https://padlet.com/giuliabertagnolio/zp6x2mev51g5 use your knowledge! en-us 2016-07-11 16:10:04 UTC 2016-07-12 06:25:52 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png giuliabertagnolio https://padlet.com/giuliabertagnolio/zp6x2mev51g5/wish/116213801 I decided to start the lesson by recalling comparatives that students have already studied so to link new topics to older ones, which makes new topics easier to remember
i.e. they normally start studying comparatives by -er than/more ... than
- asking the students to move around the class is a  good way to involve everyone, to activate some response, especially for those who learn through kinaesthetic intelligence
- making examples is one of the best working solution to keep information and structures in one's own mind. Checking writing in pairs is a good solution to work on the truth of the statements - content - and their accuracy - is the form correct?
- Pairwork allows better students to help more demotivated or weaker ones]]> 2016-07-11 16:12:59 UTC https://padlet.com/giuliabertagnolio/zp6x2mev51g5/wish/116213801 giuliabertagnolio https://padlet.com/giuliabertagnolio/zp6x2mev51g5/wish/116214165 Videos usually work well, especially if their content is not only actors, singers, football players, but they show real values to work on.
General understanding has to be checked (what is the video about?) as well as specific information (detailed questions on people, places, reasons, etc.)
Video works well also for those who have spatial intelligence, not only linguistic
Working in pairs on real information is a good strategy to get the students to cooperate and learn about each other decreasing elements perceived as cultural divide]]> 2016-07-11 16:20:12 UTC https://padlet.com/giuliabertagnolio/zp6x2mev51g5/wish/116214165 giuliabertagnolio https://padlet.com/giuliabertagnolio/zp6x2mev51g5/wish/116215331 speaking and writing activities may help students to focus on the topic and use the grammar structures proposed in the lesson
They can have controlled practice, so they can work on very specific grammar topics and use them in a controlled and correct way]]> 2016-07-11 16:48:18 UTC https://padlet.com/giuliabertagnolio/zp6x2mev51g5/wish/116215331 giuliabertagnolio https://padlet.com/giuliabertagnolio/zp6x2mev51g5/wish/116215380 small groups are made keeping in mind the differences between the two different level groups in the same class:
In 4 people groups, 2 better skilled students will sit with 2 among the weaker ones, this will make these two latter more confident and it will stimulate them to work more and more effectively]]> 2016-07-11 16:49:14 UTC https://padlet.com/giuliabertagnolio/zp6x2mev51g5/wish/116215380 giuliabertagnolio https://padlet.com/giuliabertagnolio/zp6x2mev51g5/wish/116251807 It is relevant to close with a sum up activity because it helps students focus on what they have done and it provides the tool to close the lesson recalling the warm up activity so to make a whole complete work on a topic.]]> 2016-07-12 06:12:47 UTC https://padlet.com/giuliabertagnolio/zp6x2mev51g5/wish/116251807 giuliabertagnolio https://padlet.com/giuliabertagnolio/zp6x2mev51g5/wish/116252049 A unit on comparatives allows a variety of vocabulary review: colours, measure/size, in the first activity, and country, school, distance, transport, time in the video activity.
No specific activity on vocabulary has been proposed, but any new word can be translated/checked and re-used so to make it effective and useful for the Ss]]> 2016-07-12 06:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/giuliabertagnolio/zp6x2mev51g5/wish/116252049