How to Draw a Perpendicular Line Using a Set Square

      

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How to Draw Parallel Lines using Set Squares

Here's a simple presentation on how to draw parallel lines using set squares. This can be downloaded from either Author Stream, Scribd or SlideShare. Thanks goes to José Alberto.

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Patterns and Textures now in AuthorStream

Original post can be seen here:
http://aclil2climb.blogspot.com/2010/05/textures-and-patterns.html

patterns and textures

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Proportions of the Human Form now in AuthorStream

To see the full instructions and the other activities related to this topic, please see here:
http://aclil2climb.blogspot.com/2010/04/art-proportions-of-human-form-how-to.html

proportions of the human form

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How to Draw Cartoons in AuthorStream

This presentation is now available in Author Stream, too. Be sure to see the original post for the instructions: http://aclil2climb.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-to-draw-cartoons-basic-instructions.html

how to draw cartoon characters - basic instructions

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Basic Art Material

As some of you may know, animated presentations hosted on Slideshare and Scribd don't display well when embedded. So, I was rather pleased when I realised that they can be seen quite well on Author Stream. This presentation can now be downloaded from these three sites.

Don't forget to read the original post here: http://aclil2climb.blogspot.com/2010/10/basic-art-material.html

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Basic Art Material

Last Updated: 01 Nov 2010
A better view of the presentation can be seen here: http://aclil2climb.blogspot.com/2010/11/basic-art-material.html

First and foremost, please let me remind you that what you see here and on Scribd and Slideshare, is only a review. These reviews do not show animations. If you see this presentation without the animations, you'll just see images and words overlapping each other, and it will just look like something done by someone not knowing what he is doing!

So, if you want to see this, please make sure to download it as a PowerPoint show. This  show can also be downloaded from Scribd.

The idea is for it to be used either for teaching basic art material as new vocabulary or for revision.

Each slide is introduced by an image. Prompt the students for the name, and/or the description. The image is followed by the definition, and sometimes by a different image of the same object. Finally, the name is displayed. Where the words are very easy, the definition is displayed before the image.

Don't forget to look at the online game for this lesson: http://aclil2climb.blogspot.com/2010/09/art-material-tagging-game.html

Basic Art Material

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For those who prefer non-ICT activities, below are 24 pictures of material we have seen in the PowerPoint show. These pictures can be used as flashcards for classroom games such as bingo, for example. See my post for Instant Bingo.

This set of pictures is also available in José Alberto's Slideshare account.

Basic Art Material Flashcards

Analysis of performance between 3 CLIL groups: should CLIL students be selected?

UPDATED: 11 Jun 2010 - carry on reading, please.

This year, I was assigned to three secondary schools. As luck would have it, each of them had a different method of choosing their CLIL group of students, so I thought it would be interesting to do a study on their performance. Since my services were terminated with at the end of May, I can only compare the figures obtained from the first and second evaluation. I analysed the students' performance in the CLIL subjects, which varied from school to school, and in the non-CLIL subjects.

I studied the rise or fall in the number of failures from the first to the second evaluation, and calculated the average number of passes for each group (three groups from each school were analysed).

Finally, I compared the average performance between the CLIL groups of the three different schools.

School X

School X has remained steadfast in refusing me permission to use its data, insisting that I have no right to use it, even if I were not to use the name of the school.

So, I must apologise to all of you who have expressed interest in this study, but I have no choice but to remove its part. It does undermine the study somewhat, but, I think something still can be learned from it.

Method of selection: Each potential student, prior to enrolment, was given a note telling them to present themselves for an examination if they were interested in joining the CLIL program.

It is worth noting, however, that generally, the attendance for this examination is not very encouraging, and all the students who do it are almost guaranteed a place in the CLIL class even though they might have scored very poorly. The fact that there is a wide gap between the handing of the note and the examination (a whole summer) may account for the poor attendance.

IES Alonso Quesada

Method of selection: Students were selected based on their results in the CLIL subjects in their final year in primary school. Even though there was objection from teachers not involved in the CLIL project, the backing of the school management team allowed the possibility of this selection method.

IES Los Tarahales

Method of selection: Heavy objection from non-CLIL teachers prevented any method of selection from being implemented, other than that the CLIL class had to be chosen AT RANDOM.

CLIL: Analytical Comparison between CLIL and non-CLIL Classes

Conclusion:

It came as no surprise that the best performance, by a significant margin, came from Alonso Quesada, given their method of the process of selection. It is worth studying, however, the rate of progress of the CLIL groups in comparison to their non-CLIL peers. From first-hand experience with the various classes and the students, I have found that there is a certain level of motivation present in the CLIL classes, and that it rubs off on especially the weaker students.

These very students would very likely sink rapidly if they were placed in a less motivated class. The stronger students would, most likely, succeed in any group, but it is useful to ponder on the varying possibilities of the borderline students.

