*Where does it come from?

*Why is it important to you?

b) You see it’s simple down here. The air just has more nature in it.

c) Sounds touch you and the light cheer you up somehow. It’s a place that enjoys with you.

(1)Song with questions

-Watch video

-Sing

(2)Build Vocabulary Bank

-Show Pictures

-Miro Board

(3)Speaking-Sentence Stems

E.g.-(I quite like / don’t like... )

-(I love / can’t stand….)

-(I’d be keen to try / I’ve never tried…)

● 2 Strategies

(1)Pair Work/ Group Work

-Think-Pair-Share

*Head on (notice)=> Head up(think)=> Head Together(share)

(2) Ask Queations

-Asking is better than telling.

● 1 Sentence Summary

Every teaching step has its own meaning.

All the steps are amazing and surprising.

1. Pre-Reading(or listening)

2. During Reading

3. Post-Reading

Key Words:

-autonomy

-pronunciation

-word/sentence STRESS

-Pre/ During/ Post

Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree
(Traditional Australian Children's song)

Aussie Animals lesson

1. Warmer
   Listen to Kookaburra sound with eyes closed
   Sing Kookaburra Song

2. Lead in - Brainstorm Aussie animals

3. Vocabulary - Matching animal names to pictures (Wordwall to check) and discussion with groups

4. Pronunciation - Check the word stress

5. Skim read for gist - Reading Pirates read quickly for buried treasure! (decide which animal it is)

6. Reading for detail - Reading Race in groups

7. Post reading suggestions (productive skills)
   Speaking

   Back to the board

   Guess my favourite animal (give facts)

   Card game (card with animal's name, other students ask questions and guess)

   Excursion to the zoo - come back and give a presentation on one animal

   Roleplay - tour guide at the zoo

   "5 Wh- questions" research project and present

   Create a play, do a dance

   Writing

   Worksheet - draw picture of their favourite animal and write about/introduce them

   Make a picture book - one team, one book

   Use sentence stems to write about favourite animal

   Writing gap-fill with vocabulary form the lesson

   Write a story

1. How did you feel hosting this sharing session?

I felt a little bit nervous and excited even though I try to be well-prepared.During the session, because of my anxiety, my speaking speed was a little faster. I have to pay more attention to it to tell myself to slow down. 

2. Describe at least one aspect of your sharing that you are particularly proud of. Tell us why.

I tried hard to clarify my understanding about the topic. I think I got the correct facts from the video, then I could share the idea clearly.

3. Describe any aspects of your session you might change/adapt based on peer feedback. Suggest the changes you would make. 

The warm-up activity was so different than I thought. It should be easier.My speaking speed was too fast, I need to always remind myself to slow down.

4. What is one goal you have for future sharing sessions?

In fact, I have no idea on my future sharing sessions. But I will try more interaction on head-up, head-down, and head-together.

Young Archie 2018
1. Ice breaking
*show 4 portraits, and order them by the age of the drawer from the youngest to the oldest with A, B, C, D
*Group Discussion
2. What is Young Archie?
*Think(3 guesses) -Pair -Share
*Brief introduction
*Key words
-a portrait
-a competition
-a finalist
-a winner

*Share the ideas you get from the teacher about Young Archie
3. If you join in the competition who will be the person in your portrait? and why?

*mingle

Reference

https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/young-archie/2018/

SUMMARY

Nine-year old James is one of the finalists of this year's Young Archie competition. It's the junior version of Australia's most famous portrait prize, the Archibald, and it ask kids to paint or draw someone who’s important to them

Key Words

1. a portrait / pɔː.treɪt / (n) a painting, drawing or photograph of a person, especially the head and shoulders.

2. a competition /ˈkɒm.pəˈtɪʃ.ən / (n)an event in which people compete with each other to find out who is the best at something. 

3. a finalist / ˈfaɪ.nəl.ɪst / (n)a person who takes part in the final of a competition, as an individual or as part of a team

4. A winner/ the best one in a competition
   

Facts

1. The Young Archie is a national portrait competition in Australia.

2. It's named after its founder J.F. Archibald. And the first Archibald Prize was held in 1921.

3. It was created to encourage young kids. It's like the little sister or brother of Australia's most famous portrait competition, the Archibald Prize.

4. To enter the Young Archie's, you have to paint someone you know and who plays a significant role in your life.

5. There are four age groups in the Young Archie's and judges choose five finalists in each group,and then choose the best one to be the winner in each group.

6. The finalists all get displayed the portrait at a gallery with the Archibald finalists.

1. What did you do?

   I visited the Queensland Art Gallery.

2. Why did you choose this experience?

   We went there with our class to explore activities for using visual art in the classroom.

