CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

Today ... mmm you smell it? It smells great! It smells like chocolate and fun!

It is known by all, children 8-9 years still dream illusion, the magic and unthinkable things but they try to give us an appearience that are older and do not need anybody else or anything else and
assume the reality as it is.

However the literature tells us that if there is a story that fascinated students of that age is: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. It is a work of art in children's literature and has translated a long time a lot of languages.

THE GLOSSARY THAT WE CAN TEACH:

Obstinate:stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so.

Luscious: (of food or drink) having a pleasingly rich, sweet taste.

Perplex: (of something complicated or unaccountable) cause (someone) to feel completely baffled.

Indignant: Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment.

Ludicrous: So foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing; ridiculous.

Luminous: Glowing or shinning.

                                                              Loathe:  Feel intense dislike or disgust for.
                                                                 
                                                             Wretched: (of a person) in a very unhappy or unfortunate state.
                              
                                                             Collide:hit with force when moving.


THE MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES IN THIS BOOK: Visual and Spatial, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Logical-Mathematical, Linguistic, Musical.

PRE-TELLING:

The teacher will bring to class a velvet bag, inside it will be a chocolate bar. We  want our students to touch and pass each other the bag. The class must guess who hides in the bag. After they show what is inside and the teacher will give them a piece of chocolate bar each and must write and then share that they have felt and what it means for them to eat a piece of chocolate.

Once done this, we will speak to our  students why this introductory activity and why this book.

TELLING.

The story is the same always. 

POST-TELLING:

 For the post telling we will realize a poster with the characters and expressing feelings and characteristics. We will use ITC tool very innovative and really like is Glogster. This website helps us design very beautiful and cool besides being very explanatory and visual posters. We groups in each class and make your poster on the characters and their characteristics. 

Students can choose from a poster on new vocabulary words and characters of the book or can make a poster book report, ie, through this very visual and simple way to explain it has seemed the book and then expose in class. It would be something like this:

Real Example of Glogster: Book report. (Click there)

                                                                                                                    Ester C.

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID

LET'S ENGAGE OUR "OLDER" STUDENTS!

Today I bring you something really interesting, or at least to me and a lot of students between 8 and 12 years it seems. Nowadays we are more interested our students to be able to read and to improve their writing and spelling that they know a lot of knowledges.

It is a series of books called: Greg's Diary (in Spanish), The wimpy kid (in English)

First, Greg loves you leave one thing clear: this is not a diary. We already know what it says on the cover. And that Greg asked his mother SPECIFICALLY when he went to buy that, buy a notebook, did not have the label daily. Being almost adolescent can be very annoying. Nobody knows better than Greg Heffley, immersed in the harsh environment of the institute, where smallers guys who have not stuck lug have to share the halls with big boys already shave their selves twice daily.

In book one of this debut series, Greg is happy to have Rowley, his sidekick, along for the ride. But when Rowley's star starts to rise, Greg tries to use his best friend's newfound popularity to his own advantage, kicking off a chain of events that will test their friendship in hilarious fashion.

It's not a tipical book of literature but it's reading for children about 8 to 12 years old. 

Diary of a Wimpy one children's books engaging in good readers and encourages lazy, because the layout of text in page and the abundance of illustrations make it very attractive is. Hence Greg's adventures have become a favorite adventures of children worldwide. Critics worldwide have concluded that Jeff Kinney have created a modern and fun character that generates a reading addiction.

THE GLOSSARY WE CAN TEACH: 

Wimpy kid: Someone weak, not striking, low physical strength among other things.

Sarcastic:  Characterized by making fun of something or irony.

Humiliate:To cause a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; embarrass.

Degrade: To lower in character or quality; insult.

Dignity:  Self-respect or esteem.

Promotion:  Encouragement or advancement.

Confer: To consult together; compare opinions.

Hassle: To bother or annoy.

Blubbering: Weeping noisily and without restraint.

Satisfy: Full of desires, needs and demands.

THE MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES IN THIS BOOK:  Linguistic, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal.


PRE-TELLING: 

First of all, we are going to talk about feelings, wich vocabulary they known than: sad, happy, angry, envious and other basic words. When each of class has expressed and we have checked and found the level of vocabulary, we will ask them why we were speaking  today of feelings.
We will present the book and tell them that before reading it will work a number of vocabulary words very present and representative of the book. And work the pronunciation and words with a few games on the touch screen board using the new ITC's. With this website:

Games to practice vocabulary

TELLING:

If you don't know anything about the story you can know something with the author of the books.

POST-TELLING:

For the post telling a very innovative activity with the help of ITC'S and that our students will like it much, but if the teacher performed and explained properly. Is about making a video for class, creating groups, each group has to  invented a scene and tell you want to do on daily greg (but with other avatars) and all the scenes will gather, do you have a logical and so will form a chapter for the book .


Students begin the scenes video from performing the teacher.

An example and the first scene for the students to continue the invented story is:

The first video done. They have to continue this story

 

HOPE YOU LIKED THIS NEW WAY TO TEACH, AND USING ITC'S

REMEMBER THE FUTURE IS BEGINING LET'S GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO ITC'S

Ester C.

UNIT 3: STORYTELLING, ITC'S.

UNIT 3: STORYTELLING FROM 8 TO 12 YEARS OLD.

From eight years old begins to awaken the artistic emotion in your children. They are interested in the detailed description of the story. All those exciting stories or keep them in suspense until the end make them identify with the characters and feel part of the story.

Do not forget that you play a very important role. Your way of explaining the history and describe the characters will fascinate them about the story. At this age it is common for children asks theirselves, "Is this really happened?" Or "Does this story is true?". Seeks to satisfy tell historical, scientific or personal narratives (will love you to tell stories from your childhood). And no need to abandon the fiction of all; not have all traveled five continents and we bathed in the South Seas.

If the story is not entirely true you must tell the truth to your child: "More or less occurred to me something but I embellished a little story to make it more fun. Did you like it? ".

Storytelling no longer a first "reading aloud" that can help your child wakes up in the pleasure of reading.

From the eight years is very likely that your child prefer to read their own books will tell you stories. You will feel predilection for certain subjects in particular: adventure, poetry, stories of gangs, humor books, nonfiction books, various countries, animals, science, sports, invention and games etc.

Therefore, we must understand that it is a difficult age and believe it or not we play a very important role in both stories as teachers. Children do not want to leave her childhood.

ICT'S are not harmful if they can also be used in this unit we will see various resources and materials that will serve them for when they are older and have to do work with your computer.

Now there is an innovation that everyone is seeing clearly, children with tablets and as new technologies quickly become involved and we can not stay behind but we can leave behind the classic children's literature.

Remember we don't have to be out of fashion, education is always changing!

Ester C.