Infonews n°269 du 05/03/2006
Two basic addresses
The daily newspapers I use most
From e-teach (webquests and lessons)
Video and an interactive book
Traditions and parades
St Patrick's story and legends, and several Irish legends
The Leprechaun's Pot of Gold
Handicrafts and coloring pages
Ireland map coloring Printout
Treasure hunts/webquests
Ready to use lessons in .pdf
Irish Recipes
Other sites about Ireland and St Patrick's Day
To work online
Sing Along
Online stories to hear and read
Poetry Pebbles (from Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer, Tuesday, February 21st)
Exploring Careers
What interests you?
Career matching and exploration
The MySpace Generation (from [LII New This Week] March 2)
Parallel Worlds: Online Games and Digital Information Services (from [LII New
This Week] March 2)
Weekly writing topics (from Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer, Wednesday, February
15th)
Unseen. Unforgotten.( from The Scout Report -- March 3)
The Great Family Cookbook Project ( from The Scout Report -- March 3)
Green Week 2005
Teaching strategies
From March 13th to 18th, it is the 17th Semaine de la Presse in France. here are some pages where you will find useful resources:
Two basic addresses
a page of links to the sites of all the newspapers, ordered by countries
:
<http://newslink.org/>http://newslink.org/
Today's front page from more than 400 U.S. and international newspapers
<http://www.newseum.org/>http://www.newseum.org/
in the Cybernewseum, find the front pages for the days when famous events took
place: September 11th, Columbia's accident, Kennedy's assassination, etc.
http://www.newseum.org/cybernewseum/
The daily newspapers I use most
The New York Times : http://www.nytimes.com/
the Washington post : http://www.washingtonpost.com
the International Herald Tribune : http://www.iht.com/
the Guardian : http://www.guardian.co.uk/
the Times : http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
and to read the news and find links to articles about current issues from all
over the world (but few real newspaper front pages)
http://news.google.com (select UK, US,
Australia, Canada, India, etc.)
From e-teach
Our colleagues on e-teach have exchanged several useful addresses to work
on and from newspapers, and ideas of activities :
- Webquests and ready to use files
Michelle Henry also recommend this "InfoChase about Tabloids and Broadsheets" from
our German colleague Jurgen Wagner
http://www.wagner-juergen.de/englisch/newsquest.htm
Sylviane Vialaneix on e-teach recommends those two sites with documents easy
to adapt to analyse the British Press:
http://www.englishresources.co.uk/workunits/ks3/langmedia/readallaboutit/yr9readallaboutit.html
http://www.ac-versailles.fr/pedagogi/anglais/tice/scenario/presse.htm
Brigitte Baudet has found those webquests
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/resources/teacherquest.pdf (from
the BBC)
http://www.ugr.es/~inped/module4_4/m4_2.htm (webquest
comparing right-wing and leftwing papers)
Isabelle Destat recommends this lesson from our colleague Alain Gayer (quality
press, tabloids, gutter press)
http://www.ac-versailles.fr/pedagogi/anglais/joinin/press-alaingayer.rtf
Laurence Bernard has selected:
http://www.onestopenglish.com/Grammar/PDF/english/newspapers_efl.pdf
http://ndaeuro.rapnouil.net/teachers/media/newslesson2.htm
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/readtry/read_activites.shtml
http://www.teachit.co.uk/index.asp?M=3&A=5&S=142&Z=1#S142
- Create your own newspaper : Laurence also recommend this site, which was
already in the first Infonews in 1997 and is still excellent and very useful,
but you have to register:
http://crayon.net/
President Bush knew about Katrina : read this article, see the video, read
the transcript and learn how G.W.Bush had been warned of the expected dangers
coming from Katrina : He knew that it would be worse than Andrew, that the
Superdome was not safe, and that the levees might break.
An article from USA today and the reactions on the blog:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-03-01-video-katrina-warning_x.htm
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2006/03/heres_how_some_.html
An article plus link to the full coverage of the event and the aftermath
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/02/national/nationalspecial/02katrina.html
The same from the British side
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1721896,00.html
The news on CNN, plus links to the complete coverage.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/03/02/fema.tapes/
If your students want to review information about past hurricanes, the Scout
Report recommends this site:
Hurricane Digital Memory Bank: Preserving the Stories of Katrina, Rita,and
Wilma
http://hurricanearchive.org/
These news echo the publication of the "Katrina : lessons learned" by
the White House:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/reports/katrina-lessons-learned/
Saint Patrick's Day is on March 17th. Advanced students can discover the
details of this festival through a video from History Channel or through an
interactive book from the BBC. Intermediate students can discover pictures
of the parade, the details of St Patrick's life and the legends around St Patrick's
day, and figures from the US Sensus Bureau about Irish people in the USA and
their traditions. Then kindergarten and primary school teachers will find many
suggestions of handicrafts, activities or coloring pages for St Patrick's Day.