3. What preparation did you do before the experience?

   Search for some useful information from the net, such as maps.

4. What did you learn?

   Useful strategies in teaching, such as, jump into the arts , 5 senses, and see, think and wonder

5. How will you integrate the experience into your teaching when you return to Taiwan?

   When I return to Taiwan, I will show the experience I got in

   Queensland to share the different culture. I will also try to

   adapt them into Taiwan culture. E.g. indigenous peoples,

   animals.

6. What more do you want to know about this experience?

   I would like to know more that how the gallery or the

   museum integrates with schools to promote the arts

   knowledge of the students.

   
   

Inanay gupuwana

Ay, ay, ay, oola

Oola, oola

oola ay, yippee ay, yippee, ay

Goowanna, goowanna, goowanna goowanna, goo-waa, chu!

Goowanna, goowanna, goowanna goowanna, goo-waa, chu!

We are one, but we are many

And from all the lands on Earth we come

We'll share a dream, and sing with one voice

I am, you are, we are Australian

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Merry merry king of the bush is he
Laugh, Kookaburra, laugh, Kookaburra
Happy you must be

The most interesting part for me today is to build a sentence from a word. The final sentence is "Mash my mini M&Ms on a Monday morning, ah-ah." We sang together happily. It was really an engaging activity for me.

*Key Words:

Content Objectives

Skill Objectives

Language Objectives

*Mini Lesson: Instruments

Content: Instrument names& Sounds

How instrument work

Language: Instrument names

Stem- I like......because

- I want to play ....... because

- The........sounds.........

Monday 15/7: Activities and Methodology

What learning activities did we do today? What was the purpose of each activity?

Focus on Instruments mini lesson

1. Listen and repeat the vocabulary

2. Matching task - Wordwall

3. Instrument Bingo (with instrument names and instrument sounds)

4. Explore musical instruments and use sentence stems to talk about them

5. PBL - Create your own instrument

My Island Home

1. Learning a song in another language

2. Predicting lesson content through images

3. Completing sentence stems about "Home"

4. Discussion - our idea of what Home means

5. Discussion - answer questions about your hometown

6. Glossary box - necessary vocabulary for the reading task

7. Matching task - information on the background of the song's artists

8. Vocabulary pre-teach - essential vocabulary for understanding the song

9. Categorising information about the function of parts of a song

10. Listening for main idea - what does this song mean to the singer?

11. Listening for main idea - write down two words to describe how you feel as you listen

12. Listening for details
    - Comprehension questions
    - Discussion - engage with the meaning of the song
    - Draw arrows to mark the singer's journey
    - Listen and draw the meaning of the lyrics

13. Sing the song as you go to practise productive skills

14. Tick the activities you see in the video

15. Mark your opinion on a scale

16. Write a letter to the singer responding to the song

1. repeat many time/ repetition

2. demonstration/ copied/ used a Ss volunteer to model the activity

3. body language-gestures-facial expressions

4. get Ss’ attention

5. Front of the classroom

6. Show the Ss “real stuff”

7. T language (simple sentences/ short sentence/ imperatives

8. Giving the materials after instructions

Top 3 activities

1. Jump into the artwork with my senses in GOMA, sight, smell, hearing, taste, touch

2. Music for a day 

3. Share ideas in mingle 

Our Favorite activities

• Guided Note Taking Tasks

• Treasure Hunt

• Song of the Day

• Wordwall-matching

• Miro Board-summary

• Mingle

• -Picture Matching

• Listen +Draw

• 5 senses

• Working in Pairs

• Bingle with pictures

• Jump into the picture

• James Bond (Ice Breaking)

• QR Code

• 2 truth 1 lie

• Vocab Bank

• Who am I ?

• Gapfills

• Substitute Writing

• Keeping talking without stopping

• High five (minimal pairs)

*Dance class content

*Language

Verbs

Parts of body

Other

preposition

*Key words

Elements of Drama/ Dance

Aesthetic

Controlled practice

Free practice

Accuracy

fluency

*Learning English in Drama

oracy (oral skill)

persuasion

being convincing

self confidence

strong presentation

1. How did you feel in PT?

   The first five minutes were intense, but once I started, I told myself to be brave. During teaching, my mind was very busy and every step must be decided calmly and immediately, so time passes quickly.

2. What are you most proud of?

   I have tried my best to implement the teaching plan in teaching, and also remembered to apply the strategies in teaching.

3. What might you do differently next time?

   I will spend some time teaching some basic steps to students so that students can have elements to imitate, learn, and create.

4. What questions still remain for you?

   How to continue to develop the course and make it more extended

Congratulations on successfully completing the course and for being such an active and heartwarming particiapnt.

Take care and stay in touch

Vicki