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I am from Coimbra, Portugal, and am currently teaching in a school in Soure, about 30 km away from Coimbra. I have been a teacher of English for over 20 years and have already taught different levels and age groups. After all this time I can say I love working with adult groups because there are no coursebooks and I can create my own resources. I am an avid reader, a blogger and very curious about free tools and their implementation in the classroom.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Summer

Google Doodle marking the beginning of Summer
Another fantastic doodle on google's homepage to celebrate the beginning of Summer.
For my adult learners, though, I've prepared something different to welcome Summer.
I have been reviewing the months, seasons, meals, food and nutrition (loads of vocabulary!) and for homework  I asked them to identify all fruits and veggies they could as well as to name the artist. Have a look at the painting:
SUMMER, 1573
Giuseppe Arcimboldo

What I did was...for the learners, I've prepared a worksheet; for the class, I've print screened the image in different parts and prepared a Powerpoint Presentation.
I hope they have a nice time, identifying Giuseppe Arcimboldo and then all the different food items he used for this painting (and some are not very clear).
This can be done with / for all seasons once this artist has a set of paintings with the four Seasons; if dealing with the topic jobs, some of his other paintings can also be used: sts can be asked to describe the painting and speculate about its title and justify it.

My time is quite short at the moment and that's why I'm not including my materials. If you wish them, please email me and I'll be delighted to send them to you as soon as I can.
Any suggestions?

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