Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe:
Gulliver’s Travels, by Jonathan Swift:
Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley:
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson:
Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott:
Lord of the Flies, by William Golding:
Watch these British students talk about fidget spinners:
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/39798767
If you want to increase your vocabulary to talk about crime and the law, you can listen to the songs on this playlist (or any others):
You can also watch any of these films:
TV SHOWS:
Monty Python’s Flying Circus (BBC 1969-1974)- They had many different sketches dealing with crimes and criminals, among which you can watch:
Blackadder Goes Forth (BBC 1989)- Court Martial
Sherlock (BBC 2010-2017). Excellent show. Can’t comment any more.
https://ororo.tv/en/shows/sherlock
Finally, Roald Dahl wrote several short stories for adults, some of which have to do with crimes. You may read “Lamb to the Slaughter“, for example, or “The Landlady“. You can also watch TV episodes based on the stories.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents- “Lamb to the Slaughter” (directed by Alfred Hitchcock, script by Roald Dahl based on his own short story):
Tales of the Unexpected (Anglia Television)- The Landlady (introduced by Roald Dahl):
You can watch the ad for the robot dog below:
Make notes in your notebook: What can it do? What can you do with it?
For quite some time I had been toying with the idea of using a green screen for some activity, or for the end product of a project. And finally I’ve had the chance to do it both with my year 1 students and with some of the teachers learning English at CARLEE.
I bought a reasonably priced green screen from a well-known online retailer. I have some trouble getting it to stick to the frame, but until I come up with a better option, good old duct tape will have to do. It’s not the smartest of setups, I should have ironed the screen, I know, but I get by.
Then, I bought the Green Screen app by Do Ink (not too expensive anyway, but I’m sure there must be others, and for other platforms as well). Then, it’s as easy as A,B,C. You simply record the video with the “actors” playing their roles in front of the green screen with the usual camera (in my case, of my ipad). Then, students have to choose up to three pictures to be used as their background. Of course, these pictures need to be related to the product they’re creating. You may even trim the video or the pictures a bit, or resize the video in case some parts outside the chroma key were recorded. Then, you mix the two elements, and there you have it! A lovely video! It’s a good excuse to foster speaking, creativity…
This week’s topic is sport. You may download the handout here.
Listening: You may watch this news item about teenage girls in a rugby team. Then, go to this website, and answer the questions about the video.
Writing: Ex. 8 p. 48.
These are the notes I took during the session:
If you need to download audio clips from the internet or video files for your lessons, you may use these websites:
That way, you can record exactly what you need for your activities; you won’t depend on your school’s internet connection…
Finally, if you want to transcribe the text from an audio file, you may use https://speech-to-text-demo.mybluemix.net/. It transcribes automatically the text from the audio file you upload. It’s not perfect, but it may save us quite some time.
