Infonews n°280 from 17/09/2006
This week, discover the really helpful site of our colleague Dominique Le
Ray, then some suggestions for Constitution Day ( 9/17), Day of Peace (9/21),
and again September 11th (including the film). Kindergarten and Primary school
teachers will enjoy those interactive pages of songs, stories and tongue-twisters.
Secondary school teachers will find sites about grammar, idioms and phrases,
collaborative story writing, the fate of planet Pluto, women's rights and skinny
top models. I also point at some sites for audio comprehension for all levels,
and sites for advanced students in geography, politics and literature. Then
find more about the portfolio, the last news about the new BAC STG and several
events organised around the Hoggarth exhibition in Paris.
Have a nice week!
amicalement,
Christine Reymond
Pédagogie de l'anglais et TICE : Domi's Web et le CECRL
September 17th : Constitution Day Resources for Educators (from [LII New This
Week] September 14)
September 21st : International Day of Peace (from [LII New This Week] September
14)
September 11th
9/11 from the BBC
The Sonic Memorial Project (from The Scout Report -- September 15)
World Trade Center : the film
Nursery rhymes, tongue twisters, and stories for kindergarten
Using English and Finding Phrases
Poe and collaborative Halloween writing (from Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer,
Friday, September 15th)
Resolutions 5 and 6: "Definition of Planet In the Solar System" and "Pluto"
Women's Learning Partnership (WLP) for Rights, Development, and Peace: Resources
(from [LII New This Week] September 14)
Skinny Models
MP3 Stories to download for free
Weekender on the BBC
NOAA’s National Geophysical Data Center (from The Scout Report -- September
15)
MIT Cascon System for Analyzing International Conflict (from [LII New
This Week] September 14)
Representative Poetry On-line (from The Scout Report -- September 15)
Bac STG
Portfolio Numérique
Hoggarth in Paris
Pédagogie de l'anglais et TICE : Domi's Web et le CECRL
Découvre le site de Dominique Le Ray, enseignant en collège et formateur dans
l'académie de Lyon.
http://domisweb.free.fr/
Vous y trouverez des pistes très intéressantes pour utiliser les TICE en classe,
et en particulier les présentations Power Point : voyez en particulier le tutoriel,
qui vos permettra de prendre en main le logiciel sns problèmes.
Il propose aussi des formations sur le CECRL qui vous présenteront des façons
de l'utiliser efficacement, et une version en ligne du Portfolio pour faciliter
la préparation des cours en permettant une recherche par critères (niveaux
A1, A2 et B1).
http://domisweb.free.fr/portfolio/index.php/descripteurs/
A ce propos, notre collègue Annie Gwynn a aussi mis en ligne une grille qui
permet de déterminer les objectifs pour une leçon ou une séquence:
http://perso.orange.fr/annie.gwynn/cecrl/template.htm
Il y a aussi des pistes pour mettre en place une stratégie de développement
de la production orale communicative intensive, et des suggestions pour la
gestion de la classe.
Voyez aussi les documents du groupe de travail de Lyon:
http://appd.anglais.free.fr/
September 17th : Constitution Day Resources for Educators (from [LII New This Week] September 14)
Collection of links to sites relating to this September 17 event commemorating
the adoption of the U.S. Constitution. Features links to classroom activities
and lesson plans. Compiled by Lianne Hartman, librarian at Lourdes Library,
Gwynedd-Mercy College, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.
http://www.gmc.edu/library/Constitution_Day.htm
September 21st : International Day of Peace (from [LII New This Week] September 14)
Details about this day "established in 1981 by ... the United Nations
[UN] General Assembly to coincide with its opening session every September.
In 2001 the UN established September 21 as "a day of non-violence and
ceasefire."
