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Presentation on Creative Reading given in Coimbra on Oct19, 2013
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Spice up READING with Digital Tools
Alexandra Duarte
APPI & BRITISH COUNCIL Seminar
Creative Reading: BritLit 10 years on
19th October 2013
Coimbra
READERS
CHILDREN TEENAGERS
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Why?
Too hard Insecurity Embarrassing
Boring Not relevant
No time
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Teachers
Promote reading opportunities
Select different, engaging, interesting books
Set the example
Allow students to choose
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www.quozio.com
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Why not (more) often?
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/articles/extensive-reading-why-it-good-our-students%E2%80%A6-us
Insufficient time
Too costly
Reading materials not available
Not linked to the syllabus /
exam
Pressure on teachers to
conform to syllabus & textbooks
Resistance
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Literature “Pieces of writing that are valued as works of art, especially novels,
plays and poems (in contrast to technical books and newspapers,
magazines, etc.)”
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/literature
… is authentic material
… is rich in multiple layers of meaning
… expands language awareness
… educates the whole person
… motivates
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Digital Tools
Technology is ubiquitous
Challenging
Seemingly unlimited resources
Different types of learners
Individual pacing and sequence
Collaboration - classroom »» Europe »» World
Eco-friendly!
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www.quozio.com
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Celebr8
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LEVI TAFARI
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http://popplet.com/
http://popplet.com/app/#/1257882
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http://popplet.com/
http://popplet.com/app/#/1281327
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Listening exercise (excerpt!) List the different forms of
discrimination mentioned
Race
Religion
Gender
Old People
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Going Further…
4 om reflection:
pls continu d poem w othR forms of discrimination.
… on Levi Tafari
http://www.thinglink.com/
http://www.thinglink.com/scene/440682824358428673
Project Work
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Amandla Mandela
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LEVI TAFARI
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https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?service=writely
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1v5zEvaVkuMKksmrm0AMvJgCFVJJ4EskZip1y1ljPqGs/viewform?edit_requested=true
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The month is ___________________
The year is _____________________
Mr Mandela ___________________
It’s time to _____________________
Bring the poem to life in comicstrips.
http://comiclife.com/
Finish the following lines:
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Going Further …
Build an acrostic poem
http://www.readwritethink.org/
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/acrostic/
Project Work
... on Nelson Mandela
http://www.myhistro.com/
http://www.myhistro.com/story/nelson-mandela/82930/0/0/0/1
http://www.glogster.com/
http://www.glogster.com/edit/g-6kflq5ge7nq3pptqeeha65o
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Moses’s Little Brother
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RON BUTLIN
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Paintings – Moses and the Burning Bush, attrbuted to Dirck Bouts and The Jews in the Desert, Tintoretto
Images – Google images
First Listening
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Second Listening – Students
take notes of key ideas
Pair Work: Ss compare notes
and try to reconstruct the text
Share the original text by Ron
Butlin and compare
http://linoit.com/users/teacheralex/canvases/Moses%20Little%20Brother
http://en.linoit.com/
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Going Further …
http://linoit.com/users/teacheralex/canvases/Moses%20Little%20Brother
Research: Past and
present references,
the building of a
wall…
Collect & correct
the students’ new
versions and
publish an ebook!
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http://www.poetryfoundation.org/ learning/glossary-terms
Useful Links, Tools & Tips
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http://rewordify.com/ http://www.rewordify.com/p.php?p=0d279b3511
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http://padlet.com/wall/myreadings
http://www.pinterest.com/alexteacher/libraries-and-readers/
http://www.scoop.it/t/reading-challenge
My Bookmarks
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Video creation tool http://animoto.com/
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http://www.readwritethink.org/ http://clubeinglesoure.blogspot.pt/2013/05/read-think-and-write.html
Interactive Resources
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https://www.goodreads.com/
May Books be Always with you!
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http://booklamp.org/ and
http://bookgenome.com/
http://bookseer.com/
https://www.dailylit.com/
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http://www.planetebook.com/
http://manybooks.net/
http://www.free-ebooks.net/
http://ebookdirectory.com/search/Literature/
http://www.openculture.com/ &
http://openlibrary.org/
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http://www.gutenberg.org/ &
http://audiobooksforfree.com/
http://librivox.org/
http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/
http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/ &
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• Use and Abuse Graded Readers
http://www.youtube.com/user/BookExpoAmerica
http://www.buzzfeed.com/erinlarosa/13-studious-celebs-caught-reading
http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/premier_league_reading_stars http://www.getcaughtreading.org/celebrity-posters.php
• Books on Screen – READ them first!!!
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Books are cool Books are fun Books should be read By everyone
ContinYOU Reading!
Levi Tafari
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Thank you!
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