JENNİFER ÖZTÜRKERİ
ENGLISH PROJECT FAIR – Courage and Perseverance
The main reason why we learn a language is to communicate our thoughts and ideas to the speakers of that language. Language learning is only meaningful if this objective is accomplished. Learning the structures and the individual components of the language is only a stepping stone in reaching this ultimate goal.
At Izmir SEV, we provide opportunities for our students to communicate their thought, ideas, opinions and beliefs through meaningful projects. Each English course customizes its projects to allow the practice of the skills taught and a demonstration of the achievement of its objectives. Core English lessons focus on projects that allow the correct usage of vocabulary and grammar structures while Language Arts focuses on strategies that allow students to acquire a deeper understanding of the texts they read and an appreciation for literature. Spoken Arts projects allow students to hone their oral presentation skills. Ultimately, all courses provide students with ample opportunities to express themselves in English.
This year, we studied the theme‘ Courage and Perseverance’ in our English lessons in grades 5-7. Our students studied real and fictitious characters who demonstrated courage and perseverance in accomplishing their goals. Our Big Idea was that language learning requires courage and perseverance.
We wanted to share all our project work that we had completed throughout the year in an interactive project fair with our parents so that our students would have a chance of demonstrating their learning and showcasing their English skills.
Our English Project Fair took place on 28th March, 2016 on our West Hall Campus. Grades 5-7 students displayed their project work in an interactive way by reenacting scenes from books and skits that they wrote, reciting poetry, performing shadow puppet theatre, teaching parents how to plant seeds for hydroponic agriculture, quizzing parents’ English skills with fun, interactive Kahoot games, allowing parents to watch embedded advertisement videos prepared by students in the QR-Jungle, inviting parents to watch Charlie and the Chocolate Factory remake movies while eating popcorn, watching performances of Grade 7 Greek Gods and Goddesses and Destination Imagination Grade 6 Team and many more entertaining and inspiring displays and presentations.
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