they require read many articles related to this topic.

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Focusing on Your Subject
What is your topic?
MODAL VERBS_
Write down four things you already know (or think you might know) about the topic.
1. There is a cancer foundation that collects plastic and paper in order to recycle, reuse and reduce the
global warming, when they transform the plastic they get money for children cancer treatment.
2. Students love designing and creating new objects, they are able to express their ideas through Art.
3. There are several videos where students can take into account to work with plastic, paper, my students
are aware of taking care of the flora and fauna.
4. As entrepreneurs and business leaders, students can create their own company to recycle, reuse and
reuse plastic.
What do you want to learn about your topic?
1. How to transform recyclable materials into useful objects_
2. Encourage students to feel the necessity to protect the environment_
3. Lead a campaign between the Ss to save the planet
4. Learn about different ways how to reuse reduce and recycle plastic.