September 26, 2017

English lesson - word order (Act. # 5)









Author: Jaana Auer, special education class teacher

School, country: Helsingin Uusi yhteiskoulu, Finland

Level: lower secondary 8th grade, age 14

Subject: English

Title of the activity: Word order, sentences and questions




 Justification and description of the activity:

ENGLISH LESSON/ 8TH GRADE SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASS

We practised English grammar, sentence structures, sentences, questions and negative sentences. The test was due the following week and this grammar topic was quite challenging for most of my pupils.
I wrote the words WHO-DOES/DID (auxiliary)- WHAT-HOW- WHERE- WHEN (in Finnish) on a sheet of paper and attached them on the board. I had sentences in English cut into pieces and I shared the papers to my pupils, after which they had to put the English words under the right headlines. Then we read the sentences out loud and translated them into Finnish.
After that pupils made their own sentences with Funny Sentence cards (a picture below) and read those sentences to others.
In the test I used those same sentences as we had already practised and the test went actually quite well and the pupils were pleased about it :D


 



A game I bought from the Science Museum in London





 










BIOLOGY/ PLANT CELL ANATOMY/ 8 th grade (Finland activity #4)










Topic: BIOLOGY/ PLANT CELL ANATOMY
Learning by doing

Author: Jaana Auer, special education class teacher

School, country: Helsingin Uusi yhteiskoulu, Finland

Level: Lower secondary school, 8th grade, age 14, special education

Subject: Biology, 90-minute lesson

Title of the activity: Plant cell anatomy


In Biology we studied plant cell anatomy. First we read about plants, their structure and cells from the text book. I showed the students a clay model I had made before. A model picture of the plant cell was projected on the screen. Students made plant cell models by using modeling clay and Magnetix- parts. They built the cell on a paper plate and wrote the names of the parts of the plant cell on the paper plate.


A model picture of a plant cell


The clay model made by the teacher

Clay models made by students


 The students liked this activity a lot because they could learn by doing with their own hands.
 I gave the students a test on plants and cells the following lesson. They all did quite well!