Cool School – e Twinning Collection of topics

Students and teachers from Czech, Poland and Spain

were participants in international cooperation e-twinning.

We would like to introduce some topics here for your inspiration.

Age of students: 10-12

Objectives:- to integrate on-line videomeeting lessons into

common school life- to improve language skills

- using new ICT tools- to enjoy cooperation- to bring own ideas

• Introduction of teams -by photo and short text-riddle – guess names of students under photo of team,

who is who? Description of students without names

• Individual introduction -each students make a poster about themselves with photo and text-riddle – partners will get a description of faces and than

draw a pictures of new friends

• Introduction of schools (towns,

countries) by slideshow, presentation, photo collection, posters, pictures

1. Introduction

• Students make a poster with texts and pictures or photos. Show each other and discribe.

• Students draw some pictures about their likes and dislikes. Talk about them face to face.

• Students show some activity or equipment to partners who will guess what hobby is it

2. Hobbies - likes - dislikes

http://www.box.net/shared/ha79s0i5f9e1crfj1ue9

http://www.slideshare.net/edita001/edu-hobbies

http://www.slideshare.net/edita001/luna-hobby

examples - hobbies

• Students make a flash animation with description of something (place in a town, tools, toy, activity) and publish in a blog.

• Students describe something and offer some pictures. One picture will be a solution.

• Students will create a quiz about their country, town, school. Partners will find out information in the Internet.

3. Riddles – quizes

• http://www.slideshare.net/edita001/riddles-by-czech-6920296

• http://www.slideshare.net/AnaIsabel98/riddles-7081319

Quiz • http://www.slideshare.net/edita001/cz-quiz-about-

czech-and-the-city-most

riddles – quizes web publishing - www.slideshare.net

Suggest topic related with book or film – choose one topic

(friendship, youth problems, protecting animals, school life, ambitions,

future prediction, adventure holidays etc.)- Discuss topic- Dramatization – role plays- Drawing pictures- Change the end of story, retell- Make own video with the same topic

4. Literature , film

Topic : FriendshipBook and film : The Secret GardenAuthor: F.H. Burnetthttp://www.slide.com/r/AEHVxG_kgT-ri19MREPuu91LGojgomBE?previous_view=lt_embedded_url

• Students –read or watch the story, draw pictures, desribe them in videomeeting,

• Competition – top 3 pictures , voting on-linehttp://youtu.be/zd5rEN61WcI

example - literature , film

• Giving names of clothes (real clothing or pictures)

• Choosing appropriate clothes for special events ( theatre, sport, wedding, school, holidays etc.)

• Fashion show (Moderator describe models,

groups of students choose models and prepare fashion show,

make photos or video)

5. Fashion

http://youtu.be/Ct76PXen-LQPolish girls and Czech students in common lesson – videomeetinghttp://www.slide.com/r/UEGRRuLGvD_C93k4ygib8xE56fOPu7ku?previous_view=lt_embedded_urlClothes in the future – makingmodels from unusual materials

Fashion show – video, photos

• Giving information via text, photos, videos about news from

school life, personal life, town life• What did students do? • What was happen ?• Examples – school trip - school musical - competitons http://www.slide.com/r/TENXsOpd1z_5_DzWr2sY7mSWQ2uauZUa?previous_view=lt_embedded_url

6. News

• School trip – sports in winterhttp://www.slide.com/r/f2EdQrKG6T-HjMFcjFY9mBfFWdcOp-D8?previous_view=lt_embedded_url

• Valentinehttp://www.slide.com/r/uhm4Z7tY6z8JYqEwn-A3treGlwn4cC_Q?previous_view=lt_embedded_url

• Christmas songhttp://youtu.be/Ygwr2Wb6Jc8

• Christmas cardshttp://www.slide.com/r/SELQmaa5sz9eLkbLZO4-0JG2Ld6ivDhZ?previous_view=lt_embedded_url

• School musical Mamma Miahttp://www.slide.com/r/-c3GYluh6z-BH2GdSanrJzn7eTzwOhLq?previous_view=lt_embedded_url

