Lessonstream.org by Jamie Keddie
- as it says here:
Good ingredients
A chef friend of mine once told me the secret to good cooking. According to him, success lies in obtaining excellent ingredients.
It all seems so simple really. And as a language teacher I can relate to this. We can’t overestimate the importance of the ingredients that we select for the classroom – that is the materials.
Materials should inspire teachers and engage students. They should be provoking (without necessarily being provocative although that can be good). They should arouse curiosity and get heads thinking and language emerging. During the last few years, the modern teacher has been given access to an explosion in good ingredients to take into the classroom.
Take Western Spaghetti for example – a great animation by filmmaker PES. During this one and a half minute clip, we watch a series of bizarre household objects – a ball of wool, a Rubik’s cube, a handful of rubber bands – being transformed into a delicious looking plate of spaghetti with tomato sauce.
The clip is everything we would want to get students on our side. But what do we do with it? Well, that is whereLessonstream comes in. Lessonstream is a selection of lesson plans – or rather, recipes – which serve to demonstrate how teachers can make use of such materials.
Of course, good chefs don’t stick rigidly to recipes. They adapt them. And I would never expect a teacher to use one of my lesson plans exactly how I have written it.
For that reason, the site uses a Creative Commons license. That is what the logo in the bottom right hand side of the screen is all about. What this means is that teachers have permission to remix, mash and share the content on my site for non-commercial purposes.
Have fun!
Jamie :-)
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Here's an example -
The Sirens of the Lambs
The month of October is Food Issues Month. The online event is being organized by the IATEFL Global Issues SIG. During the last couple of weeks, bloggers and lesson planners have been sharing ideas for addressing food issues in the classroom. A lot of the discussion has taken place on the Facebook page and I would suggest ‘liking’ it right now if you haven’t already. This lesson plan uses a piece of sculpture art by British artist Banksy. The Sirens of the Lambs invites us to examine and explore attitudes to animals that are bred for human consumption.
- Language level: Intermediate + (B1)
- Learner type: Teens; Adults
- Time: 45 minutes
- Activity: Videotelling
- Topic: Animal welfare
- Language: Narrative tenses
- Materials: Video clip
[downloaded 523 times]And what do you think of Banksy himself?
Here is his show from Bristol a couple of years ago:
Banksy vs Bristol Museum - YouTube
And what exactly is he doing here - and why?
Banksy in the West Bank of Israel - YouTube
If you're interesting in this provocative artist, what do you make of this full-length documentary:
Banksy Exit Through The Gift Shop 2010) eng subs - YouTube
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