Teaching through Posters

Posters Oral Practice Critical thinking & Interpreting Provide material for writing tasks

STAGE A: Lead-in questions STAGE B: Questions on posters STAGE C: Follow-up oral tasks STAGE D: Follow-up writing tasks

Stage A: Lead-in questions Elicit meaning of basic vocabulary e.g: “gadget”, “high-tech”

Stage B: Questions on poster e.g: What do we do when we use our brain? What do we do when we use our heart? What do you think the message behind the poster is?

Stage B: Expressions / Phrases / Sayings with “brain” or “heart” e.g: brainy put your heart and soul into something

Stage B: Quotations (provided and linked to theme) e.g: “They say that travel broadens the mind, but you must have a mind,” Chesterton

Stage C: Follow-up oral task e.g: Talk about an experience you had when you had to use your brain and an experience you had when you had to use your heart.

Stage D: Follow-up writing tasks e.g: short story : “When it was all over, I decided that I would never again let my heart rule my head.”

THE MESSAGE Learning also depends on feelings. They are important. We must learn how to express them in a constructive way.

Stage A: Lead-in questions e.g: What does “leader” mean? What qualities should a good leader have?

Stage B: Questions on poster e.g: elicit meaning of words such as “true”, “fair”, “right” What does the drawing symbolise?

e.g:“ Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy,”F.Scott Fitzgerald What do you think this means? Why? Stage B: Quotations (provided and linked to theme)

e.g: design a poster with a peace symbol of your own and present it to class Stage C: Follow-up oral task

Stage D: Follow-up writing tasks e.g: Write an election speech

Being a leader means to be true, right and fair. Being a leader is not about power, it is about understanding. THE MESSAGE

Stage A: Lead-in questions e.g: What does “environment” mean?

e.g: elicit meanings: What is meant by ‘globally’? What is meant by ‘locally’? Do you know what ‘global warming’ is? Stage B: Questions on poster

e.g:“ The land of my fathers. My fathers can have it,”Dylan Thomas Stage B: Quotations (provided and linked to theme)

e.g: Presentation on poster designed by students for a recycling campaign Stage C: Follow-up oral task

Stage D: Follow-up writing tasks e.g: Write an article announcing a campaign

What we do in our microcosm has a direct effect on the macrocosm. Personal Responsibility THE MESSAGE

Stage A: Lead-in questions e.g: Elicit What does “education” mean? What do you think education was like in your country 50 years ago?

e.g: grammar and punctuation: Is there something wrong? Why do you think it’s there? What do you think “thought control” is? Stage B: Questions on poster

Stage B: Quotations (provided and linked to theme) e.g: “ Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten,” BF Skinner (American Psychologist)

e.g: Panel Discussion on the problems of the school system Stage C: Follow-up oral task

e.g: essay on what students believe education is/should be Stage D: Follow-up writing tasks

Learn to think and feel for yourselves. DON’T accept everything uncritically. THE MESSAGE

Educating for a BETTER WORLD!