Since I read Ceri Jones post about using the senses to relate to a picture I couldn’t get it out of my mind. I really felt that this could be a useful tool for expanding my use of visual materials but I wasn’t sure how I wanted to experiment with it.
I decided that the best way to begin would be by comparing two photos from very different environments. Ceri talks about (in other posts) about the importance of using pictures related to pupil’s lives but with my pupils I need to expand their world knowledge. In addition, I’m trying to get them to think, and not work by comparing words in a question to the text. Some kids default response is “dunno”.
I had used Jason Renshaw’s Valentines Day lesson and the striking format seemed perfect for the topic of senses. Jason has kindly permitted use of his format – THANK YOU JASON! I had some technical trouble – I know Jason has also posted a blank format without pictures but he used different colors and I was unable to change them. So, if you look closely, you can see I pasted pics over his small ones. That actually was a lot of work but I hope I can make a series of “senses” lessons so it will have been worth it.
I need to teach the second conditional form and I thought everything connected nicely.The instructions are purposely vague, I plan to use it differently with different students.
Here’s the link to the lesson:
We’re on vacation so haven’t had a chance to try it. May need tweaking. If you have suggestions, can still make corrections!
“A few useful words: sweat, penguin-poo, camel –poo, salt, dead fish… ”
Haha. I would never have expected a couple of them to ever be included on a “useful words” list.
I’ll let you know how my students react to this. I really think that none of this would occur to them on their own. We’ll see!
Love the idea. I will have to try that.
Walton!
I’m eager to try it out! Makes me feel better about going back to school after the long vacation!
Thank you for your encouragement!