IMAGE AND VIDEO STORYTELLING FOR THE ENGLISH CLASS

  Chameleon hatches from egg. Lesson: Peecaboo!!! Chameleon hatches from egg. LEVEL: This video activity is aimed at sixth-fifth grade Primary Education. This story is based on the technique of “PICTURE-TELLING” (based on Story Seeding technique) and it involves a video which will be revealed at the end of the story-telling session. OBJECTIVES Boost the students creativity and develop their oral and writing skills. Revise Science contents about Animal kingdom (vertebrates & invertebrates, … : reptiles). Develope creative writing skills. ACTIVITIES About the image The image in this activity is a baby chameleon hatched from its egg. First, students cannot see the image. The teacher tells the students about this image on TV and that the subject of this photogragh is a wee, tiny being/creature on somebody’s part of the body. We tell students that before you show them the photograph, you are going to describe it with a text in hand. So we read the text twice slowly and clearly ...

  Language level : Intermediate (B1) Time : 60 minutes Objectives : listening skills, predicting the end of a story, and speaking skills. Topic : Daily routines, work and school Language : Alike, adjectives to describe character and routines Materials : Short film Activities stages: Step 1 Explanation: The teacher writes the following sentences on the board. • I’m like my brother. • My brother and I are alike . The teacher elicits the two sentences mean the same thing and gives them an explanation. The teacher gives more examples and asks them to write a true sentence about themselves and a member of their family using alike. Step 2 Students watch a short film titled Alike in which they see a father and his son. As they watch they should notice in what ways the father and son, and their lives are alike. The teacher shows the film until 04:55. Step 3 The teacher holds a whole class discussion on how the father and son, and their lives are alike. The teacher...

  THE LITTLE PRINCE “Let me make you a present of a secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye”. LEVEL : A1 (Grade 6) AGE : 10-12 ORGANIZATION : whole class AIMS: 1. To make children aware of the intuitive understanding of the important things in life. 2. To predict what happens in the story. 3. To draw and describe a picture. 5. To describe a character. 4. To write and read a postcard. LANGUAGE FOCUS : present simple, adjectives to describe people and places. MATERIALS : a video of an advert and a piece of paper with a quote from the book “The Little Prince”. PROCEDURE: 1. Show the children the video and ask them what they think is the moral. 2. Give the children a piece of paper with the quote from the book and ask them what they think the phrase “see with the heart” means? Can someone “see” with his or her heart? Why or why not? Do you agree or disagree with this point ...

  Level: For B2.2 students when we teach the topic of `Advertising and Emotions´ Objectives: - Making predictions in oral conversations using their creativity and imagination. - To learn the idiom ` Full of Vim and Vigor´ - To use modals of deduction/ Adjectives/ Narrative tenses, although grammar is not the main focus. First , I tell my students about my reaction the first time I watched this ad and how much I liked it, and I still do (giving no clues at all about the product advertised). Then , they see till 0:09´and they have to speak about what they think it´s gonna happen next ( making predictions or using narrative present tenses) (E.g. ` The whole population becomes a baby because of an alien invasion ´) They see until 1:08´and talk about what product they might be advertising (Modal Verbs of Deduction). We play it again( till 1:08´) and they have to describe the feelings&emotions of the people in the ad (Intermediate-Level Adjectives, e.g. o verjoyed/Compound Adject...

  The technique I am going to use is the picture-telling , and this is the way I would implement it: Grade : 6th Level: Primary education As Christmas is close, I think this photo is very suitable for being used at this time of the year. This activity is going to be developed in the english classroom. Objectives: - To use vocabulary related to physical charactersitics and personality - to use the present continous tense - To make predictions based on a photo - To learn about a famous author and the values that this story transmit. - To learn cultural aspects Lesson planning: 1. I would display the photo on the whiteboard, and I will ask the students to describe just what the see. In this case, the students are supposed to describe the scene and the grinch. For example: I can see a winter landscape. There is a flurry green monster. He is wearing a Santa's jacket. There is a dog sitting next to him, etc. 2. I would ask them now to write short sentences about what they think it is h...

