Final activity

 

The activity I liked the most is the TimeToast approach by María Pino Rodriguez (ENGLISH4FUN WITH TEACHER MARÍA). It’s a very different approach from the one I carried out, she worked with the whole class whereas I let students work on their own, autonomously. I could do it because of the characteristics of my group (ESO 3, English workshop, 19 high level students), but with 1ESO, 30 low level students group María’s approach is better, I think.

I have 2 classes with my group next week and will try to do an activity to celebrate Christmas by talking about the life of Jesus from a historical point of view.


Steps I will follow:


I will divide the activity in two sessions:


Session 1: I will present the activity (why we cellebrate Christmas, origin of the name Christmas and the figure of Jesus), the aim and, finally, what I want them to do at home (make a little internet research about Jesus’ life facts


Session 2: Divided in several steps:


1. Brainstorming about historical facts of Jesus’ life and write these facts and dates on the blackboard


2. Sort or organize these facts chronologically


3. Create a timeline about his life on TimeToast with the help of students

 

It is a great activity to boost their vocabulary, enhance their digital and social competence and their capacity to summarize and make mental schemes and, of course, it's fun

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