You are showing a movie in class!
Besides the obvious use of teaching songs and karaoke, here is an uncompleted list of suggestions:
- Use it for prediction: show a bit...pause...what will happen? What is out topic about? (Speaking English) -HOTS
- Use it for writing sentences: show a bit...pause...decribe what you see/saw in the picture (Writing descriptions)
- Use it for inferring: show a bit... pause....how do you think x feels? Why did he do what he did? (Writing or discussion) - HOTS
- Use it for comparing and contrasting: show a bit... pause...how does this version compare with our other version? (Speaking or filling in a chart)-HOTS
- Use it for sequencing vocabulary items as they appear; numbering items as they appear: selecting certain activities from a list which appear on the screen - HOTS
- Labelling and listing - classification: make a list of all the xxx (according to your target vocabulary) you see -HOTS
Remember - 2'30" minutes is long.
Plan and prepare!
Thinking question: What can you do with a video with the vision off and the sound on?
You can also use a clip without sound. Have the pupils speak instead of the characters (play the video silently), then play again and see if they get it like the real version.
ReplyDeleteYou can always compare the versions and decide on the best / most funny / worst/ etc..