FROM DARKNESS TO A SPARKLING CONNECTED ELT

COMMUNITYClaudio Azevedoclaudioazv@gmail.com

Owner of Movie Segments to Assess Grammar Goals and Movie Segments for Warm-ups and Follow-ups

January, 2011

THE DARKNESS TWO YEARS AGO

• THE FUTURE HAS ARRIVED AND YOU ARE

NOT THERE

• THE BLOODSUCKER EFFECT• THE NEWCOMERS

• FROM CASSETTE PLAYERS TO PODCASTS

LOOKING FOR LIGHT• WAITING FOR A MIRACLE• ATTENDING, ATTENDING,

ATTENDING ...• DON’T WAIT FOR YOUR INSTITUTION

• LIFE SAVERS DON’T SAVE LIVES

• GETTING WORSE

GETTING STARTEDWHAT TO

BLOG ABOUT?

THE CHALLENGE

DEADLINESCOMMITMENTRESEARCHINGPROMOTING

WHY DO IT ?IF I DON’T HAVE THE

TIME!

ANYBODY OUT THERE?

•RESPONSIBILITY

•RECOGNITION

•SEGMENT LENGTH: FROM 2 TO 7 MINUTES

•SUBTITLES: ON OR OFF?

•CONSIDER BOTH THE CONTENT AND THE GRAMMAR POINT

•THE WHOLE ACTIVITY: FROM 20 TO 25 MINUTES

• INTEGRATE SKILLS WHENEVER POSSIBLE

•DON’T LOOK FOR THE GRAMMAR POINT IN THE SEGMENT, BUT FOR THE CONTEXT

• MAKE SURE THE SEGMENT IS AGE AND LEVEL APPROPRIATE

MODALS FOR SPECULATIONS MIGHT - COULD – CAN’T

• SELECT A SCENE IN WHICH A MYSTERY

CAN’T BE EXPLAINED

• PREPARE SENTENCES WITH

ALTERNATIVES THAT COULD EXPLAIN THE

MYSTERY

• STS WRITE SENTENCES WITH

THEIR GUESSES TO EXPLAIN THE

MYSTERY, USING THE GRAMMAR

POINT

PASSIVE VOICE• SELECT A SCENE IN WHICH A SERIES OF

ACTIONS TAKE PLACE

• WRITE SENTENCES IN THE ACTIVE VOICE WITH ACTIONS THAT

TOOK (DID NOT TAKE) PLACE DURING

THE SEGMENT

• STS CHECK THE ONES THEY SAW IN

THE SNIPPET

• STS REWRITE THE SENTENCES IN THE

PASSIVE VOICE

• THEY MUST USE AFFIRMATIVE OR NEGATIVE FORMS

• YOU MAY SELECT THE VERB TENSE

YOU WANT TO WORK WITH

MOVIE SEGMENTS TO ASSESS GRAMMAR GOALS

FOR TEACHER

S• CHECK THE STS‘ ACHIEVEMENT OF GRAMMAR POINTS

• COMPLETE LESSON PLANS

RELEASED ONCE A WEEK

• MANY SEGMENTS FOR THE

SAME AND VARIED

GRAMMAR POINTS

• DOWNLOADABLE SEGMENTS WITH

SUBTITLES IN ENGLISH

• PRINTABLE AND DOWNLOADABLE

WORKSHEETS WITH ANSWER

KEYS

• TIPS TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN ACTIVITIES

MOVIE SEGMENTS TO ASSESS GRAMMAR GOALS

FOR STUDENTS

• EXERCISES

ON-LINE

• CLASS CAN WORK

SIMULTANEOUSLY• STS INTERACT

WITH ME AND OTHER PEERS

• STS CAN DO MORE THAN ONE EXERCISE

FOR THE SAME GRAMMAR POINT

• MOVIE LOVERS ARE FREQUENT VISITORS

MOVIE SEGMENTS FOR WARM-UPS AND FOLLOW-UPS

THANK YOU!!!!Claudio Azevedo

Claudioazv@gmail.comMovie Segments to Assess Grammar Goalshttp://moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogspot.comMovie Segments for Warm-ups and Follow-upshttp:://warmupsfollowups.blogspot.com