Another thought provoking strategy would be to provide all classes with similar resources and possibilities. Certainly, I have seen positive results from my time spent with non-CLIL classes in Los Tarahales and School X, especially at the entrance level.

Whether the Canaries would one day begin to have at least one CLIL subject in all classes remains to be seen.

What do you think? Would you like to see this happen? Do you have CLIL in your school? How does it work? Do you think it is better to have more CLIL time per school or more schools in the project, but with less CLIL time in each?

Your opinions would be most appreciated. Click on 'comments' below, if you don't see the form for sending in comments.

Please note: if you would like a copy of this PowerPoint, email me.

How to Draw Cartoons - Basic Instructions and Worksheet

Last updated: 2 Nov 2010

This presentation can be seen better here:
http://aclil2climb.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-to-draw-cartoons-in-authorstream.html

With the help of José Alberto of IES Los Tarahales, I've come up with this PowerPoint presentation and worksheet which will help initiate students into the world of cartoon art.

There are four exercises, the first of which guides the student in making a character out of a stick figure in four steps. In the worksheet, the student is expected to draw each step separately, in order to make sure they understand the methodology. The teacher could, while presenting the PowerPoint, himself follow the steps and draw on the board while the students draw on their worksheet.

The second exercise uses the same concepts, but now the student draws a running figure, each step superimposing on the previous.

The third and fourth involves the use of their imagination. Ask someone to doodle something on the board. The teacher converts this into something more meaningful, e.g. a man, an animal, etc. Do this a few times before asking volunteers to come up to the board to do it. This is a fun activity, and they will love it!

In the fourth exercise, they try to animate geometric figures, such as a box, an oval, etc.

As usual, both the presentation and the worksheet are available from Scribd and Slideshare. Please be aware that this presentation needs to be downloaded and played as a presentation for it to make sense. What you see below is just a preview.

How to draw cartoon characters - Basic Instructions

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How to Draw Cartoons - Worksheet

Faces: Drawing Basic Expressions

Further to the post on how to draw a face, we now learn how to draw basic facial expressions, inspired by the styles of cartoonists. First, watch the presentation, then practise on the worksheet.

As usual, you can download these from Slideshare (.ppsx) or Scribd: PowerPoint (.pps) and worksheet.

Faces: Drawing Basic Expressions

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Faces: Basic Expressions Worksheet

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Textures and Patterns

Last updated: 02 Nov 2010
This presentation can now be seen better here:
http://aclil2climb.blogspot.com/2010/11/patterns-and-textures-now-in.html

A picture paints a thousand words, a good picture, that is. I don't know if this presentation will be judged as good, but it contains a fair number of wonderful pictures to illustrate the world of textures and patterns. Be warned: this PowerPoint presentation is rather big (21 MB), but I hope you will agree that it's worth it.

As usual, the presentation is available in both SlideShare (.ppsx) and Scribd (.pps)

Textures and Patterns

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Art: Proportions of the Human Form: How to Draw a Face

Last updated: 2 Nov 2010
This presentation can now be better seen here:
http://aclil2climb.blogspot.com/2010/11/proportions-of-human-form-now-in.html

This presentation attempts to summarise the basic points of proportions of our body parts, especially with regards to the head. It also includes a tutorial on how to draw a face. My gratitude goes to José Alberto of IES Tarahales for sharing his expertise on the tutorial, without which  the presentation would have been lacking a vital part. The presentation may be downloaded from either Scribd or SlideShare.

The worksheet at the end of the presentation can be seen/downloaded here.

Since the presentation refers to several parts of the face, it will be useful if the students first familiarise themselves with the names. I've created a labelling game for this.

To test if they have understood the theories of proportion, I've also created a quiz, which is gradable. The results will be automatically sent to the email address the quiz taker provides.

As usual, don't forget to give some feedback in the comments section below!

Please note that to fully appreciate the contents in this presentation, especially the tutorial, it has to be downloaded and viewed as such. Proportions of the human form

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Click image to begin the labelling game.

Click on image to begin Proportions Quiz.








Sources of images: Wikipedia Commons & Flickr

PE - Basic Sessions

Tomás has asked me to post this here, so, like the good boy I am ;-), I'm granting his request. It's a short and simple PowerPoint presentation on a typical PE lesson. Regular readers may notice that this presentation, unlike the rest, is not hosted in Scribd. All the recent changes there have driven me up the wall, so I thought I'd try SlideShare instead.

PE: Basic Sessions

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Ideas for Halloween in the classroom

Last updated 13 Oct 2009 20:45

In two weeks, Halloween is with us again. What have you got lined up for this year? Here are just a few ideas to help you get going.

To introduce/revise vocabulary related to Halloween, I've set up a PowerPoint presentation. Show the slide first, then elicit the word before revealing it. It's appropriate for basic level upwards. To display it properly, you'd need to download it. You may have to register with Scribd first.