Eamples - news from school life

• Birthday Fool‘s Day • Name‘s Day Thanksgiving Day• Mother‘s Day Children‘s Day• Father‘s Day St.Patrick‘s Day• Animal‘s Day St. Nicholas‘ Day• Earth Day Easter• Halloween All Souls‘ Day• Christmas Labour Day• New Year‘s Eve Teachers‘ Day

7. Special days

• Mother‘s dayhttp://www.box.net/shared/18c4x1uxrb

• Teachers‘ Dayhttp://www.slide.com/r/cZ4jI4fH4T_qoqsAtB993ZQ0LmwNgdJL?previous_view=lt_embedded_url

• Halloweenhttp://www.slide.com/r/Rr3InEmI3j_yvCyzU0SNr51rdIZAWJWg?previous_view=lt_embedded_url

examples – some special days

• Students choose one traditional song. Introduce the song in mother tongue to partners and translate into English. They send a text with musical notation to partners.

• Learn new song(s) in English or partners‘ language

• Making a video and sing the song(s)• http://youtu.be/QK_1UEE_dvY• http://youtu.be/kG7e2JTpfsM• Sending a video or publish in Twinspace

8. Music – traditional songs

Tengo una muneca (Spanish song)http://www.box.net/shared

/haolkqnpkyonr6rfhii6Wlazl kotek na plotek (Polish song)http://www.box.net/shared

/hatlzjf9zf8c7z92foruSkákal pes ( Czech song)http://www.box.net/shared/ogs8zd47zzhttp://www.box.net/shared/0jzp6dz5ac

examples - traditional songs

• The best friend – description - drawing a picture - riddle, who is he/she?• Real friendship – discussion• Rules for partnership• Story about friendship (photostory,

video, novel )• http://www.slide.com/r/YP_zYPC65D-w

VUP1T5haAl2qWnxC8Ctw?previous_view=lt_embedded_url

9. Friendship

• Our country• http://www.slideshare.net/edita001

/cz-quiz-about-czech-and-the-city-most

• Holidayshttp://www.slideshare.net/edita001/my-summeralberto

10. Travelling

• Team will prepare a crossword for partners, send them a chart.

• Copy of charts for each students.• Students will describe and explain

solution for each line during on-line meeting. Than they will confirm result of their crossword.

• http://youtu.be/ErriTGUrpTs

11. Crossword

• Describing and drawing pictures or making photo collage of

- dream bedroom/ flathttp://www.box.net/shared/edkddq91hu- dream tools- dream school / classroom- dream country/ planet- dream camp- dream day / holidays

12. Dream – let‘s open fantasy

13. Animals (describing, riddles, fantasy, pictures, protection, collections, pictures exhibitons, care)

14. Celebrities (nowadays, from history, posters, interview, riddles )

15. Pictures from history – events, drama, role plays, episodes, posters

16. Seasonal greetings ( making cards, video greeting, teams could send real cards each other)

17. Flash animation- www.voki.com (create avatar with message for partner)

13.- 17. List of different topics

18. Saint Valentine (making cards, Love photo story)19. Easter (comparing similarities and differences,

cards, pictures, habits, traditonal food )20. Earth Day (posters, protection of nature)21. Mothers‘ Day (cards, crafts -making presents)22. Fathers‘ Day (cards, crafts -making presents)23. Halloween (costumes, celebration, photos, videos)24. Christmas ( comparing similarities and

differences, decoration, cards, habits, exchange real presents, wishes- www.walwisher.com )

18.- 24. list of different topics

25. Photos (making own photos, topics:nature, animals, friends etc. Competion the best photo, vote. Photo exhibition, collections )

26. Party (preparing and real party, proposal of menu, activities, making photos, videos, list of games and funny activities)

27. Youth problems (writing articles, making survey)28. Charity (survey in own town, real activity to help

people in need, animals or nature, )

25.- 30. list of different topics

29. Sports ( games, rules, teaching each other a new game, making a video, photo story, using www.superlame.com )

30. Craft ( making a thing as a present or decoration, describing a process how to do, how to prepare, what tools do we need, result – exhibition )

29.- 30. list of different topics

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