Make your own MV

Find a song. Group students. Each group illustrates for a line of the lyrics.Just like the examples below.What a great and chellenge task for students’ creativity.

There are two ways to make your own MV.

1. Find a song in mp3 format, and the lyrics, write each line of the lyrics in an A4 paper.  After students finish their illustration, use Microsoft movie maker to make the video.
2. Sign up at PROJECT PEACE, the Ning Network, which was created by EFL Classroom 2.0. Click on the tag ‘PEACE PACKS’ on the top.  There are clear steps teaching you how to make your own song video.  The easiest way is to ‘send the .jpgs to Project Peace ( projectpeace@email.com ). Include school name / grade / location.  It will be posted for you.

Don’t Worry, Be Happy

By Lindsey Vincent on November 30, 2009

Make Way For Ducklings

Make Way for Ducklings won the 1942 Caldecott Medal for McCloskey’s illustrations.

Story Review:

It’s not easy for duck parents to find a safe place to bring up their ducklings, but during a rest stop in Boston’s Public Garden, Mr. and Mrs. Mallard think they just might have found the perfect spot–no foxes or turtles in sight, plenty of peanuts from pleasant passers-by, and the benevolent instincts of a kindly police officer to boot. Young readers will love the mother duck’s proud, loving protection of her wee webbed ones, and those with fond memories of Boston will enjoy familiar locales, from Beacon Hill to Louisburg Square, and over the Charles River–often from a duck’s-eye view.  –Karin Snelson

讓路給小鴨子

野鴨 馬拉 太太在波士頓城外河中小島上生了八隻小鴨。當小鴨學會走路後， 馬拉 太太要帶他們走回波士頓公園去住。他們一家人要如何穿越城內交通最繁忙的街道和十字路口呢？這就是這本生動活潑圖畫書要告訴您的。

 

more about “Make Ways For Ducklings“, posted with vodpod

 

 

Teaching tips:

1. Play the flash file.

2. Divide the students into 6 groups and ask each group to copy the scrip for 2 minutes. (Total 11:13)

3.  Tell everyone your part and discuss the main idea of the story.

4. Ask students some questions about the plot.

5. Write down a sentence pattern you learn from this story and make a sentence.

Suggested questions:

1. What were Mr. & Mrs. Marllard looking for?

–> A place to live.

2. What place did Mr. & Mrs. Marllard decide to live in?

–> Boston Public Garden.

3. What did they eat in the place they live?

–> Peanuts.

4. How many ducklings did Mr. & Mrs. Marllard hatch?

–> Eight.

5. What were the ducklings names?

–> Jack, Kack, Lack, Mack, Nack, Ouack, Pack and Quack.

6. The ducklings’ names are in rhyme.  What’s the rhyme?

–> ack.

7. What did Mrs. Marllard teach her ducklings?

–> She taught how to swim,  how to dive,  to walk in a line to come when they were called, and to keep a distance from bikes and scooters and other things with wheels.

8. Who helped the Marllard family to cross the road, and what’s his job?

–> Michael, the policeman.

9. What does the writer try to tell us?

–> We should protect animals.

Officer Buckle and Gloria

Officer Buckle and Gloria is the name of the 1995 story and main characters of the story by Peggy Rathmann that won the 1996 Caldecott Medal. It talks about a police officer (Officer Buckle) getting a dog named Gloria. Until that time, whenever Officer Buckle tried to tell schools about safety everyone fell asleep. Then, unbeknownst to Officer Buckle (literally, behind his back), Gloria does tricks to demonstrate safety rules, and Gloria is a big success. When Officer Buckle finds out that the schoolchildren are so enthusiastic because of Gloria, he refuses to teach safety and a huge accident happens. A letter from a sweet girl, named Claire, convinces Officer Buckle to start teaching again. In the end, Officer Buckle and Gloria go to many schools and teach the students about safety together.

巴警官和狗利靈

巴警官比誰都瞭解安全守則，可是當他到學校去解說守則時，卻沒有人想聽。有一天巴警官有了一位新搭擋 －警犬gloria。當他們倆人聯手出擊時，竟得到熱烈的回應，起先巴警官並不曉得，原來當他在前頭一條條地宣講安全守則時，在他身邊的gloria就用肢體動作表演出來，所以才會大受歡迎。等巴警官發現原來受歡迎的是gloria時，他沮喪得不想再去演講，讓gloria單獨出席吧！可是只靠gloria似乎沒有任何效果，這一對搭檔顯然需要一起出席才行呢！
團隊的意思自然不應該是一個人獨自的行動，也不是一個人特別有光、特別受歡迎。在這個故事裏小朋友會發現，巴警官和gloria誰單獨站在臺上都不行，他們各自有特色，巴警官很瞭解安全守則，但是光是把安全守則念一遍實在很乏味，gloria很清楚如何表現出這些守則，讓聽過的人可以印象深刻，可是它並沒有辦法獨自表演，所以這一對搭檔就是需要一起出現，他們的表演才能完美無缺。—本書獲得1996年凱迪克金獎。

more about “Officer Buckle and Gloria“, posted with vodpod

 

Teaching tips:

1. Play the flash file.

2. Divide the students into 6 groups and ask each group to copy the scrip for 2 minutes. (Total 11:42)

3.  Tell everyone your part and discuss the main idea of the story.

4. Write down the sentence or the part you like best and why.

Owen

Owen (Caldecott Honor Book) by Kevin Henkes

This is a very sweet book about growing up.  In the book, the main character, Owen, is getting ready to go to school for the first time. He is crushed when he learns that he cannot take his beloved blanket to school with him. As the story unfolds, Owen and his parents work to find a solution to his dilema. This book has subtle humor and simple text that is perfect for emergent readers. The story is one that small children can easily relate to and parents will appreciate. The illustrations are consistent with Kevin Henkes’ style. They are lovable and full of expression.

阿文的小毯子

阿 文有一條小毯子，他到那裏都帶著，可是大人嫌小毯子又髒又破又舊，總是想辦法要偷偷把小毯子丟掉。許多小孩在某一個時期都會有一條自己特別鍾愛的小毛巾， 也有可能是髒的不得了的小布偶、小毯子，但是不管多髒多舊，只要有它在身邊，熟悉的味道、熟悉的觸感，對孩子有很大的安撫的作用。

這本美國凱迪克獎的得獎作品，是一本適合親子共讀的書，它可以讓父母和孩子透過閱讀一起來討論討論，如何解決這條讓人又愛又頭痛的小毯子。

more about “Owen“, posted with vodpod

 

Teaching tips:

1. Play the flash file.

2. Divide the students into 6 groups and ask each group to copy the scrip for 1.5 minutes.(Total 8:46)

3.  Tell everyone your part and discuss the main idea of the story.

4. Write down the sentence or the part you like best and why.