For intermediate students and above, find webquests, maps, recipes, ready to
use lessons and pages of links to use in the computer lab of just to explore.
Happy St Patrick's Day!
Video and an interactive book
A video from History Channel (for advanced students, rather religious but
usable)
http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/stpatricksday/index.jsp
An interactive book of fact (discovered by Michèle Henry, for advanced or upper
intermediate students)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/spring/patricks/book.shtml
Traditions and parades
- see pictures of the parades in Dublin
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/spring/patricks/parade_gallery.shtml
- U.S. Census Bureau Facts for Features: Irish-American Heritage Month and
St. Patrick's Day
[LII New This Week] March 2, recommends this site of facts and statistics related
to St. Patrick's Day, including topics such as population distribution of Americans
with Irish ancestry, immigration, places in the U.S. called Dublin and Shamrock,
trade with Ireland, beer consumption, and "[the] number of U.S. residents
who speak Irish Gaelic at home." From the U.S. Census Bureau.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/006328.html
St Patrick's story and legends, and several Irish legends
http://www.stpatricksday.ie/cms/history_stpatricksday.html
http://www.youthonline.ca/stpatricksday/history.shtml
http://blackdog4kids.com/holiday/pat/history.html
http://www.saintpatrick.com/2002/index-en.html
http://www.wilstar.com/holidays/patrick.htm (
remember to turn the music off!)
http://www.marvelicious.com/stpatrick.html (
forbidden by mistake by the filters of the rectorats)
http://www.sparta.k12.il.us/SID/legends.htm
http://pedagogie.ac-montpellier.fr/disciplines/anglais/civilisation/patrick.html (history
and links, ready to use in the computer lab)
http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/stpatricksday/index.jsp
http://members.tripod.com/~bgilley/INDEX.HTM( short
texts about the legends and traditions like
"wearing green or getting pinched" and the Blarney Stone)
http://www.alphabet-soup.net/hol/sphist.html (text)
The Leprechaun's Pot of Gold
A short story about a leprechaun
<http://www.beavers.westlancashirescouts.org.uk/Programme%20Ideas/The%20Lazy%20Leprechaun.doc>http://www.beavers.westlancashirescouts.org.uk/Programme%20Ideas/The%20Lazy%20Leprechaun.doc
*** Leprechauns' story starters (to make students write stories, excellent
for all levels)
http://www.teachersdesk.org/topics/leprechaun.html
Several activities and handicrafts around the theme
- for the youngest : make a bookmark
http://www.thebestkidsbooksite.com/printcraft.cfm?CraftID=823
- for beginners : color a picture, and write a poem, a few sentence or just
some words underneath
<http://www.abcteach.com/MonthtoMonth/March/colorwrite.htm>http://www.abcteach.com/MonthtoMonth/March/colorwrite.htm
- for crafty beginners or lower intermediates : make a puppet
<http://crafterscommunity.com/index.php/114>http://crafterscommunity.com/index.php/114
- for kindergarten and primary school : the leprechaun's dance and other songs
based on famous tunes
http://www.hummingbirded.com/stpat_pres.html#st
- several activities around the theme, from games to math, including pictures
to color
<http://www.abcschoolhouse.com/seasonal_pdfs/march_ideas.pdf>http://www.abcschoolhouse.com/seasonal_pdfs/march_ideas.pdf
http://www.123child.com/march/
<http://www.theideabox.com/ib.php?web=special&id=saint>http://www.theideabox.com/ib.php?web=special&id=saint
http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/stpatty/fun.htm
- another page of activities : Color a pot of gold, a shamrock, read the story
of St Patrick, answer trivias, etc.
