CALL Lessons 2005-2007

A blog for the CALL lessons with my three 5th and 6th grade classes (2005-2007)

   CALL lesson 2

Tomorrow, May 9th, you have your second CALL lesson. I hope it's a big success like the first one!

It will be a Geography lesson in English. You have to look for (= procurar) information about the countries of my colleagues-friends who write messages to you. It's a simple task (= tarefa): complete a table (= quadro) with info that you find in this interactive World Atlas.

Here is the table!

Name	City/State	Country	Capital	Continent	Language	Color flag
Alfredo A.	Caracas	Venezuela	Caracas	South America	Spanish	yellow, blue, red
Analia D.	Rosario	Argentina	Buenos Aires	South America	Spanish	light blue,white
Bee D.	Sao Paulo	Brazil	Brasilia	South America	Portuguese	green,yellow, blue
Berta L.	Caracas	Venezuela	Caracas	South America	Spanish	yellow,blue, red
Carla A.	Brasilia	Brazil	Brasilia	South America	Portuguese	green ,yellow, blue
Cecilia R.	??	Argentina	Buenos Aires	South America	Spanish	light blue, white
Chrissan L.	Trollhättan	Sweden	Stockholm	Europe	Swedish	blue, yellow
Claudia B.	La Plata	Argentina	Buenos Aires	South America	Spanish	light blue, white
Cristina C.	Almada	Portugal	Lisbon	Europe	Portuguese	green, red, yellow
Dafne G.	Caracas	Venezuela	Caracas	South America	Spanish	yellow, blue, red
Dennis O.	Arizona	USA	Washington,  D.C.	North America	English	blue, white, red
Elisabeth F.	Hyogo	Japan	Tokyo	Asia	Japanese	white, red
Hala F.	Khartoum	Sudan	Khartoum	Africa	Arabic	green, red, white, black
James B.	California	USA	Washington,DC	North America	English	blue, white, red
Jean Michel C.	Bucaramanga	Colombia	Bogotá	South America	Spanish	yellow, blue, red
João F.	Beja	Portugal	Lisbon	Europe	Portuguese	green, red, yellow
Leanne M.	British Columbia	Canada	Ottawa	North America	English, French	red, white
Luisa R. R.	Lisbon	Portugal	Lisbon	Europe	Portuguese	green, red, yellow
Moira H.	Paris	France	Paris	Europe	French	blue, white, red
Nina L.	Maryland	USA	Washington, D.C.	North America	English	blue, white, red
Paddy G.	Viseu	Portugal	Lisbon	Europe	Portuguese	green, red, yellow
Rita Z.	Rosario	Argentina	Buenos Aires	South America	Spanish	light blue, white
Rosa O.	Sydney	Australia	Canberra	Oceania	English	blue, red, white
Sharon H.	Massachussetts	USA	Washington, D.C.	North America	English	blue, white, red
Vanya K.	Sofia	Bulgaria	Sofia	Europe	Bulgarian	red, green, white

 Enjoy your lesson! 

5. D      5. C      5. E      Teacher

Here are three Geography quizzes that I created yesterday (28 May) based on info in the table above.

Geography1

Geography2

Geography3

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Report on CALL lesson 1 and work done by each class

Last Wednesday CALL lesson1 was a success with the students. They were very excited, quite attentive and well behaved.

We used the wireless connection in Sala TIC, which is faster this year, together with my laptop and a video projector, which projected onto a whiteboard. There was one student at a time at the computer and all others looked at the whiteboard to see the projection. During message writing time, one students was at the board while another was at the computer copying from the board. They enjoyed seeing their end product at once published in our blog.

All pages opened quickly and we were able to get everything done, except with 5. D. But that was my fault: two messages to write is a big demand on beginners and I did want them to look at the messages in page 1. So I opted to do only message 1 and then go directly to the interactive exercises, so they could have some fun. The exercises were a hit with the three classes.

5. C enjoyed all the messages in page 1, especially the Art Gallery. Many of them have draings there. Since they had never recorded a message in class with my PDA, they wrote a message to Francisco about his "Funny teacher" song (3 Feb 2006 message) and then recorded it. Here are the results!

Hi, Francisco!
We like your song and your singing.
We also like your words.
Congratulations!!!!!
5º C

The audio file has been deleted from user's Mediablog.

 

 

5. E enjoyed looking at the first page of the blog and chose their favorite message: the Art Gallery (25 Apr 2006 message)!  Here's their comment about it!

We like the drawings best, because they are funny and colorful, and some are crazy. Congratulations to all of the artists! :-)
5. E

Finally, it was time for 5. D. They also looked at page 1 and liked the Art Gallery very much. As I said above, I eliminated one activity. After looking at our Frappr map (18 Jan 2006 message), they wrote this message for all the teachers:

Hello teachers!
How are you?
We like your messages and photos. Thank you!
Goodbye from 5. D

Then they played with the interactive exercises. They loved the "Speedword" spelling exercise best!

I invited Margarida Miranda, a colleague who teaches 7th to 9th grade English, to observe 5. D and me in action. She thinks it was a very motivating and dynamic lesson, and felt that the girls were more attentive and interested than the boys. This is a curious comment and one that I'll try to observe carefully in future CALL lessons.

Though the default font seems big enough, I'll have to enlarge it, since some of the kids at the back were having trouble reading.

Last but not least, I was pleased with this first lesson and with the students' motivation. I had feedback from them the following lesson and they're very happy to have one CALL lesson every Tuesday until the end of the school year.

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  CALL lesson 1

 

Tomorrow, May 3rd, we have our first CALL lesson. It's about our blog, Have Fun with English! 2. Some of you haven't seen it yet (= Alguns de vocês ainda não o viram)! Each class has two activities to complete. Let's work well and fast! 

 

 

Activities for 5. E

1. Click here and look at the messages on page 1

a. which one (= qual delas) do you like best?

b. leave a Comment and explain 'why'. (One student writes the group message on the board - all students can give ideas! (= todos os alunos podem dar ideias!) - and another copies it to the blog.)

2. At the bottom of the page click 2 and try some of the exercises on 28 March. They're fun!

 

 

 

 Activities for 5. C

1. Click here. At the bottom of the page click 4 and go to 3 February. Listen to Francisco's song for me, "Funny teacher". It's the first one. Then read the words

a. what do you think about his singing and his words?

b. leave a Comment for him. (One student writes the group message on the board - any student can give ideas! - and another copies it to the blog.)

2. At the bottom of the page click 2 and try some of the exercises on 28 March. They're fun!

 

 

 

Activities for 5. D

1. Click here. At the bottom of the page click 4 and go to 18 February. Click on our Frappr map link

a. see the names, photos and countries of the teachers on the map and read their messages. Now write them a 'thank you!' message. (One student writes the group message on the board - any student can give ideas! - and another copies it to the blog.)

b. write a message to Haneen in Sudan, a country in Africa. (One student writes the group message on the board - any student can give ideas! - and another copies it to the blog.)

2. At the bottom of the page click 2 and try some of the exercises on 28 March. They're fun!

 

 

Enjoy learning English with the computer and the Internet! 

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