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E.L.I.O.T. - ENHANCING LITERACY BASIC SKILLS AND FIGHTING DROPOUT WITH
CROSS-CURRICULAR THEATRICAL EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
ID Number: 2016-1-IT02-KA219-024165
4th and 5th lessons:
Miming idioms for the other students to guess
Introductions (2 minutes)
The teacher explains that students are going to be actors for the day.
Development (30 minutes)
First, in pairs, students have to choose one of the idioms/sayings they are
familiar with and prepare to mime it for their classmates to guess.
The teacher makes sure that every couple mimes a different idiom/saying.
The mimes will be filmed and uploaded on the class padlet.
The students as a class vote the mime they like the best motivating their
choice.
Further development (60 minutes)
In groups of three students are asked to write a story using as many of the
ten selected idioms as possible.
The teacher circulates and check as the students work.
Using the story as a starting point, students will write a script featuring all
members of the group.
The groups will perform their plays wearing their costumes and make up
(if any)
Steps
The performances are filmed by the teacher.
Scheduling
Students who can sing can write a song and perform it as part of the play.
activities , who
The song is supposed to feature the selected idioms and the lyrics will be
do what, times,
uploaded on the class padlet.
tools, assess
Final (8 minutes)
The teacher assesses and comments the performances.
6th lesson:
Reflection on the importance of idioms in culture. Written production
(computer room)
Introduction (5 minutes)
The teacher connects with the Web site
http://robslink.com/SAS/democd93/worldwide_idioms.htm and shows the
students a work done by a researcher who searched the web for interesting
idioms from other countries, especially those that were in a different
language, translated directly/literally into English, and then had an
explanation of what the expression actually meant.
The teacher invites the students to reflect on the common cross-cultural
aspects of idiomatic expressions (a phenomenon observed in every
language).
The teacher summarises on the blackboard by means of a concept map the
feedback from the students