<http://www.youthonline.ca/stpatricksday/>http://www.youthonline.ca/stpatricksday/
Handicrafts and coloring pages
- Lucky mobiles
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/stpatrick/Rainbow.shtml
- Lucky stones
http://www.makingfriends.com/stones_magic.htm
- Rainbow and shamrocks
http://www.alphabet-soup.net/hol/stpart.html
- Hand print rainbow
http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/holiday_pat_ideas.htm
- Paint a shamrock
http://www.kinderart.com/seasons/shamrockfun.shtml
- Shamrock template
http://www.first-school.ws/t/pattern/clover.htm
- Hairy shamrocks (with growing seeds)
http://www.theideabox.com/Hairy_Shamrocks.html
- Coloring page
http://www.coloring.ws/patrick.htm
- handicrafts with shamrocks
http://info.riverdeep.net/Key=51255.C0j.Q.LH4fZH
http://www.123child.com/march/
Ireland map coloring Printout
A map of Ireland to color, for geography and English classes
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/stpatrick/Rainbow.shtml
Treasure hunts/webquests
<http://www.ecps.k12.nc.us/dfw/ebaker/St.Patrick'sDay.htm>http://www.ecps.k12.nc.us/dfw/ebaker/St.Patrick'sDay.htm
(simple, for lower intermediates)
<http://lve.scola.ac-paris.fr/anglais/stpat/quiz.htm>http://lve.scola.ac-paris.fr/anglais/stpat/quiz.htm (easy,
for lower intermediates)
http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/patwqki.doc
Ready to use lessons in .pdf
a quiz, a short history of Ireland, a text and a crossword
http://www.reward-english.com/warehouse/March/RW025C-stpatrickI.pdf
a warming up the text and the crossword
http://www.reward-english.com/warehouse/March/RW025C-stpatrickU.pdf
crossword, text and vocabulary
http://www.reward-english.com/warehouse/March/RW025C-stpatrickE.pdf
Irish Recipes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/spring/recipes/index.shtml
Other sites about Ireland and St Patrick's Day
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/stpatrick/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/yourlondon/stpatricks/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/spring/patricks/index.shtml
http://homeschooling.about.com/od/unitssubjhol/qt/mar17a7.htm
http://www.sdmf.k12.wi.us/bf/resources/stpatrick.htm
http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/patrick.htm
http://www.ac-versailles.fr/pedagogi/anglais/civi/stpatrick.html
http://lve.scola.ac-paris.fr/anglais/stpat.php
http://lve.scola.ac-paris.fr/anglais/fetes03.php
To work online
And the page of links I designed for my students, encouraging them to first
do the quizzes to get basis info and key words, and then go to the sites about
legends, traditions and St Patrick's story to complete their notes. You can
also choose to do the opposite : first take notes from the sites about St Patrick's
and the legends, then invite them to do the quizzes.
<http://perso.numericable.fr/~dreymondch46/infonews/themes/stpatrick.htm>http://perso.numericable.fr/~dreymondch46/infonews/themes/stpatrick.htm
Sing Along
sing along this song : "It's time to fight a fire", with pictures
and sounds. For young beginners.
http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/activities/timetofightafire.asp
then you can invite your students to play "What should Firefighter Fran
wear" and review the name of the clothes while listening to the sentences.
http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/activities/whatshouldfranwear.asp
Online stories to hear and read
A colleague Etni recommends this site for American pre-readers : Kizclub
(go to stories)
"It's really nice. They have several topic based books, you click on the
cover, the story is read to you and you can also read it yourself."
http://www.kizclub.com
see also the stories and the activities on various themes
http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/other.asp
Poetry Pebbles (from Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer, Tuesday, February 21st)
Painting pebbles and printing words on them are only half the fun; making
up poems with them will always provide surprises and creativity.
http://www.kinderart.com/across/poetry.shtml
Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer from Thursday, March 2nd recommends those sites to work on career education or study jobs.
Exploring Careers
Find several teaching strategies here to explore careers with your secondary
students. A sample lesson plan is included.
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/real/career4all/secondary.html
What interests you?
Match up your students' interests with promising careers. This site offers
several different careers for your students to explore, with a question and
answer guide on what students might expect for each job, what salary is usually
matched with the occupation, and what the job out-look is like in all the different
fields.
http://www.bls.gov/k12/
Career matching and exploration
Take the quiz first to see where your students' specific skills and strong
points lead the, then explore careers in a wide variety of fields. Online games
in each category help students nail down their interests.
http://thefunworks.edc.org/SPTUI--FunWorks/funworks/quiz.php
The MySpace Generation (from [LII New This Week] March 2)
This December 2005 cover story from Business Week magazine explores current
teen online computer usage, such as the social networking site MySpace.com
("whose membership has nearly quadrupled since January alone, to 40 million
members"), similar sites such as Facebook.com, and other topics such as
advertising. Includes a podcast. From BusinessWeek Online.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_50/b3963001.htm
[ you might use this site to invite your students to comment and compare with
their own use. I also found it useful to keep up with the new trends and habits
of the teens.]
