Theater in schools

And here we are! Ending this chapter of the project we started in September. For my last post on the blog I would like to talk about what we did in the last middle group. First of all I have to say that the location of the lesson was in the gym instead of in […]

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PROJECT ALADDIN AND THEATRE

Hello, I´m Jaime and this week I´m writing about two activities that we have done during the two previous weeks. The first one is called Aladdin´s workshop. It consisted in creating an activity related with Aladdin´s Disney film for children of 4th of primary in small groups. Nevertheless, what make this activity special is that […]

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Favourite author

Now that we have finished oral presentations about great authors, it is time to vote for our favourite ones who has contributed more to children’s literature in English? We’ll prepare a homage to honour the best author. Start voting answering this post. Image taken from truedemocracyparty.net

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Going beyond the names. Great authors, great discoveries.

This 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 […]

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Great authors

Hello readers! This is my second blogpost and I have to recognize that is actually tougher than planned to choose a great writing topic. But as I was thinking on great ideas I am going to elaborate on top notch children´s literature writers. During this week I was investigating with my peers about what makes […]

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Improving Chocolate Cake Story

How to improve storytelling: During the previous weeks we have been dealing with storytelling activities for children in class. First, we took some videos of Michael Rosen, who is an English children’s novelist, as a good example of storytelling. Then we analyze curiously the characteristics that made Rosen´s stories catchy for children and even for […]

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Welcome!

Hi! I am Beatriz Sandoval, a student of 4th year Primary Teacher Degree (English Specialization) at Centro Universitario Cardenal Cisneros. This blog is aimed at dealing with Children’s literature in English or English as a foreign language. You will find activities, resources, reflections about teaching English for a Primary Education classroom. I hope you find […]

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