• Creating Fictional Origins of Idioms

    Idioms and jargons are used everyday in our lives. We know that for our EL Learners and a lot of students in our classes, idioms and jargon can be difficult.  As a literary device, idioms are extremely effective and add to “style” of writing.  Idioms are colourful, personal and vivid.   I could describe our […]

  • Using iMovie to “Produce” a Poem

    Use this poem to create an iMovie. The Bluebird Poem 1 or on Canada and government I am Canadian Poem imovieipad2 for iPads imovie8greenscreen for Macbooks  Read the poem Chunk the poem into parts (stanzas, couplets, etc) Find images for each of the parts (google image search, search tools, usage rights) and save to device Create a […]

  • Using iMovie Trailers to Compare and Contrast

    Using iMovie is a creative way for students to practice the language of Compare and Contrast. Here is a document  with key words used in both compare and contrast. Compare and Contrast Use one of the Storyboards to have students compare and contrast two things.  Each text line needs to be a sentence comparing or […]

  • Using iMovie to Create Book Trailers

    Introduce the book and include a hook Brainstorm what to include in their book trailer, text and pictures, keeping in mind: genre of book, the author connections to self, text and world theme: friendship, courage, coming of age, injustice, heroism, determination, being different, love, working together How does the character’s actions connect him/her to this […]