MINI-PROJECT GENIALLY

This is an activity that I have done in both my 1ESO groups. They had to write a recipe in pairs and then they had to explain it to the rest of their classmates.

I explained to them all the different steps that we were going to follow to do the activity.

1- I explained that they were going to make a presentation using the Genially application (some of them used Canva or PowerPoint instead) about any recipe they would like to cook, then they were going to upload it in Classroom and finally, they were also going to tell it to the rest of their classmates. I also explained that they were going to do the activity in pairs.

2- I had my own recipe presentation as an example and I explained to the students how I had done it. I explained very clearly all the information that they had to include in their presentation: introduction where they had to talk about the origin of their meal, the main ingredients and when they usually eat that meal; all the ingredients and the different steps to get the meal ready. They could use as many slides as they wanted for each of the parts of the recipe.

3- I then explained the different steps in the process:

- the students decide who they want to work with and the teacher takes notes of the different pairs

- the students decide the meal they are going to write about and at home they look for information about the ingredients and about how to cook that meal.

- the students write the recipe on a paper in class and hand it to the teacher on the date fixed beforehand

- the teacher corrects all the written recipes and gives them back to the students so that they can start working on their presentation

- the students upload their presentation in Classroom. The deadline for the uploading is fixed by the teacher.

- the students present their recipe to the rest of their classmates on the day fixed by the teacher

4- Before starting working on their own presentation, we revised and learnt useful vocabulary, especially verbs, and I explained how they had to write the ingredients (use of numbers and “some”) and the different steps (use of verbs in the infinitive) on their presentation.

5- Before presenting their recipe to the class, we spent one lesson explaining the aspects I was going to focus on when marking their presentation and what they should do when presenting and what they shouldn’t do. We also went through difficult words to pronounce and they practised their pronunciation.

This is the link to my recipe:

https://view.genially.com/65a2b9b429757a0013d3306e/interactive-content-my-recipe

These are the links to some of my students’ recipes:

https://www.canva.com/design/DAGeK3RHfRU/CoI_JGOr_6nNzHeeazHfsg/edit?authuser=0

https://view.genially.com/679a52ed1ac4a137b413b003/interactive-content-receta-interactiva?authuser=0

https://www.canva.com/design/DAGeEs27nJI/fHNcWFWh0Tf371UhuY1QgA/edit?authuser=0

Using an application like Genially or Canva is always something positive because the students find them interesting, motivating and different to what they are used to doing in every day lessons. The aim of using an application like these ones was as a prop for the students when having to speak in English in front of their classmates. When they were talking, their presentation was seen on a screen, so whenever they felt lost, they could have a look at it. And most of them did it with flying colours!