  I've used this video with B2 and C1 students for video telling and both ora l and written mediation . Firstly, I play the audio twice and tell the students to work in pairs. They have to guess what's going on. They come up with different versions and vocabulary that I write on the board ( prediction exercise). After listening to all the versions, I tell half of the class to go out. The others watch the video again and take notes. Then, we do an oral mediation exercise : using all the vocabulary written on the board, they have to summarize the video and tell their classmates about it (retelling). After that,they all watch it again and for their homework I ask them to send me an email telling me about the video they’ve watched. I do this with very short videos, about 2 or three minutes long. They really enjoy doing it and it’s good pratice for their monologues and mediation .

LEVEL : INFANTS (5-6 YEARS OLD). OBJECTIVES : • Be conscious plastic is harmful to animals and the environment. • Develop solutions for negative impacts of plastics on the environment. • Think of ways to use less plastic. • Reduce the amount of single-use plastic we use. ACTIVITIES FOR THE EARTH DAY: • WATCH "PLASTIC PLANET" VIDEO-PREDICTION : Firstly, we show them a frame of the video (1’ 15’’) in which they can see the woman in the super shop and when she goes back home. The teacher makes some questions so that students can try to predict what the video is about, questions like: What is this video about? What is the woman doing? How is she taking her shopping home? How many plastic products do we use? Let our students watch the moment in which birds and other sea animals are eating plastic products and the Earth is full of plastic, and I will ask students to explain what has happened and what they think will happen next ( retelling + ...

  Tell the story. Grade : 6th grade Aims of the activity : - Use imagination and develop creativity - Develop language, communication and social skills - Develop narrative skills - Expand vocabulary and improve oral expression - Increase interest in children's literature, oral storytelling and narrative creation (reader promotion) - Encourage literacy - Exercise mental flexibility and agility to create new, original and valuable things (encourage innovation) Metodology: Tell the story to your students before showing them the video. You must prepare a narrative text before class. We can tell our story such as : It is an advertisement for the Christmas lottery that was very famous a few years ago.The person who appears looks like a magician and is doing good things wherever he goes. On the screen, we can see fantastic black and white image. After taking some speculations from students, show them the video. Then for homework, ask students to go online and find another blunder video th...

  The video could be used at any level, using different vocabulary and language. I have prepared these activities for 1º - 2º ESO . The main objective is to get students talking and to motivate them into using English in class. We will also use this video to revise routines and use present simple, although grammar is not the main objective. These activities have been designed using an advert called “The life of the Mayfly”. We will not tell students from the beginning that the video is an advert. Firstly, we will introduce the “story” by using a slide with the title of the video and several story seeds : a mayfly, a river, fish, toad, monkey, just one day .... We can ask students to predict the story and let them ask Yes-No Questions. After introducing the story with the story seeds, we will show students the video (without showing the logo). Finally, depending on the level of the students we can retell the story together as a class or we can ask them to retell the story in pair...

  Level : is for the 2nd and 3rd level primary. Subject : English Objectives: To revise vocabulary ( animals, vertebrates or invertebrates, size (big or small). To encourage students oral production. Activities : we may carry on these following main activities Engagement , I will show them only the firts image ( the one in which we can see the title of the story) of the video and ask them what they think is going to happen. We will work the story seed technique. Language production : First, I will ask them the animals they know; what they eat; the kind of animals they are (vertebrate or invertebrate), if they have pets at home. Then, I will show them the picture in which the green bird is trying to eat the worm and I will ask them what could be the end. Finally, after watching the video ask them if they like the end or not and what they think the story is about, eliciting students' answers through questions.

TIKI HEAD TISSUE BOXCOVER In the link above there is an image of a certainly odd sculpture or object with a paper tissue. Firstly, this activity would perfectly fit for 1º Bachillerato students , although it can be used in other years as well, if we adapt it to our students’ needs. The activity I have decided to carry out is videotelling and advert . I truly belief these types of oral practises help a great deal to improve the communicative competence in younger learners as well as in adult ones. The students would create their own adverts having in mind that the given picture is supposed to be the key gift for this Christmas . In order to convince the audience, they would create a very fun and original advertisement. To carry out this project, they could use more images, videos or they could even record their own material such as audios, videos, etc. The objective of this task is mainly to improve the speaking skills and secondly,to put into practice some grammatical structures lik...

