Pen Pal

Uma das atividades sugeridas era a de que os alunos fizessem o cadastro no site Pen Pal .Lamentavelmente estou sem internet na escola mas gostei da idéia e fui sozinha ao site de onde tirei atividades para um bimestre.

Primeiro entrei no site e copiei um bate papo entre alguns participantes coloquei um titulo e pedi que os alunos respondessem a essas perguntas básicas sobre os participantes.Ficou assim:

Talk about this people: who are they? Where are they from? How old are they?


Talk about this people: who are they? Where are they from? How old are they?


RonySaige : /How are you?
Dani27 : /fine and you?
RonySaige : /I'm fine..
Dani27 : /sorry but i have to go now...i have to do some things
Dani27 : /see you rony and mercy and have a nice weekend
RonySaige : /thanks.
RonySaige : /bye.
MercyRose : /bye
MercyRose : /xx
Dani27 : /bye ^^
RonySaige : /Mercy, where are you from?
MercyRose : /I am from New Zealand, you?
RonySaige : /From Israel.
MercyRose : /cooL!
RonySaige : /Is hot there now?
MercyRose : /what languages do you speak?
MercyRose : /No, it's only spring .. but it's getting hotter!
RonySaige : /Hebrew (my native), English and I learnd Arabic and now I learn Franch.
RonySaige : /and you?
MercyRose : /I speak English and Spanish
MercyRose : /How old are you?
RonySaige : /15.
MercyRose : /I'm 14
MercyRose : /I'm sorry, but I'm going to go to bed!
MercyRose : /Sweet dreams
MercyRose : /xx
RonySaige : /It's morning here:-]
RonySaige : /good night:-]
MercyRose : /It's past midnight here!
MercyRose : /night
RonySaige : /1:25 AM
RonySaige : /in Israel:-P
RonySaige : /Have a nice dream.
RonySaige : /bye..
choijinsu : /hi Rony
choijinsu : /hello
Sandy14 : /Hello is anybody here?
ondraszek : /hi
ondraszek : /hugs from poland
riley38 : /Hi From Canada
riley38 : /How old is everyone here?
Sandy14 : /Hi from Austria
Sandy14 : /;-)
celtichief : /hellooooooooooooo
RonySaige : /Hi.
RonySaige : /Where are you from?
celtichief : /how you
celtichief : /ireland
RonySaige : /I'm from Israel.
celtichief : /cool.....

-Nessa aula os alunos fizeram pequenas fichas com as informações possíveis sobre cada personagem.Os alunos acharam interessante falar sobre pessoas reais e saber que eles haviam sido sequetrados de um chat.Expliquei a eles algumas características do gênero.Revisamos os Wh questions;to have;países;idiomas.Também não seria eu, se eu não tivesse chamado a atenção deles para o fato que aquelas pessoas valorizavam muito o aprendizado de novos idiomas.Foi ótimo os alunos perceberem que eram capazes de ler textos reais.
-Na aula seguinte fizemos algumas atividades utilizando o vocabulário e os verbos emergentes do texto .Ex.Pedi que eles escrevessem em inglês as frases:
Tenho que ir/Tenho coisas para fazer/Tenha um bom fim de semana
Meu objetivo era leitura mas aproveitei para ver alguns tópicos gramaticais
-Em uma aula seguinte pedi para que os alunos fizessem a lista de todas as formas de cumprimentos emergentes do texto.Foi muito bom rever algumas formas e conhecer outras.

Na aula seguinte levei os perfis que os participantes do chat publicaram no site.A partir deste novo texto pedi que os alunos completassem as informações que eles ja haviam coletado sobre cada participante.
Message | Message created : Sep 8, 2007
Hi I'm Rony and I'm 15 years old
I live in Givaataim, Israel.

I would like to know other people from other countries because it's very interesting and fun.
I would like to improve my English also;-)

I like music very much mainly british bands like The Beatls and Oasis.
I like watch TV and play computer games also like everyone else;-)

And that's it I'll be very glad if you'll connect to me



Message | Message created : Oct 7, 2007
Hey!
I thought it would be pretty cool to have a pen pal somewhere around the world!
I LOVE to listen to music, to talk to my friends, and to go shopping!
I speak English, and I'm learning to speak Spanish, but I don't think I am very good!
I would love to hear from you all!
Hugs + Kisses,
x
x
x

Message | Message created : May 6, 2007
hey
I,m a 28 year old Irish guy.
Thought it would be good to get to know some people from other places...
hope to hear from ya//


Message | Message created : Oct 6, 2007
Hello boys and girls ! My name is Sandy and I live in Lower Austria. I´m 13 years old and my hobbys are: hearing music, meeting friends, going to the cinema and mailing.
I looking for a pen pal. Please, write to me in German or in English!
Write me soon,
YOUR sandy14


Message | Message created : Sep 29, 2007
Hello, I'm Daniela from Berlin and 27yrs old yet. I live with my boyfriend together. I'm looking for pen pals from all over the world, whereby the age group is all the same and I like snail mail, but email is ok, too.

I hear gladly country music, oldies, swing dance, Drum&Bass and Jazz especially Smooth Jazz, Katie Melua, The Carpenters, Jane Siberry...etc.

Sometimes I write poems or play computer games and I'd like to read murder mysterys, novels and fantasy and I play in the theater club.
Ok that to me and hope I hear from you soon!

-Antes do início da leitura aproveitei para explicar sobre o uso do auxiliar would.Cada aluno chegou a uma profundidade diferente de leitura mas no final todos se ajudam e saem ganhando.
-O último texto da série foi a entrada do site.A atividade proposta foi a de que os alunos explicassem por escrito e em português quais assuntos poderiam ser discutidos nos diversos fóruns oferecidos pelo site.
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Eu modéstia a parte adorei as atividades.Achei que elas promoveram um bom contato com a língua via diferentes gêneros.Claro que se tivessemos usado os computadores teria sido uma super atividade e com muito mais possíbilidades mas a informática em nossas escolas é uma piada.Mesmo assim valeu.