Infonews n°350 from 08/02/2009
Official Site
A film : Eyes on the skies
A poster
Audio and video files
Handicraft : a quadrant
*** Songs
History
Poems
Webquests
Interactive pages for poems and Valentines
Handicrafts and art activities
Various other sites about Valentine
Teaching material
- a lesson
- Audio Resources
- News Article for advanced students
Cloned dog
Head, Shoulder, knees and toes song
Tales and stories
Malette Ressources auto-formation PE2
Private Fostering
Brave New World
Spelling game
Videos to explain maths, physics, banking, etc.
Green Home Guide
Times Topic page
US presidents
Lettre de l'APLV
Official Site
On the official site discover the educational
material free of rights : a film to download, a
poster, audio and video files, a quadrant to make and a science song to study.
http://www.astronomy2009.org/
A film : Eyes on the skies
You can watch the film online, by chapters, or
download it ( free of rights) in several formats,
and also download the subtitles in several
languages including English and French
http://www.eyesontheskies.org/movie.php
and download the full script
http://www.eyesontheskies.org/pdfs/eyes_on_the_skies93.pdf
A poster
http://www.astronomy2009.org/static/archives/dvds/large/dvd_eyes.jpg
Audio and video files
Interesting for comprehension level A2+ with transcript
http://www.400years.org/interactive_630.php
Handicraft : a quadrant
You can download the template for the quadrant
for free, and build it with your students or use it as a poster in your room
https://www.walrecht.nl/assets/downloads/19/kwadrant_en.jpg
Songs
*** The Newton boogie : MP3 version to download and the lyrics
http://www.haverford.edu/physics-astro/songs/hartman/Newton_Boogie.mp3
http://www.haverford.edu/physics-astro/songs/hartman/newton_boogie.htm
A science song by Astrocapella for the Johannes
Kepler Project, with MP3 soundtrack to download and the lyrics online, level B2
http://www.astrocappella.com/songs/ShouldersOfGiants.mp3
http://www.astrocappella.com/IYA/shoulders.shtml
For rap champions interested in physics : the Newton Rap (MP3 and lyrics)
http://www.haverford.edu/physics-astro/songs/newtonrap_music.htm
Struck in an infinite loop : for students Level
B2 plus a good knowledge of physics (MP3 and lyrics)
http://www.haverford.edu/physics-astro/songs/infiniteloop.mp3
http://www.haverford.edu/physics-astro/songs/infiniteloop.htm
History
From the Roman origins, level B1 minimum
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/valentinesday/a/gamelion.htm
Easier and very short, level A2, with links to
Roman history and lessons for teachers
http://holidays.mrdonn.org/valentine.html
Longer, level A2+ for global comprehension
http://www.holidays.net/amore/story.html
Slightly easier and clearer, level A2
http://wilstar.com/holidays/valentn.htm
With paragraphs with titles and some easy facts
http://www.essortment.com/all/valentinedayhi_rbzk.htm
Poems
Some classical love poems, including Bruns' Red
red rose, several Shakespeare sonnets and
Browning's strange and deranging "Porphyria's lover"
http://www.2learn.ca/mapset/enjoy/valentines/valpoetry.html
*** A strange and deranging poem as a visual work
of art : very beautiful but I don't really see how to use it in class....
http://www.scottmccloud.com/comics/porphyria/index.html
http://www.scottmccloud.com/comics/porphyria/porphyria.html
Love poems and love songs lyrics (from brigitte Baudet on eTeach)
http://www.links2love.com/poetry_poems_2nd.htm
http://www.links2love.com/love_lyrics.htm
Webquests
Our colleague Brigitte Rempenault has created for
you this nice treasure hunt for intermediate
students. Michelle Henry has hosted it (in .pdf,
.doc and online version) on Rescol where you can
also find an interesting selection of other webquests about valentine's Day.
http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/Valentine%20TREASURE%20HUNT.pdf
http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/valentine_th.htm
Several webquests selected by Michelle Henry
http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/valentine2.htm#wq
On the Site of académie de Paris, you can also
find an easy webquest level A1 plus suggestions for a teaching unit
http://lve.scola.ac-paris.fr/anglais/THValentine.php
Interactive pages for poems and Valentines
- Wacky tales by Eduplace
http://www.eduplace.com/tales/content/wwt_004.html
- Be my valentine from Time For Kids
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/articles/0,6709,98851,00.html
- Anti-Valentine, also from Time For Kids
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/articles/0,6709,98854,00.html
Three links: Valentine, we're through, Anti-Valentine
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/articles/0,6709,98833,00.html
Handicrafts and art activities
Level A1+ and above : activities, handicrafts and poems for the youngest.
http://www.activitiesforkids.com/holiday/holiday_valentines.htm
http://www.123child.com/UBB/showthread.php?t=3096
lots of paper valentines with templates
http://www.papervalentines.com/toc.htm
Various other sites about Valentine
The history, links to various sites for handicrafts and recipes
http://www.2learn.ca/mapset/enjoy/valentines/valentines.asp
http://www.gpschools.org/ci/ce/elem/holidays/val.htm
Valentine short stories mysteries ( a bit long,
but easy to read, level B1+) : when crime meets love
http://www.mysterynet.com/love/valentine/
A nice and short classical love story, level B2 (
the tale of Cupid and Psyche)
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/features/mythical/psyche.html
A page of links from our colleague from Laurence
Bernard de Martinique, clear and comprehensive.