Parallel Worlds: Online Games and Digital Information Services (from [LII New This Week] March 2)
This December 2005 article looks at the similarities of online gaming and
digital library services, and provides background about the development of
online games. Explains early online games (such as MUDs or multi-user dungeon
games), advancements to MMOGs (massive multiplayer online games), characteristics
of online game players and games, the significance of "Web 2.0," and
related subjects. From D-Lib Magazine, a publication that focuses on digital
library research and development.
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/december05/kirriemuir/12kirriemuir.html
[ for teachers and advanced students, a full study of video games usage. With
a lot of links to other articles of the same type at the end. You may find
other useful information in this page:
http://perso.numericable.fr/~dreymondch46/infonews/themes/videogames.html ]
Weekly writing topics (from Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer, Wednesday, February 15th)
Several new topics have been added to this Paragraph a Week database for
writing assignments for upper elementary students. A student checklist is always
included; have your students perfect their writing skills by assigning one
topic each week.
http://www.teachersdesk.org/topics/par_week_program.html
[ useful prompts, starters and suggestions to encourage students to produce
short written work.]
Unseen. Unforgotten.( from The Scout Report -- March 3)
Dozens of previously unpublished photographs from the Civil Rights era, located
in 2006 in a storage closet at the Birmingham (Alabama) News. Organized by
theme (such as the Freedom Riders, school desegregation, and voting rights)
and year. Includes captions from the photo files, and photo reports with an
audio comment from people who live there and then. [ sometimes difficult to
understand, but the photos are often striking.]
http://www.al.com/unseen/
[ the sites requires registration for US residents, but overseas can access
the site directly by clicking on the "outside the US" sign.]
The Great Family Cookbook Project ( from The Scout Report -- March 3)
Some families pass down cookbooks across generations, often giving them the
same importance as a piece of heirloom jewelry or a well-worn piece of furniture.
As with many things, the family cookbook can now be passed down electronically,
and websites like this one can be of great help in this type of endeavor. When
creating a family cookbook using this site, it requires a modest fee, but visitors
are most welcome to search through recipes submitted by hundreds of families
for their own use. Here you will find such gems as peanut butter cookies from
the Wilhalm family, walnut-crusted stuffed chicken breasts from the Sheerin
family, and spicy hush puppies from the Marley clan. Of course, epicureans
should also feel free to use the helpful search engine here to look for recipes
for everything from appetizers to tasty desserts. [KMG]
http://www.familycookbookproject.com/
[ Short recipes, no pictures. For students studying cookery...and all those
interested in cooking and eating...;) ]
Green Week 2005
The European Commission invites all children in the enlarged EU and candidate
countries, aged between 6 and 16 years, to take part in its Green Week schools
competition 2005. The competition is part of the annual Green Week conference
and exhibition, which will take place from 31 May to 3 June 2005 in Brussels.
This year the competition highlights the theme of climate change.
http://www.greenweek2005.eun.org
Younger children may create drawings and paintings illustrating their views
about climate change, while older pupils are invited to submit a short digital
video on the same subject.
http://www.greenweek2005.eun.org/ww/en/pub/greenweek_2005/info/info.htm
The competition is open to schools in the enlarged EU and candidate countries.
This year there are two competition categories:
- A drawing and painting competition for children aged 6-10
- A short digital video competition for young people aged 11-16.
The competition, which is the fifth edition of its kind, is being run by European
Schoolnet (<http://www.eun.org>www.eun.org)
on behalf of the Commission's Environment Directorate-General.
Questions about the competitions can be addressed to Chris Coakley at the following
email address:
<mailto:chris.coakley@eun.org>chris.coakley@eun.org.
[ if you plan to work on this topic, you might find interesting documents in
this page about recycling and protecting the environment:
http://perso.numericable.fr/~dreymondch46/infonews/themes/earthandenvironment.html ]
Teaching Strategies
Find strategies and advices to teach, assess and deal with students, and
also some interesting cooperative learning activities:
http://www.lcc.edu/cte/resources/teachingettes/index.html
http://www.lcc.edu/cte/resources/teachingettes/monopolizingstudents.html
http://www.lcc.edu/cte/resources/teachingettes/smallgroupofftrack.html
http://www.lcc.edu/cte/resources/teachingettes/cooperativelearning.html
see also this page of links recommended by the Scout Report:
http://www.delmar.edu/tlc/links.html
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