miércoles, 28 de octubre de 2015

Objective and welcome








Promote meaningful and reflective learning environments is one way to build a more open, independent constructivist education and, therefore, through this blog we want to show a variety of topics according to the English language which are subject to some activities they can be carried out taking into account the number of students, age, level of study and through different tools offered by web 2.0, as PowToon, prezi, etc.

What are you waiting to start learning these topics? Come on, cheer up! 

Stephanie's characterization





Institution: Educational Institution San Mateo
Number of students: 28
Average age: 14, 15 & 16
Grade: tenth grade
English learning need or topic to be taught: Present simple perfect
Previous knowledge: The tag questions in future and Modal verbs: Could, Should, might, must and May.
Web 2.0 tool to create your activity (choose from point 2): PowToon

Objective of the activity: Develop a constructive and meaningful way the present perfect simple to tenth grade students of School San Mateo through one of the PowToon tool for creating the most entertaining and animated presentations, this in order that the student you do clearest explanation of the topic in question.

Stephanie's presentation








domingo, 25 de octubre de 2015

Katy's characterization






Institution: “American British English Institute
Number of students: 8 students
Average age:  15-16 years old
Grade: Semi-intensive course
English Learning: “The simple future tense”
Previous knowledge: Simple present, simple past, prepositions, main structures, interrogative words, verb to be present, verb to be past.
Web 2.0 tool: PowToon.


Objective of the activity:  The objective of this activity is have the students understand and use the simple future tense, first making a comparison between the simple future in Spanish and its equality in English. This will help the students relate their marten language with English.
1.      The teacher will present a relation between “the simple future tense” in Spanish and in English, making statements in both language
2.      The teacher will explain a cycle with this tense, besides its negative form and the use with the main auxiliary with all the personal pronouns.
3.      As an activity the students will create sentences watching a vocabulary presented by the teacher.

Katy's presentation







Lidys' characterization


Summit institute
Course title: ´Beginner A1+                                LENGTH:  2 hours 
Average age:  18-25
Number of students: 15
Specific topic:  families relations and appearance.
 Previous knowledge: personal information-nationalities
Instructional goal: introducing family members and appearance
Performance objective: 
  •            Introducing and practicing  vocabulary family members 
  •           listening and reading for specific information
  •       giving personal information about one`s family.
  •           Make a family tree introducing yourself and your family.
Lesson content 
  •   Communicative English phrases introducing your family 
  • Listening about family fun and activities. 
  •    Reading comprehension a Warm up. week on TV. Friday
Instructional procedures

1.    Review, tongue twister.
2.    Families ties.
3.    Drill vocabulary
4.    Listening “a family relations ship” Class project using recycling material. “Make your family tree and present it to the class”. Unit 2a family ties. Pag. 16-17. Whiteboard.
5.    Evaluation present you family tree.
6.    Workbook. Pag. 14.
7.    1 minute work
8.    Closure.  Getting the objective of the class.