Pictures to describe!

Here's some interesting pictures that could be very useful in the language classroom! In English FAL it can be used as a scene that learners need to describe as a class discussion to get those English juices flowing and the pictures are reaaaally busy so they can write a lot about it in a descriptive essay or paragraph....

This is what I did:

               - slideshow

               - cloze exercise

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Fakebook! A fantastic and fun way of doing projects!

Take a look at the following links I found on using Facebook as a tool in the classroom.

5 fake facebook templates and pages for student projects

Powerpoint facebook template

Some ideas for using Fakebook in the South African Classroom:

Social Sciences: 

• Historic profiles of different important figures in South African History (e.g. a profile of Nelson Mandela that highlights important dates in his lifetime).
• Geography: Create a 'page' that contains information about a certain province, city, country etc..
• Also geography: Create an 'about me' page that contains information about a certain industry such as fishing or agriculture. Also use the photo page to insert photos that illustrates the topic. The captions of the photos could be part of the project...

Languages:

• Maak 'n profiel van verskillende digters en byvoorbeeld wanneer hul digbundels verskyn het.
• Karakters van romans / verhale kan ook deur middel van die profiel dien as 'n karakterskets en ook belangrike momente in die verhale uitlig.

Geniet dit!!

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