Creative Methodology for teachers EXETER

3.3 ACTIVIDADES:

El curso Creative Methodology for teachers ha sido un curso de gran

dinamismo y sus contenidos de gran ayuda para poder realizar con xito un
buen trabajo docente.
Durante la formacin se han presentado y trabajado siete bloques que
practican las diferentes competencias educativas:
-Grammar.
-Learning Styles.
-Pronunciation.
-Writing.
-Motivation.
-Theory.
-Internet
Cada uno de estos bloques ha sido trabajado con gran variedad de actividades
a lo largo de las diferentes sesiones.
As pues, el contenido trabajado en cada bloque es el siguiente:

1.- GRAMMAR.

EIS Jokes

An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman were discussing their

childrens names.

My son was born on St. Georges Day, said the Englishman, So

we called him George.

My son was born on St. Andrews Day, said the Scotsman, So we

named him Andrew.

Wow, what a coincidence! said the Irishman. My wife and I did

exactly the same thing with our son Pancake.

An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman were being chased by

the police. They ran into a farm to hide.

There were three large bags at the side, so they each hid in one of
the bags. The police entered the farm and walked up to the bags.

They kicked the bag with the Englishman in it. Woof woof! he
shouted. Oh, its only a dog, said the police, and moved on.

Next they kicked the bag with the Scotsman in it. Miaow! cried the
Scotsman. Oh, its only a cat, said the police, and moved on.

Finally they moved to the sack with the Irishman in it and kicked it.
Potatoes! cries the Irishman.

Jane Austen Student A

Jane Austen was an English novelist. She only wrote six full books but they
are all viewed as classics. They are famous for their humour and insights into
the lives of 19th century women.
Jane Austen was born on 16th December (1)_____ in the village of
(3)__________ in Hampshire. She was one of (5)_______ children and grew
up in a close-knit family. Her father was a clergyman. She began to write as a
teenager.
In (7)_____ the family moved to Bath. After the death of Jane's (9)_______ in
1805 the family moved near to Steventon.
Jane's brother (11)________ helped her to publish her first novel, 'Sense and
Sensibility', in 1811.
Her next novel (13)_____________ received very good reviews. Two more
novels came soon after. All of Austen's novels were published anonymously.
In 1816, Jane became ill. She travelled to (15)__________ to receive
treatment, and died there on 18th July 1817. Two more novels were published
posthumously and a final novel was left incomplete.

Write questions to find out the missing information from the text:
1. In what year was Jane Austen born? ______________________________
3. ____________________________________________________________
5. ____________________________________________________________
7. ____________________________________________________________
9. ____________________________________________________________
11. ___________________________________________________________
13. ___________________________________________________________
15. ___________________________________________________________

"Dad, I don't want to go to school today." said the boy.

"Why not, son?" asked his father.
"Well, one of the chickens on the school farm died last week and we had
chicken soup for lunch the next day.
Then three days ago one of the pigs died and we had roast pork the next day."
"But why don't you want to go today?" said the father.
"Because our English teacher died yesterday!"

An old pirate was sitting in a bar. He had a parrot on his shoulder, a wooden
leg, an eye patch and a hook instead of his right hand.
A young sailor was talking to the pirate and he asked him about his life.
So, how did you lose your leg?, the young man asked the pirate.
Arrr! , said the pirate, One day, I fell into the sea when some sharks were
near. My men saved me, but one of the sharks got my leg.
And how did you lose your hand?
I was fighting with another ship and a sailor cut off my hand with a sword.
What an interesting life! said the young man. How did you lose your eye?
I was eating an orange when the juice went into my eye.
But I dont understand. How did you lose your eye from orange juice?
Well, said the pirate, it was my first day with the new hook.

Alfred was in prison because the police thought that he had killed a man and
hidden the body. The police had never found the body.
He was married and his wife, Sally, sent him letters about life at home. Alfred
knew that his letters were opened and read by the prison guards.
One day Alfred received a letter from his wife. He opened it and read, 'Dear
Alfred, I want to plant some potatoes in the back garden. When do you think is
the best time to plant potatoes?'
Alfred wrote back, 'Dear Sally, don't plant potatoes in the back garden. This is
very important! Please don't plant them there!'
A week later, Alfred received another letter from his wife. 'Dear Alfred, You
won't believe it! Last week ten policemen arrived and dug up the back garden.'
Alfred wrote back, ' Dear Sally, Now is the best time to plant potatoes.'

