3. Too hard
Boring
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Embarrassing
Insecurity
Not relevant
No time
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Why?
4. Teachers
Promote reading opportunities
Select different, engaging, interesting books
Allow students to choose
Set the example
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6. Why not (more) often?
Insufficient time
Not linked to the syllabus /
exam
Too costly
Pressure on teachers to
conform to syllabus & textbooks
Reading materials not available
Resistance
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/articles/extensive-reading-why-it-good-our-students%E2%80%A6-us
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7. Literature
“Pieces of writing that are valued as works of art, especially novels,
plays and poems (in contrast to technical books and newspapers,
magazines, etc.)”
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/literature
… is authentic material
… is rich in multiple layers of meaning
… expands language awareness
… educates the whole person
… motivates
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8. Digital Tools
Technology is ubiquitous
Challenging
Seemingly unlimited resources
Different types of learners
Individual pacing and sequence
Collaboration - classroom »» Europe »» World
Eco-friendly!
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17. Going Further…
Project Work
4 om reflection:
pls continu d poem w othR forms
of discrimination.
… on Levi Tafari
http://www.thinglink.com/
http://www.thinglink.com/scene/440682824358428673
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18. Poem Source: Rhyme Don’t Pay, Headland 1993
Amandla Mandela
by
LEVI TAFARI
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21. Bring the poem to life in comicstrips.
http://comiclife.com/
Finish the following lines:
The month is ___________________
The year is _____________________
Mr Mandela ___________________
It’s time to _____________________
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22. Going Further …
Build an acrostic poem
Project Work
... on Nelson Mandela
http://www.myhistro.com/
http://www.myhistro.com/story/nelson-mandela/82930/0/0/0/1
http://www.glogster.com/
http://www.readwritethink.org/
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/acrostic /
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http://www.glogster.com/edit/g-6kflq5ge7nq3pptqeeha65o
25. First Listening
Paintings – Moses and the Burning Bush, attrbuted to Dirck Bouts
and The Jews in the Desert, Tintoretto
Images – Google images
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26. Share the original text by Ron
Butlin and compare
Second Listening – Students
http://en.linoit.com/
take notes of key ideas
Pair Work: Ss compare notes
and try to reconstruct the text
http://linoit.com/users/teacheralex/canvases/Moses%20Little%20Brother
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27. Going Further …
Collect & correct
the students’ new
versions and
publish an ebook!
Research: Past and
present references,
the building of a
wall…
http://linoit.com/users/teacheralex/canvases/Moses%20Little%20Brother
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28. Useful Links, Tools & Tips
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/
learning/glossary-terms
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