This document provides guidance and activities for teaching English reading and writing creatively. It discusses using music, videos, stories, and poetry to spark students' creativity and engagement. Teachers are encouraged to try techniques like using songs to teach vocabulary and grammar, having students act out music videos to practice comprehension, leading chain storytelling exercises, and sharing free verse poetry. The document seeks to help teachers apply these creative approaches in their own classrooms.

1. Creativity in Teaching
English Reading and
Writing
The Royal Thai Distance Learning Foundation
with support from the
American Embassy RELO Office and TOT

2. Review: Session 5
What creative activities did you do?
What new concepts did you learn?

3. Review: Session 5
Classroom Applications
What did you do in your classes?
What worked?
What didn’t work?
What did you do to make it work?

4. Review: Session 5 Let’s listen!
What can you teach with this song?
How will you do it?
pronunciation vocabulary
Teaching Language Through Music
comprehension grammar
creative writing

5. Let’s watch!
How did this student use the song?
Creative Applications
Let’s continue the journey for
you and your students...

6. The BEGINNING
Your Creative Approach
to Teaching
Welcome to the Final Session

7. Visual Play: Verbal Odysseys
Let’s watch an official music video:
Aha’s “Take On Me”
In groups of three*, write down up
to six actions you see for each part.
*Beginning - Middle - Final

8. Visual Play: Verbal Odysseys
Combine forces with another
group of three.
1. Compare actions in your notes.
2. Write a newer list of 6 for each part.
3. Share lists with class.
4. Write YOUR OWN
short story from any list.

9. Verbal Play: Visual Odysseys
In the same groups, pick a story
you want to share orally.
Now prepare a visual accompaniment.
Simple Acting /
Cartoons/Drawings Performance

10. Verbal Play: Visual Odysseys
Attentive and Constructive
While a group shares their story*
the audience should...
1. See if actions and visuals match well
2. Give suggestions on how to make it better

11. Reflection for Application
How can you apply this to your class?
What would you do differently?
What would you keep?

12. Chain, Chain, Chain
Let’s listen!
“This is the sound of...”
Picture yourself in a story with this sound.
Think of one to two sentences
to begin a chain story.*
Let’s create a chain! No pre-writing!

13. Chain, Chain, Chain
Read a very short story by
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Please continue the story in the handout.

14. Reflection
What other sound effects do you think
would help trigger a good story?
What is creative about the
chain story exercise?
How can you apply this to your class?

15. Verbal Play: Spoken Word
Let’s listen!
Spoken word artist Sarah
Kay performs her famous
poem, “Hands”
(handout with questions)

16. Free Verse to Spoken Word
Free from normal rules of poetry
No rhyme necessary
meaning
colorful and vivid to
reader

17. Free Verse to Spoken Word
Read Japanese-American poet
Amy Uyematsu’s “A Practical Mom”
How would you describe her mom?

18. Free Verse to Spoken Word
Think of how you would describe someone
or something close to you.
Write 6-8 sentences about
someone/something close to you.

19. Spoken Word: Your Words
Turn these sentences into free verse.
Prepare to speak your words
and express yourself.

20. Reflection
How can free verse help you
to express yourself?
How can you apply this to your class?

21. Teaching Implications
• What are some new ideas and
perspectives have you
learned?
• What can you adapt and apply
to your overall teaching?
• What will you try in your
classrooms soon?

22. Korp Khun Mak Ka
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