http://cms.ac-martinique.fr/discipline/anglais/news.php?lng=fr&pg=208
Teaching material
- A lesson
for intermediates by Isabel Pérez Torres in
Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer, Friday, January
28th, 2007 based on a text which I personally
don't like the way the story is presented in the
first person, but the comprehension activities on
the text are interesting and ready to use.
http://www.isabelperez.com/St.ValentineReading.htm
http://www.isabelperez.com/word/stvalentine.doc
- An easy word search even for beginners (level A1):
http://www.teacherview.com/ActivityPages/word_search/holidays/val_search.htm
- Audio Resources
The Librarian's Internet Index recommends this
site from NPR featuring various audio resources
linked to Valentine's Day, level B1+/B2.
http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27514
- News Article for advanced students
On Vigilang, Jean Sabiron features this article
from BBC 4 about "The secret history of the
personal ad" with an audio extract to hear. Level B2+.
http://sabironlangues.typepad.fr/vigilangues/2009/02/en-pr%C3%A9paration-de-la-st-valentin.html
Cloned dog
BBC Learning English features this article about
what could be the first commercially cloned dog.
You can download the script, the audio file and
the vocabulary, level B1. You can also use this
article to start a discussion, or analyse the
importance of the last sentence : "It's thought
that between three and four million unwanted dogs
are killed at shelters across the US every year."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/2009/01/090128_cloned_dog.shtml
You can also use this file from CBBC News, level A2,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7850000/newsid_7855200/7855258.stm
take part in the vote about cloning pets,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4740000/newsid_4745000/4745071.stm
and you can also use in class this simple and
easy site explaining the process of cloning level A2.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_1670000/newsid_1676600/1676697.stm
[ And this could be a useful complement to your study of Brave new World...]
Head, Shoulder, knees and toes song
On e-teach, Bénédicte Gary recommends this page
from the IUFM de Paris/ Sorbonne with the lyrics
of the song, a page explaining how to perform it
plus the music and a video to download.
http://espace-langues.paris.iufm.fr/spip.php?article345
Tales and stories
On the same site you can find several children's
stories : you can read the text and download the
MP3 file of the story read by a native. very
useful for story time, or as listening comprehension tests.
http://espace-langues.paris.iufm.fr/spip.php?rubrique373
Malette Ressources auto-formation PE2
Retrouvez aussi sur ce site une malette ressource
pour accompagner le professeur des écoles dans
son utilisation de la langue et des jeux en
primaire, avec des conseils, des vidéos et des
sites très utiles. Des ressources indispensables,
même pour ceux qui ont déjà de l'expérience.
http://espace-langues.paris.iufm.fr/spip.php?rubrique400
Private Fostering
Listen to 6 minutes English from the BBC about
this issue and explore the links to debate
private fostering, public fostering, illegal
fostering, child labor and so on in class with
adult students level B1+ minimum.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1615_6min_extra/
Brave New World
On e-teach, Catherine Serreau recommends some sites to study Brave New World.
The full text of the novel : http://www.huxley.net/bnw/index.html
Summaries, chapter by chapter : http://www.online-literature.com/aldous_huxley/brave_new_world/
Biographie of Aldous Huxley : http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/ahuxley.htm
Spark Notes Study Guide : http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/bravenew/
page of links to go further : http://somaweb.org/
and you can also add these Teacher Cyber-guide on
Brave New World recommended in Infonews n°194:
- from San Diego's education office, with
interesting activities around the techniques of
brainwashing (hypnopedia) , advertising and of course cloning.
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/bnw/bnwtg.html
- Mr. Geib's webpage for Aldous Huxley's
prophetic vision of the future, "Brave New World."
http://www.foothilltech.org/rgeib/english/bnw/
with infos on background and context, a diagram,
and an essay with two pictures to start a discussion :
http://www.foothilltech.org/rgeib/english/bnw/essay/
Spelling game
On e-teach Sylvie Bertrand recommends this
spelling game from Times on line. You hear a word
and you have to write it down : seems easy, but
can be rather tricky, even for teachers! ;)
<http://www.timesspellingbee.co.uk/>http://www.timesspellingbee.co.uk/
Videos to explain maths, physics, banking, etc.
Discover the videos from Khan Academy : some US
students said they understood far better with
those videos than with their teacher in class.
Have a look at the list and try some of the
videos : they will be very useful for teachers
who teach their subject ( math, physics, economy, technology, etc.) in English.
http://www.khanacademy.org/
You may also like those videos recommended by
Laure Peskine on eteachNet : the periodic table
of videos, offering a video for each entry, describing the element.
http://www.periodicvideos.com/
Green Home Guide
The Scout report recommends this guide to all
those who want to improve their home and install
new features like solar panels. You will also
find there useful pages for students interested in sustainable development.
http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/ScoutReport/2009/scout-090206-geninterest.php#3
Times Topic page
Enjoy this lesson from the New York Times aiming
at encouraging teachers to teach from the Times
Topics page. You can even find on the page a
surpirsing Bingo game based on an article about chocolate... (level B2)
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20090206friday.html
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/index.html
US presidents
The Librarian's Internet Index newsletter offers
this week two site about the US Presidents, one
from the Library of Congress and the other from
the national highway administration, listing Mont
Rushmore and other famous places related to the presidents.
http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27126
http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27471
Lettre de l'APLV
Lisez les derniers articles de cette lettre sur
le site de l'APLV, avec l'annonce du
Cyber-langues 2008 à Reims et plusieurs autres
appels à communication et annonces de colloques et parution d'articles.
http://www.aplv-languesmodernes.org/
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