2.-LEARNING STYLES

Learning Styles and Cycles

theories, implications and applications
Brain Hemispheres
The brain is made up of two hemispheres, right and left.
The left side is more logical/structured, the right side is more creative/intuitive.
As individuals, we tend to favour one side of our brain more than the other.
This affects how we learn and which strategies are most helpful to us.
Historically, academia has favoured left-brain techniques over right-brain techniques.
As teachers, we should therefore assure that our methods include techniques which
appeal to both brain types.
Task: Taking the topic of travel, think of three activities that would appeal to left-brained learners,
and three that would appeal to right-brained learners.
Vakog
VAKOG has its origins in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), an approach popularised
by Richard Bandler and John Grindler in the 1970s.
NLP believes that humans have a Primary Receptive System (PRS) which helps them to
experience the world. Each persons PRS is unique, and is composed of the five senses:
o Visual
o Auditory
o Kinaesthetic
o Olfactory
o Gustatory
Similarly to our brain hemispheres, NLP states that we have a preferred sensory mode(s)
which can assist us in learning.
Task: Taking the topic of media, think of one activity that would particularly appeal to each
sensory mode.
Multiple Intelligences

Multiple Intelligence Theory was introduced by Howard Gardner in 1983.

He believed that intelligence is not a unitary capacity, but each individual possesses at
least seven independent mental intelligences:
o Linguistic
o Musical
o Logical-Mathematical
o Spatial
o Bodily Kinaesthetic
o Interpersonal
o Intrapersonal
o Naturalist
Although individuals favour some intelligences over others, we possess them all to varying
degrees.
The implication of MI is that, to enhance the learning process, a learner should be
encouraged to use as many of their intelligences as possible.
Task: Taking the topic of sport, think of one activity that would particularly appeal to each
intelligence.

3.- PRONUNCIATION

Limericks
There was a Young Lady whose chin
Resembled the point of a pin
So she had it made sharp
And purchased a harp
And played several tunes with her chin.
There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, 'It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!'
There once was a man from Nantucket
Who kept all his cash in a bucket.
But his daughter, named Nan,
Ran away with a man,
And as for the bucket, Nantucket.
A canner, exceedingly canny,
One morning remarked to his granny,
"A canner can can
Anything that he can;
But a canner can't can a can, can he?
A tutor who tooted a flute
Tried to teach two young tooters to toot.
Said the two to the tutor,
"Is it harder to toot, or
To tutor two tooters to toot?"
A flea and a fly in a flue
Were imprisoned, so what could they do?
Said the fly, "let us flee!"
"Let us fly!" said the flea.
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

Bad Elephant Jokes

Transcribe the phonetic phrases into standard English and then match the
jokes with the punchlines.

wt tam z t wen n elfnt stz n j bed

ea ftprntz n j bt

ha du elfntz had n teri tris

tu n frnt nd tu n bk

ha du ju nu f n elfnt hz bin n j frd

tam tu get nju bed

ha du ju get f elfntz n mni

e pent ea tnelz red

Bad Elephant Jokes

Transcribe the phonetic phrases into standard English and then match the
jokes with the punchlines.

wt tam z t wen n elfnt stz n j bed

ea ftprntz n j bt

ha du elfntz had n teri tris

tu n frnt nd tu n bk

ha du ju nu f n elfnt hz bin n j frd

tam tu get nju bed

ha du ju get f elfntz n mni

e pent ea tnelz red

Bad Elephant Jokes

Transcribe the phonetic phrases into standard English and then match the
jokes with the punchlines.

wt tam z t wen n elfnt stz n j bed

ea ftprntz n j bt

ha du elfntz had n teri tris

tu n frnt nd tu n bk

ha du ju nu f n elfnt hz bin n j frd

tam tu get nju bed

ha du ju get f elfntz n mni

e pent ea tnelz red

Bad Elephant Jokes

Transcribe the phonetic phrases into standard English and then match the
jokes with the punchlines.

wt tam z t wen n elfnt stz n j bed

ea ftprntz n j bt

ha du elfntz had n teri tris

tu n frnt nd tu n bk

ha du ju nu f n elfnt hz bin n j frd

tam tu get nju bed

ha du ju get f elfntz n mni

e pent ea tnelz red

Bad Elephant Jokes

Transcribe the phonetic phrases into standard English and then match the
jokes with the punchlines.

wt tam z t wen n elfnt stz n j bed

ea ftprntz n j bt

ha du elfntz had n teri tris

tu n frnt nd tu n bk

ha du ju nu f n elfnt hz bin n j frd

tam tu get nju bed

ha du ju get f elfntz n mni

e pent ea tnelz red

Pronunciation Odd One Out

Look at the groups of words below. One word in each row doesnt rhyme with the
others. Can you find the odd one out? The first one has been done for you.