Provides official documents related to the day, resources on peace and peace-building,
and materials from past years (back to 2002). Available in several other languages
in addition to English.
http://www.un.org/events/peaceday/
September 11th
9/11 from the BBC
Find there a short text for upper secondary school, with the sound, the transcript
and some vocabulary.
http://www0.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/2006/09/060911_911.shtml
The Sonic Memorial Project (from The Scout Report -- September 15)
As a way to cope during the difficult period after the attacks on the Word
Trade Center on September 11, 2001, many people began to revisit their memories
of the buildings themselves. With a keen eye towards preserving some of these
materials, National Public Radio brought together artists, historians, and
other interested parties in order to collect and preserve various audio traces
of these impressive structures. Through an impressive browsing feature, visitors
can aurally move through the audio clips contained within the archive, such
as an interview with a Taiwanese tourist and a voice mail from a concerned
fellow fire fighter based in Austin to his fellow firefighters. Visitors can
also search all of the materials by theme, such as commute, elevators, witness,
work, and concourse. The “For Educators”
section is a real gem, as it contains a number of lesson modules that will
help teachers use the site to talk about the nature of historical
events, memorials, and civic practices. [KMG]
http://www.sonicmemorial.org/sonic/public/index.html
http://www.sonicmemorial.org/sonic/public/educators.html
World Trade Center : the film
This film directed by Olivier Stone featuring Nicolas Cage as a firefighter
will be released in France next Wednesday. See the trailers, read some critics.
From what I saw, it seems close to the American TV series about NYFD or NYPD.
http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2006-08/2006-08-10-voa28.cfm?CFID=47737703&CFTOKEN=31060127 (video
and full transcript from VOA, about the film, with interviews of director and
several people who lived the tragedy.]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center_(film)
http://www.movieweb.com/movies/film/17/3517/video.php (videos
and trailers)
http://www.movieweb.com/news/68/13968.php (Stone's
finest work since Platoon)
http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2006/08/world-trade-center170806.html (film
about September 11th grief and reconciliation )
http://www.filmjunk.com/2006/09/08/oliver-stone-hints-at-second-911-movie/ (boring.
United 93 was far better)
Nursery rhymes, tongue twisters, and stories for kindergarten
On e-teach, Sylvie Brod recommends this comprehensive site for the youngest.
The page offers links to many resources from Japan, Israel and the USA, to
help kindergarten students to discover English.
http://edamonth.homestead.com/septemberindex.html
for example, discover:
- a talking alphabet, presenting the sounds and a word for each sound. You
can hear them when your mouse rolls over the sign:
http://www.genkienglish.net/phonics.htm
- book that talk, from the BBC (including red Riding Hood) and other sources:
http://edamonthlyhandouts.homestead.com/booksthattalk.html
http://edahellocircle.homestead.com/soundindex.html
- Lalitha's nursery rhymes (with a flash animation and sung in a lovely, soft
voice)
http://members.tripod.com/nursery_school/
- some tongue twisters:
http://edahellocircle.homestead.com/toungetwisters.html
Marina Bureaud propose deux autres sites de tongue twisters:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8136/tonguetwisters.html (sans
son)
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-b/twisters/load.htm?f (
Peter Piper, seashells, woodchuck avec son, voix assez désagréable)
- TPR : Teaching proficiency Through reading and storytelling
http://www.tprstories.com/what-is-tprs.htm
- posters showing questions to display on the walls of the classroom
http://www.tprstories.com/Question%20Words%20English.doc
Using English and Finding Phrases
Laure Peskine on eTeachNet recommends two sites:
- Using English : a grammar glossary, lists of idioms, and a useful list
of phrasal verbs where you enter verbs or prepositions and get a definition
and an example of use. There is also a useful forum : "ask a teacher" where
you can ask for help and discuss. There are also exercises, handouts, printables,
worksheets and lesson plans about vocabulary and grammar.
http://www.usingenglish.com/
- the Phrase Finder : a site explaining the meanings and origins of phrases,
proverbs and sayings, with a quiz and "a phase a day" which explain
every day a new phrase with references to literature, plays or films in which
it is used.
http://www.phrases.org.uk
as an example, see the explaination for "Heard it through the grapevine"
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/heard-it-through-the-grapevine.html
Poe and collaborative Halloween writing (from Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer, Friday, September 15th)
Edgar Allen Poe's "The Telltale Heart"
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/POE/telltale.html
is the model that middle and high school students will use to review how characters,
setting, and vocabulary can be used to create an eerie atmosphere. With both
guided and independent practice, they will write pass-along sentences to create
their own spooky stories.
