Hello everyone, time flies and we are almost done with this Exploring Children’s Literature in English subject. For my (last) post, I have decided to write about the process of creation of a story, more specifically, of the characters appearing in the story. I have written since I can remember. Sometimes I just let my […]
Read MoreHello Explorers! This week, my middle group had a great Poetry Workshop, and one of the activities that Raquel proposed us, had to do with the creation of Shape Poetry. In this case, we had to find inspiration using a model that she provided, and there where up to six different types of shape poetry […]
Read MoreG’Day everyone! This is my fourth post, and I would like to explore a little bit the emotional outcomes of reading and writing fairytales and other stories in the classroom. Fairytales are usually seen as something innocent, created for children by adults, with the only aim of being amusing. Sometimes, we try and go deeper […]
Read MoreHello, little explorers. This week’s project was related to creating our very own Classroom Library. It was a tough task to do, if we wanted to make it operative, attractive and affordable. There were plenty of things to be taken into account, but I was positive about not leaving aside what could help the students […]
Read MoreThis week, we had the opportunity to introduce, and be introduced, to some of the most relevant authors related to Children’s Literature in English. For our teacher, there were different ways to do it, including from handing us the most rigurous classnotes including hundreds of data impossible to memorize, to making us take an active […]
Read MoreI have to recognize that phonetics has always been the least appealing aspect of learning/teaching the English language for me. Being a Spanish speaker, it is quite scary when the very first thing you are told to learn by heart is the IPA chart, specially if your teacher’s accent had nothing to do with the […]
Read MoreHello everybody, My name is Loli Casco, and I’m attending Prof. Raquel Fernández subject on Children’s Literature this year. Reading is one of my hobbies, so I’m looking forward to learn new ways of transmitting this passion to my pupils. It’s a pleasure to have a cooperative blog like this one, where we can share […]
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