1.

goes

knows

does

hose

2.

could

good

mood

should

3.

through

threw

knew

sew

4.

some

home

sum

thumb

5.

bear

beer

dear

near

6.

beard

weird

heard

feared

7.

most

cost

roast

toast

8.

said

paid

made

played

9.

shoot

foot

suit

route

10.

law

sour

pour

poor

11.

weight

great

straight

height

12.

enough

rough

tough

dough

13.

thought

taught

bought

drought

14.

shoe

through

though

who

15.

now

cow

tow

wow

The Chaos
By G. Nolst Trenit
Dearest creature in creation,
Study English pronunciation.
I will teach you in my verse
Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse.
I will keep you, Suzy, busy,
Make your head with heat grow dizzy.
Tear in eye, your dress will tear.
So shall I! Oh hear my prayer.
Just compare heart, beard, and heard,
Dies and diet, lord and word,
Sword and sward, retain and Britain.
(Mind the latter, how its written.)
Now I surely will not plague you
With such words as plaque and ague.
But be careful how you speak:
Say break and steak, but bleak and streak;
Cloven, oven, how and low,
Script, receipt, show, poem, and toe.
Hear me say, devoid of trickery,
Daughter, laughter, and Terpsichore,
Typhoid, measles, topsails, aisles,
Exiles, similes, and reviles;
Scholar, vicar, and cigar,
Solar, mica, war and far;
One, anemone, Balmoral,
Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel;
Gertrude, German, wind and mind,
Scene, Melpomene, mankind.
Billet does not rhyme with ballet,
Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet.
Blood and flood are not like food,
Nor is mould like should and would.
Viscous, viscount, load and broad,
Toward, to forward, to reward.
And your pronunciations OK
When you correctly say croquet,
Rounded, wounded, grieve and sieve,
Friend and fiend, alive and live.
Ivy, privy, famous; clamour
And enamour rhyme with hammer.
River, rival, tomb, bomb, comb,
Doll and roll and some and home.
Stranger does not rhyme with anger,
Neither does devour with clangour.
Souls but foul, haunt but aunt,
Font, front, wont, want, grand, and grant,
Shoes, goes, does. Now first say finger,

Tongue Twisters
She sells sea shells on the sea shore
The shells she sells are sea shells Im sure
And if she sells sea shells on the sea shore
Then Im sure she sells sea shore shells
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
It would chuck as much as a woodchuck would if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
Betty Botter bought a bit of butter, but she said, This butters bitter, and a bit of better butter would
make a better batter. So she bought a bit of butter better than the bitter butter and it made her
batter better. So it was that Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter.
Irish wristwatch x5
Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches? x5
Red lorry yellow lorry x5
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper.
A peck of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper,
Wheres the peck of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked?
If two witches watched two watches, which witch would watch which watch?
Whether the weather be cold,
whether the weather be hot,
well weather the weather whatever the weather
whether we like it or not!

4.- WRITING
Limericks
There was a Young Lady whose
chin
Resembled the point of a pin
So she had it made sharp
And purchased a harp
And played several tunes with her
chin.

A canner, exceedingly canny,

One morning remarked to his
granny,
"A canner can can
Anything that he can;
But a canner can't can a can, can
he?

There was an Old Man with a beard,

Who said, 'It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my
beard!'

A tutor who tooted a flute

Tried to teach two young tooters to
toot.
Said the two to the tutor,
"Is it harder to toot, or
To tutor two tooters to toot?"

A wonderful bird is the pelican

His bill can hold more than his belican
He can take in his beak
Enough food for a weak
But Im damned if I see how the helican!

A flea and a fly in a flue

Were imprisoned, so what could
they do?
Said the fly, "let us flee!"
"Let us fly!" said the flea.
So they flew through a flaw in the
flue.

Limericks
There was a Young Lady whose
chin
Resembled the point of a pin
So she had it made sharp
And purchased a harp
And played several tunes with her
chin.
There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, 'It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my
beard!'
A wonderful bird is the pelican
His bill can hold more than his belican
He can take in his beak
Enough food for a weak

But Im damned if I see how the helican!

A canner, exceedingly canny,
One morning remarked to his
granny,
"A canner can can
Anything that he can;
But a canner can't can a can, can
he?
A tutor who tooted a flute
Tried to teach two young tooters to
toot.
Said the two to the tutor,
"Is it harder to toot, or
To tutor two tooters to toot?"
A flea and a fly in a flue
Were imprisoned, so what could

Mini Saga
A mini saga is a complete story written in only 50 words. The one below hasnt been
finished its 65 words long. Can you get rid of 15 words that arent absolutely
necessary for the story?
Snow White was working freelance as the dwarves new publicist. She took some
stylised photos of their best mining work and sent them away to be professionally
developed. When will we get them back? asked the excited dwarves, impatiently.
They didnt give me an exact date to be honest, said Snow White dreamily, But I
know that some day soon my final prints will come.