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/3289.html
[ This activity of collaborative writing can be used at any level, with groups
of 5 to 12 students, and with different prompts. What is important though,
is that the students have studied the structure of a story and are aware of
the necessary elements.]
Resolutions 5 and 6: "Definition of Planet In the Solar System" and "Pluto"
These two resolutions adopted in August 2006 at the General Assembly of the
International Astronomical Union (IAU) concern the definition of what is a
planet and whether Pluto is a planet. Provides definitions for planets, dwarf
planets, and "Small Solar System Bodies." The IAU resolved, "Pluto
is a 'dwarf planet' ... and is recognized as the prototype of a new category
of Trans-Neptunian Objects." http://www.iau.org/fileadmin/content/pdfs/Resolution_GA26-5-6.pdf
[ for students interested in sciences and the problem of Pluto (see Infonews
n°178) ]
Women's Learning Partnership (WLP) for Rights, Development, and Peace: Resources (from [LII New This Week] September 14)
Bibliographies, statistics, and other resources on international women's issues.
Some of the topics covered include women and leadership, women's human rights,
violence against women, and technology for women's empowerment. Provides a
list of "local, national, regional and international women's organizations
in the Global South, especially in the Middle East and North Africa." From
the Women's Learning Partnership, a group "dedicated to women's leadership
and empowerment."
http://www.learningpartnership.org/resources
[ en rapport avec le programme culturel de terminale.]
Skinny Models
For upper secondary school, the BBC features this news item about the fact
that models with a BMI ( body mass index) under eighteen were refused for fashion
show in Madrid. Listen to the text, read the transcript and the vocabulary,
see the lesson plan and use the other articles suggested as follow up, including
a page about how to calculate the BMI and links to articles and sites about
anorexia. (Remember that this can be a very touchy topic with teenagers : get
to know your group before starting these lessons.)
about Madrid fashion show:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5341202.stm (full
article)
http://www.cibeles.ifema.es/ferias/cibeles/default_i.html (the
site)
about BMI:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/5297790.stm (calculate)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/healthy_living/your_weight/bmiimperial_index.shtml (what
is it?)
about ana (anorexia) and mia (boulimia) (for teacher's information only!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-ana
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,169660,00.html
MP3 Stories to download for free
On e-teach, Stéphane Athimon recommends those sites:
- Shaggy Dog and other stories
No script, but the stories are funny, read in a clear voice, and easy to understand.
Students with about 3 years of English learning can enjoy them. They all last
around 2 mn or less.
http://www.antimoon.com/other/shaggydog.htm
- Storynory
You can download the MP3 files and read the full text of a large choice of
stories. Most of them are rather long (20 to 30 mn), but there are also poems
and shorter stories.
http://www.storynory.com/
- Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
The stories are rather long, but you can download the MP3 file and read the
transcript.
http://www.freeclassicaudiobooks.com/audiobooks/JustSo/mp3/
- Kiddie Corner
Find there the picture books and vinyl record children used to have in the
60's. the child looks at the pictures in the book, and a voice comment and
tells the story. There is a little jingle when it's time to turn the page.
Lovely and old fashioned! you find classic children's stories like Robin Hood
or Puss in Boots. Difficult to use in class, but students who want to improve
their English at home will enjoy it.
http://www.kiddierecords.com/
http://www.kiddierecords.com/2005/index.htm
http://www.kiddierecords.com/archive/week_01.htm
Weekender on the BBC
Weekender this week features an interview of Al Gore. This document is excellent
for advanced students. "Al Gore is known as the man who used to be vice
president to Bill Clinton. But today, he's travelling around the world
as a carbon neutral man. Find out more as we hear about his concerns for the
environment."
http://www.bbclearningenglish.com/radio/specials/1412_weekender/
script : http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/worldservice/learningenglish/weekender/scripts/weekender_060915_carbon_neutral.pdf
MP3 file : http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/weekender/audio/weekender_060915_carbon_neutral.mp3
NOAA’s National Geophysical Data Center (from The Scout Report -- September 15)
Educators in the geophysical sciences will find much to work with on this
site created by the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration’s National
Geophysical Data Center. Utilizing data captured over time by their team of
scientific experts, the site includes a climate timeline informational tool
which can be used to demonstrate the transformation of the Earth’s climate
over the past 100,000 years and a section titled “All About Snow”, which provides
answers to questions about snow. The real treats here are the interactive hands-on
activities that include an origami balloon of elevations and an even more complex
dodecahedron globe that offers a three-dimensional visualization for use by
students and teachers. Finally, the “Visualizing Data” area contains a few
recent additions that can be used in
the classroom, such as several animated dives to the bottom of the Marianas
Trench off of the Philippines. [KMG]
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/education/education.html
[ for advanced students and geography specialists.]
