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  Digital Storytelling (DS) has become a popular methodology for teaching and learning  as it provides the opportunity of giving students a voice in the learning process. DS involves the narrating of a story in the form of a short … Continue reading →

The students in my elective course “The Other Side of the Story” chose one of these novels each and presented them in class.  Click on the image below to find out a bit more about this elective course.     … Continue reading →

Reading picture books and simple stories Using picture books and little stories can be very motivating for beginners. My students start reading these picture books  towards the end of year one. After reading a book they enter the title into … Continue reading →

Choose Your Own Adventure Project Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA) books are ideally suited for an integrated skills project that practices reading – spreaking and writing.  Reading these books does not take as much time as reading a regular novel. This makes CYOA … Continue reading →

  Early Starts: Tasks for Young Learners CEFR: A1 – A2 “Me Books”: Writing about myself and the world around me   Tip: When students write about their own lives and experiences they will remember the new language better. Make … Continue reading →

CYOA Books: Choose your own adventure An integrated skills project where students READ a novel, DISCUSS which paths to take  and then WRITE their own stories.       In this project students worked in pairs and read one of … Continue reading →

Reading and writing poetry in the foreign language classroom:   Ideas for Using Poetry in Upper School   What is poetry? Students work in groups and write a definition of “poetry”. They present their definitions to the class. Then show … Continue reading →

Great books  for advanced readers Here I am sharing my project schedule and tasks for the topic “Big Names in Literature”. The aim of this project is to give advanced learners (year 7 or 8) a wide choice of contemporary … Continue reading →

Blank booklets for all ages       These booklets are my favorite projects. The idea is based on Hannelore and Helmut Zehnpfennig’s concept of “Didaktik des weißen Blattes”. I have used this idea at all levels, from beginners to … Continue reading →

Creative Book Presentations     Presentations are the final and culminating point of every book project. Many of the presentation activities described on this page can be used at any level. What they all have in common is “activity”. The … Continue reading →