Deleted words:

Mini Saga
A mini saga is a complete story written in only 50 words. The one below hasnt been
finished its 65 words long. Can you get rid of 15 words that arent absolutely
necessary for the story?
Snow White was working freelance as the dwarves new publicist. She took some
stylised photos of their best mining work and sent them away to be professionally
developed. When will we get them back? asked the excited dwarves, impatiently.
They didnt give me an exact date to be honest, said Snow White dreamily, But I
know that some day soon my final prints will come.

Deleted words:

A collection of English puns

I phoned the local gym and I asked if they could teach me how to do the splits. He
said, "How flexible are you?" I said, "I can't make Tuesdays."
You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a
little note on the windscreen, it said 'Parking Fine.' So that was nice.
I went to the dentist. He said Say Aaah! I said, Why? He said, My dog's died.
So I rang up my local swimming baths. I said 'Is that the local swimming baths?' He
said 'It depends where you're calling from.'
I was looking for the directions for Radio 1 in London, and a guy pointed me in the
direction of the building. I said: "That's not a building, thats a cloud!" He said:
"Down a bit."
So I fancied a game of darts with my mate. He said, "Nearest the bull goes first" He
went "Baa" and I went "Moo." He said, "You're closest"
So I met this bloke with a didgeridoo and he was playing Dancing Queen on it. I
thought, that's aboriginal.
This bloke said to me, "Tim, as a young boy, was your mother very strict with you?"
I said, "Let me make one thing absolutely clear. My mother was never a young boy."
Conjunctivitis.com - that's a site for sore eyes.
Do you ever get that when you're halfway through eating a horse and you think to
yourself, "I'm not as hungry as I thought I was."
I've decided to sell my Hoover. Well it was just collecting dust.
Always leave them wanting more, my uncle used to say to me. Which is why he lost
his job in disaster relief.
My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 now
and we don't know where the hell she is.
I like to play chess with old men in the park, although it's hard to find 32 of them.
I was not a particularly small child. I was the one who always got picked to play
Bethlehem in the school nativity.
A few decades ago we had Johnny Cash, Bob Hope and Steve Jobs. Now we have
no Cash, no Hope and no Jobs. Please don't let Kevin Bacon die.
How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink?
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my grandfather did in his sleep. Not yelling
and screaming like the passengers in his car.
The quickest way to a man's heart is through his chest.
I remember the last thing my nan said to me before she died. What are you doing
here with that hammer?'

5.- MOTIVATION
Motivation: Anagrams

Unscramble the following adjectives that could be used to describe techniques for learner
motivation. Then, discuss them with a partner: how necessary do you think they are to student
motivation? Mark them on a scale of 0-10, where 0 = not at all, and 10 = vital.

Learners are motivated when lessons:

1) are gintteniraen
2) are fuselu
3) are catheunit
4) are valachebie
5) are varied
6) are personalised
7) have a recla prousep
8) include vetcisinen
9) include kinthing klisls
10) necessitate lancobitoolar

Motivation: Anagrams

Unscramble the following adjectives that could be used to describe techniques for learner
motivation. Then, discuss them with a partner: how necessary do you think they are to student
motivation? Mark them on a scale of 0-10, where 0 = not at all, and 10 = vital.

Learners are motivated when lessons:

1) are gintteniraen
2) are fuselu
3) are catheunit
4) are valachebie
5) are varied

6) are personalised
7) have a recla prousep
8) include vetcisinen
9) include kinthing klisls
10) necessitate lancobitoolar

6.- THEORY

7.- INTERNET

Tech Tools for Teachers

These tools have been put into rough categories, although many of them span more
than one grouping. All the tools shown below are free to use.
NB: There are many similar websites and tools out there, and the ones below are
merely an example of what can be found, rather than representing the
best/simplest/cheapest, etc.
Resources/Ideas
edtechteacher: http://edtechteacher.org
edutopia: http://www.edutopia.org
Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org
TedED: http://ed.ted.com
Ted Talks: http://www.ted.com
TES: https://www.tes.co.uk
Quizzes/Assessment
Kahoot: https://create.kahoot.it/ www.kahoot.it
Nearpod: http://nearpod.com
Plickers: https://www.plickers.com
ProProfs: http://www.proprofs.com
Socrative: http://www.socrative.com
Collaboration
edmodo: https://www.edmodo.com
Padlet: https://padlet.com
Wikispaces: http://www.wikispaces.com
Wix: http://www.wix.com
Presenting/Creation
AudioBoom: https://audioboom.com