TOOLS TO ENHANCE WRITING

This is a toll designed with wordle. The activity is the following:

 "Write the end of this story using words of the cloud.

 There came to our fields a pair of birds that had never built a nest nor seen a winter. How beautiful was everything! The fields were full of flowers and the grass was growing tall, and the bees were humming everywhere. Then one of the birds began singing, and the other bird said, "Who told you to sing?" And he answered, "The flowers told me, and the bees told me, and the winds and leaves told me, and the blue sky told me, and you told me to sing." Then his mate answered, "When did I tell you to sing?" And he said, "Every time you brought in tender grass for the nest, and every time your soft wings fluttered off again for hair and feathers to line the nest." Then his mate said, "What are you singing about?" And he answered, "I am singing about everything and nothing. It is because I am so happy that I sing."

READING SKILLS

This is the link to a Jclick task where you can practice reading English skills with music vocabulary.
Pleas, click here

LISTENING EXERCISE

 This activity is individual and is design in two steps.

First, the teacher will say their pupils “Listen to the song by Smash Mouth (“I'm a Believer”) and fill in the gaps with the words in the box. ( 10 minutes).

Couldn't – thought – then – saw – mind – doubt -was -tried -gave – wanted -given - got

 Then, they have to translate the following words and expressions from the song using the computer dictionary: (5 minutes, post-listening task)

·         True:

·         Fairy tales:

·         Disappointment:

·         Dreams:

·         Believer:

·         I'm in love:

·         More or less:

·         The more I gave the less I got:

·         Pain:

  To listen to the song click here: I'm a believer

SPEAKING EXERCISE

The task is designed in pairs for children of the six grade of primary shool. A member of the pair will design a music band with the mixer programm and another child have to describe this band using the vocabulary learn during the course.  After that, they will have to discuss in whant places you can heard the music you have selected and why.

Click  the link: music mixer

WRITING SKILLS: VOCABULARY

This is an activity to find vocabulary about the most known musical instruments. It habe been created by the tool called puzzlemaker. It is appropiated to be used with children of the first or second grade. The words chosen are: chello, guitar, saxophone, drums, keyboard, trumpet, flute, piano and violin.