MIT Cascon System for Analyzing International Conflict (from [LII New This Week] September 14)
Cascon is a "conflict analysis and decision-support system" that
includes information on 85 post-World War II conflict cases, and was most recently
updated in 2000.
"Cascon is based on the Bloomfield-Leiss conflict model, which represents
conflict as a dynamic process" in which conflicts pass through distinctive
stages. Features maps and brief descriptions of stages for events such as the
Lebanon and Greek civil wars. From Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
http://web.mit.edu/cascon/
[ for advanced students in economy and politics]
Representative Poetry On-line (from The Scout Report -- September 15)
Created and maintained by Professor Ian Lancashire, Representative Poetry
Online is both a nod back to poetry’s past in terms of its content, and a look
to the future (and present) as it exists online here at this site. The approximately
3100 hundred or so poems offered here are culled from the volume, “Representative
Poetry”, which was first published in 1912. In fact, this is the third version
of this very site, and poetry lovers everywhere will want to keep this site
handy, whether it is for reference or just sheer joy. Visitors can view a complete
index of all the poems included on the site, or take a look at the poems arranged
chronologically, all the way from “Bede’s Death Song” (penned in the 8th century)
to the verses of the post-moderns. Equally delightful is the glossary of terms,
which provides insights about dozens of terms, including adonic, gnomic verse,
and iambic trimester. [KMG]
http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display/index.cfm
[ for teachers and advanced students interested in poetry.]
Bac STG
Sur la liste inter-langues, notre collègue Véronique Repeczky nous donne ces
dernières informations qu'elle a entendu de son IPR, qui complètent les infos
parues dans les derniers Inofnews et le Café Pédagogique:
" En CO, document enregistré de 1' 30 environ,écouté en entier (pas d'écoute
fragmentée qui a été refusée par les commissions), 3 ou 4
écoutes, avec des pauses entre chaque écoute. Le questionnaire serait un genre
QCM style TOEFL.
Le type de document serait un dialogue de la vie courante, des extraits de
video, des news, des documents faisant partie des domaines des élèves.
En EO, les documents deraient "déclencheurs" de parole, probablement
pas un texte long, environ 5
à 6 lignes, pas d'enregistrement car il y aurait interférence entre la CO et
l'expression.
Les élèves auraient 10minutes de préparation devant le document, puis 10 minutes
d'épreuve partagée entre la prise de parole en continu pour présenter le document,
et un échnage, un dialogue mené par l'examinateur.
Il y aurait 2 documents proposés au choix à
l'élève, pris dans la liste suivante : une image, une caricature, une citaiton
simple, un proverbe, une histoire drôle, un slogan, un titre d'article...
Pour le rattrapage, toujours une liste de textes préparés en cours...
Toujours pas d'annales zéro, et encore rien d'officiel..."
Portfolio Numérique
le portfolio numérique existe, voyez cette page du conseil de l'Europe:
http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/portfolio/Default.asp?L=F&M=/main_pages/welcomef.html
qui dit : "Le Comité Européen de Validation a accrédité le premier Portfolio
Européen des Langues électronique. Elaboré par EAQUALS et ALTE, il peut être
téléchargé de leur site Internet :
http://www.eelp.org/eportfolio/index.html
Je l'ai téléchargé, pour voir:
- il donne sur plusieurs pages l'ancien lien vers le CECRL qui n'est plus accessible!;)
- c'est un portfolio fait par Cambridge, qui liste seulement leurs leurs examens,
et je vois difficilement comment on pourrait l'utiliser avec des élèves, sauf
des post-bac, et encore...
- c'est un logiciel bloqué qui fonctionne en ligne, demande que l'on s'enregistre,
et n'est pas modifiable : on ne peut donc pas tenter de l'adapter.