To revise the vocabulary, do a miming activity. Show a picture to a student and she or he has to mime it for the others to guess the word. If you think the students already know the words, you can do the miming activity before showing the PowerPoint.

Halloween vocabulary

At the end of the vocabulary presentation, there are two activities which can be done independently:

Have a competition and see how many words the students can form from the word HALLOWEEN. You'd be surprised how many words are possible!

Then, ask them to think of all the words which can be associated with Halloween. Just like what I suggested in my odd one out post, you can accept practically any words. If they seem to be somewhat strange, ask them to explain the connection.

To introduce some tension in these activities, set a time limit, say of 5 minutes.

If you have a classroom projector, you can show them some videos. There are tons of Halloween-related videos you can find on the internet, but I've selected a few for you here. For the older or more advanced students, you can discuss the history of Halloween:

For the younger students, show them something more light-hearted:



To end the class, have a singalong with this monster hit!

Play them the karaoke version and have everyone join in! Unfortunately, they have disabled the option to embed, but here's the link:

If you don't like my ideas, try these sites:
abcteach
halloweenlinks

Have a harroween time!

Jumbled Sentences: The States of Matter (Science, Secondary 1, Year 7)

This is an activity where what you see is a set or words in random order. What you have to do is to arrange them in the correct order. When you have done that, email me with your answers, and I'll correct them.

The activity is in a PowerPoint presentation hosted in Scribd. You can move from slide to slide interactively by just clicking on the 'next page' and 'previous page' arrows. If the image is too small, you can watch it in full screen mode by clicking on the 'toggle full screen' icon at the top right of the PowerPoint image below. If you prefer, you can download the file, but you'd need to be a registered member of Scribd.

Jumbled Sentence: Elementary Science - The States of Matter

Unscramble these jumbled sentences: Idioms (Advanced)

As promised, here's an activity of reordering jumbled sentences based on common idioms. All the sentences (from recent press reports) have appeared as idioms of the day in this blog. If you've been religiously following the blog, you'll recognise most of the sentences; and if you haven't, well, shame on you!
Answers are available in a separate post - you'll just have to look for it!

Have fun learning!
PS: I'm often guilty of writing for readers of reasonable knowledge of IT, but I've come to realise that what is natural to some of us may not be so obvious to others. So, for those of you who haven't figured it out, you can download this PowerPoint slide show by clicking on 'More'. In the pop up menu which appears, select 'Save document'. You may be required to join Scribd first. All that is required to join is a valid email account.
Jumbled Sentence - Idioms (Advanced)

Unscramble these jumbled sentences: Past Simple 2 (Intermediate)

I thought I'd posted this, but I didn't, so here it is. They're all sentences in the simple past, taken from recent newspaper reports.
Answers are available in a separate post - you'll just have to look for it!
Next jumbled sentences activity will be on idioms, so watch out for it!

Have fun learning!
PS: I'm often guilty of writing for readers of reasonable knowledge of IT, but I've come to realise that what is natural to some of us may not be so obvious to others. So, for those of you who haven't figured it out, you can download this PowerPoint slide show by clicking on 'More'. In the pop up menu which appears, select 'Save document'. You may be required to join Scribd first. All that is required to join is a valid email account.
Jumbled Sentence Simple Past-2 (Intermediate Plus)

Unscramble these jumbled sentences: Present Perfect (Advanced)

Another batch of jumbled sentences for you to have fun with! They're all taken from recent newspaper reports.
Answers are available in a separate post - you'll just have to look for it!
Next jumbled sentences activity will be on idioms, so watch out for it!

Have fun learning!
PS: I'm often guilty of writing for readers of reasonable knowledge of IT, but I've come to realise that what is natural to some of us may not be so obvious to others. So, for those of you who haven't figured it out, you can download this PowerPoint slide show by clicking on 'More'. In the pop up menu which appears, select 'Save document'. You may be required to join Scribd first. All that is required to join is a valid email account.

Jumbled Sentence Present Perfect (Advanced)

Unscramble these jumbled sentences: Past Simple (Intermediate Plus)

These sentences are extracts from three recent news reports.
First, try to put the jumbled words into the right sequence.
Then, see if you can classify the sentences into the three groups.
When you’ve done that, give each group a headline.
Finally, invent three short reports using the sentences.
Answers are available in a separate post - you'll just have to look for it!

Have fun learning!

Jumbled Sentence Simple Past 1 (Intermediate Plus)

Unscramble these jumbled sentences Part 3: Daily Routines (Elementary)

23 March 2010: The online version can be found here.

Here's one for the elementary level. The theme is daily routine. Pay careful attention to the instructions, and, as usual, comments are much appreciated. Answers are available in a separate post - you'll just have to look for it!

Have fun learning!

Jumbled Sentences: Daily Routines (Elementary)