FOR GROWN-UPS

Fiona Mauchline

CROSS-CURRICULARCONTENT

Language (grammar, linkers,

text-types), competencies

And me…?

Me Moments Self

Content comes from students’ 'external' lives

Power-shareContent comes from students, not from teacher

ImaginationStudents get to delve into their imagination, their 'inner'

lives

Self

Raps Poems Conjecture Show n Tell (Lies) Wacky Mondays Write-it-up

Self

Raps Poems Conjecture Show n Tell (Lies) Wacky Mondays Write-it-up

Self

Raps Poems Conjecture Show n Tell (Lies) Wacky Mondays Write-it-up

What was the silliest thing you did last weekend?

• What was the worst thing you ate, last weekend?

Who was the most boring person you talked to and why?

• What did you feel most proud of? When and why did you feel like

screaming/laughing?• What was the smelliest/sexiest moment

you had, last weekend?

Power-share

Warnings Student-made materials Dictogloss (students’ texts) Presentations Book Clubs

Power-share

Warnings Student-made materials Dictogloss (students’ texts) Presentations Book Clubs

population architecture

traditional

dance

landscape cement green

Power-share

Warnings Student-made materials Dictogloss (students’ texts) Presentations Book Clubs

Imagination

Visualisation Historical conversations Call-my-bluff Autobiographies

LINKS OF INTERESTPhoto resource for teachers – or students!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eltpics/

ELTpics blog: http://takeaphotoand.wordpress.com/

Word-cloud tools

http://www.wordle.net/

http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html

Book Club materials (roles, worksheets)

http://www.macmillanreaders.com/book-corner-club

My blog

http://macappella.wordpress.com/

http://macappella.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/a-matter-of-confidence-personalising/