  For: 6th grade students Objectives: _ Understand and describe differences between two animals. _ Make predictions about a story. _ Describe emotions. _ Learn about a famous fable, its author and the moral of the story. Lesson Planning: 1. In the first place, I would ask students to describe the two animals in the picture. They can also add more information about those species. _ Lions are big, strong and fierce. They have got sharp teeth and big claws. They live in the savanna and eat meat. _ Mice are small, not very strong and fearful. They have got strong teeth and big ears. They live in the forest or near humans. They eat fruits, seeds and grains 2. In the second place, I would ask them what happened? They would try to guess why the lion got caught in a net. Then, I would ask them these questions: _ What is the mouse thinking? _ Is the mouse scared? Why? _ Is the lion scared? Why? 3. In the third place, I would ask them to use comparatives to...

  For this activity I will make use of the storytelling technique based on constructing stories from an image. The level at which the activity is aimed is 2nd CSE, concretely I will introduce this activity with my 2nd British class, but surely it will work with any other level of CSE. I will start the lesson explaining that they are about to watch a frame (or still) of a short video in which something happened to some people, creating some sort of intrigue for them. Then, I will show the frame of minute 0.26, which will be followed by guessing and hypotheses on the part of the students (a bomb will explode, a surprise might happen, they could get a prize…). Then, I will show them a frame of minute 1.42 and ask them “why are they all singing?”, motivating them to express their ideas. Finally, I will show them the whole video which is in fact an advertisement from the brand Coca Cola. After seeing it, I will ask them to write their name in a piece of paper and some questions about t...

  I think these are very funny and interesting videos. Two babies seem to be communicating but it is not possible for them to use any language yet. I will use this activity with my students from 3ºESO. First I will show them a still from the videos to ask them what they think will happen. After that, we will watch the videos, and I will ask them to write a script that could match the babies' gestures, expresions and body language. Once this is done, the most complex part comes, they have to edit the videos muting them and adding their own voices. The final result will be amazing and they will surely enjoy it a lot. This activity will not only allow them to practice their oral and written skills, but it also will have a great impact on their imaginative power. Furthermore, they will have a great chance to use ITCs! The only downside of this project is that it may take a lot of time, so we need to plan it long term.

I am a teacher in a bilingual secondary school and there’s one extra period of classes one day per week with the groups belonging to the bilingual section. I normally like using different things for these classes because they are from 14.15 to 15.05 and students are very tired after having spent all the morning in the school. I usually devote these hours to speaking activities and I very often use story seeding with the different groups that I have. I have chosen the advertisement in the link because it is humorous and matches the topic from the unit that we are studying now. At the moment we are dealing with t he future and we have also been discussing space travel . The group I will be using this video with is a 4th ESO group and the textbook used is a B2 level. However, not all of my students have the same level and using this technique helps them match their productions to their own level . Firstly, I would show students some images of a “monster, flag, hole, astronauts, bak...

  I wonder how… Level of students : 1st of Bachillerato Timing : 1 session + homework (a writing task: a narrative) Time frame : sometime in December meant to be the final session of a series of sessions dedicated to tenses review ( though this lesson is NOT a grammar-focused ) Objectives : develop my students speaking skills by making them use the construction “I wonder”, make guesses and predictions based on the images (stills from the video) and boost their creativity by asking them to imagine and express in writing the possible ending of the story Activity stages: 1) Teacher shows students a still from the short film “Momentos” where they can see a man sleeping on the street (evidently, a homeless person). Students are prompted to give their guesses by using “I wonder…” structure Language focus (I wonder + a variety of tenses / common lexis): The teacher may say: I wonder who this man is… I wonder what his life had been like before he became a homeless person…. I wonder...