- il propose juste de dire quel est son niveau (A1, etc.) et les grilles d'auto-évaluation
sont incomplètes (seulement trois compétences) et pas interactives : on ne
peut pas enregistrer son niveau dans chaque item séparément.
- il y a une rubrique "objectifs d'apprentissage", mais elle est
entièrement blanche, sans suggestion : l'apprenant doit déterminer seul ses
objectifs.
Hoggarth in Paris
Catherine Hugenschmitt signale sur e-teach que dans le New Standpoints de
septembre 2006, il y a un article sur William Hogarth. et vous pouvez maintenant
feuilleter le magazine et écouter des extraits en ligne! L'article est page
11 et 12.
http://www.nathan.fr/newstandpoints/
http://www.nathan.fr/feuilletage/174369_nsp_sept_oct2006/book.html
J'ai aussi trouvé cette page qui détaille les actions du Louvre autour de l'exposition
Hoggarth.
http://www.louvre.fr/media/repository/ressources/sources/pdf/src_document_51764_v2_m56577569830716640.pdf
Vous y trouverez tout d'abord le fait que l'ouverture des réservations était
en aout : mais je pense qu'il reste encore quelques places....Par ailleurs,
vous pouvez aussi aller à
ces formations, rencontres et conférences juste pour vous. En voici la liste
complète:
- Formation pour enseignants
Le premier temps est consacré à une présentation des partis pris de l'exposition,
analyse des oeuvres majeures qui la composent et évocation des dernières recherches
scientifiques ayant présidé au choix des commissaires. Le second temps conduit à une
réflexion et à un échange sur les pistes pédagogiques à exploiter avec les élèves.
Thèmes traités dans la formation : W. Hogarth, le premier peintre britannique
; W. Hogarth, artiste des lumières ; Hogarth et l’art narratif
par Frédéric Ogée, université Paris - 7, et Marie-France Chen-Gere, IA-IPR
d’anglais,
académie de Paris mercredi 11 octobre de 14 h à 17 h
Réservation par fax au 01 40 20 55 54 ou à :
inscription.enseignants@louvre.fr
- Dossier pédagogique
en ligne à l’ouverture de l'exposition sur :
http://mini-site.louvre.fr/hogarth
- Conférences pédagogiques
William Hogarth, un artiste des lumières en Grande-Bretagne
par Frédéric Ogée, université Paris - 7
mercredi 18 octobre à 10 h (p. 19).
À partir du lycée.
The Modernity of William Hogarth
par Frédéric Ogée, université Paris - 7
lundi 4 décembre à 10 h (p. 19).
À partir du lycée.
- Lecture
Journal de l’année de la peste
de Daniel Defoe
lundi 2 octobre à 20 h 30.
- Conférence
Présentation de l’exposition
par Olivier Meslay, musée du Louvre, Frédéric Ogée, université Paris-7, Christine
Riding, Tate Britain, et Mark Hallett, York University.
mercredi 18 octobre à 12h30.
- Cycle de quatre conférences
Beau idéal et art populaire: Hogarth, peintre des lumières
jeudis 19 et 26 octobre, 2 et 9 novembre à 18h30.
- Rencontre « Faces à faces »
L’art britannique d’après Hogarth, David Hockney,Yinka Shonibare
Débat avec Yinka Shonibare, artiste, Londres, Didier Ottinger, musée national
d’Art moderne, Paris, Marie-Laure Bernadac, musée du Louvre.
vendredi 27 octobre à 18 h 30.
- Musique filmée
The Rake’s Progress
Opéra filmé d’Igor Stravinski, décors de David Hockney d’après des gravures
de William Hogarth.
vendredi 27 octobre à 20 h 30.
- L’OEuvre en scène
Hogarth, Le Mariage à la mode
par Olivier Meslay, département des Peintures, et Frédéric Ogée, université Paris-7.
mercredi 8 novembre à 12 h 30.
- Colloque international
William Hogarth and Europe
Université Paris-7 - Denis Diderot en partenariat avec le musée du Louvre.
vendredi 8 décembre
à l’auditorium de l’INHA (Paris).
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