TEACHING & LEARNING ENGLISH WITH FUN

This storytelling activity has to do with art history. It will engage students research paintings, brainstorm and speculate on the painter's feelings, cooperate and present a project based on their work accomplished. Gauguin During the first stage you can bring in your classroom a single or a set of portraits your students should talk about. You should also divide your students into two teams who will be assigned activities interchangeably. This collage is a set of self portraits by Gauguin which represent different emotional states and thoughts each one corresponding to his life stages. The first activity I would recommend is to have the first team of students observe these portraits trying to recognize the character portrayed and the feelings depicted.  Not all students may know the artist and this will make the activity even more interesting because they will have a bias-free approach. Later on, students should try to narrate a story accompanying each painting and...

World Storytelling Day is a global celebration of the art of oral storytelling and it is celebrated every year on March 20. On this day as many people as possible tell and listen to stories in as many languages as possible in order to share knowledge and inspiration. Apart from its cultural and artistic dimension, storytelling can be used  in education and it is an extremely creative activity which broadens students' horizon of imagination and it engages curiosity, open-mindedness and problem-solving. The stories and storytelling are not only an efficient way to explore subjects and projects that meet extracurricular experiences but they also help students develop a love for language, vocabulary literacy and enhance their writing skills through creative writing. Moreover, students get to express themselves, their deeper thoughts trying to find a new perspective to their worries but also respect other children's perspective and stories as well. These stories can reflect the chi...