  Lesson: Bored ducks! This story is based on the technique of “ PICTURE-TELLING ” and involves an image which will be revealed at the end of the story-telling session. The lesson plan involves reading the story differently three times. It could be used in English class from Primary 1 (6 years old) up to Primary 4 (9 years old) First, the teacher elicits some ideas from the kids as to what the story is about only from the title “The Bored Ducks” by using some “Wh” questions: Why are the ducks bored? Where do the ducks live? What can they do to stop being bored? What do you do when you are bored? When are you bored? First reading The teacher reads the story but doesn´t give the final punchline regarding the final identity of the ducks. With younger age groups this stage could be omitted and proceed directly to the next stage of reading the story . Second Reading This time comprehension is supported by using the vocabulary powerpoint with images. In this stage the final slide...

 Source:  A New Teacher's First Day of School - Kleenex® Brand The first day of school is always very special. This is a story about a new teacher that starts her first day of work at a new school. Who will encourage whom? Level: 6th level of Primary. Objective : A general objective is to give a warm welcome to our students., but students will also: - Promote students' oral skills (by engaging students in predicting what the story is going to be about and by listening to the advert and inferring information) - Talk about emotions, especially related to the first day of school - As secondary linguistic objectives, students will also: • Revise the future tense • Use imperatives (“Remember…” and “Enjoy it!”) Activities : 1) First, I will show the first image of the video and ask them to describe what they see 2) Secondly, I will explain that they are going to watch a video, but first they have to try to make guesses about what this advert, by using the structure "I...

  Source: http://carnivorouswildanimalbestblog.blogspot.com/2016/05/interesting-pictures-of-animals.html I would use the picture-telling technique in the following way: I will use a picture of a frog with a leaf umbrella and I will use it with sixth grade students to improve their oral linguistic competence. It would be a CLIL activity to practice with animal characteristics and groups. First, I would review the key vocabulary students might not know ... After that, I would review questions about animal characteristics , such as Has it got wings? Is it a mammal? Then, I would tell the story and students have to try and guess what animal it is: Once upon a time, there was a very small animal that looked very big. It was sitting on a green leaf as a prince sits on his throne. It was raining a lot. There were big drops of water about to fall down from the leaf. It had been raining for a long time because everything showed different shades of green. It was raining so much that this...

  - Level : 5th grade of Primary. - Subject : Natural Science. - Objectives : To improve oral expression, To create expectation and To encourage pupils to make predictions - Activities: The task is supposed to be accomplished in three main activities : 1) We first show the students a screenshot from the short film and we start a conversation about the setting of the video just to engage the pupils into a conversation (we can ask them some questions so that students can try to predict what the video is about) The pupils watch the moment in which the seal is coming near to diver. 2) Then, the teacher will ask the pupils to explain what has happened and what they think will happen next. 3) Finally we will watch the whole video and the teacher will ask the pupils what the story is about

PICTURE SOURCE: https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/04/01/11/32BBC4D700000578-3518739-The_new_Viking_settlement_was_found_on_the_edge_of_Point_Rosee_i-a-28_1459505267293.jpg Grade: Secondary students Subject : Social Science Objectives: - To get familiar with vikings most famous explorers - To encourage students to make predictions - To improve students' oral skills (speaking and listening) as well as to foster students' writing skills - To review past tenses (in an indirect way, grammar is not the main focus of the activities) *By showing short sentences and the picture related to the story, it’s my intention to plant the story seeds , First activity Students will try to figure out the story line first individually. I I'll give students some words to make predictions about the story related to the picture.. Then, in pairs, they will share their ideas and write a quick story draft using the 5 Wh- and H questions prompts. Second activity : Story Bingo The teacher will...

LEVEL: 2nd or 3rd grade of Primary School OBJECTIVES: *To encourage pupils to create a story with familiar words. * To review the vocabulary and structures worked on. ( Family, birthday...) * To follow a narrative sequence: beginning, middle, end. * To work on oral skills. TECHNIQUE: "Story-seeding" ACTIVITIES: Analyze the image: the pictures and the words. Ask different questions about it: what can they see in the picture? What type of pictures can they see? Who are they? Talk about the birthday images....Read the words ... - Talk about people and pets in "our" story. Who is Toby? Whose birthday is it? How are they going to celebrate? How old is ...? When is "his" birthday? What about the candles on the cake? - What about the mysterious cake......?? Who cooked the cake? Ask questions in order to get information to create the story. What can be the title for the story? Once you consider that you have enough inf...