CALL Lessons 2005-2007

A blog for the CALL lessons with my three 5th and 6th grade classes (2005-2007)

    CALL lesson 4

Next Tuesday, May 23rd, we will have our fourth CALL lesson. Wow! Time flies!!

We are going to write three messages. Each class will do a different message.

5. D will write (= escreverá) to Haneen, a 13-year old student from Sudan, who also studies English. She's the daughter of Hala Fawzi, a dear colleague and friend. They live in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. You will tell Haneen about our school and we will include some photos. Don't forget to tell her the name of the school, its patron (= patrono), where it is, the different grades there are, the number of students and teachers it has got, the facilities (= instalações) we have got, number of classrooms, and anything else you suggest. And you can ask Haneen to tell you about her school. Here are some photos that you can include:

http://64.71.48.37/teresadeca/school/photos/escola-entrada.jpg

http://64.71.48.37/teresadeca/school/photos/escola-profs.jpg

http://64.71.48.37/teresadeca/school/photos/escola-leste.jpg

http://64.71.48.37/teresadeca/school/photos/escola-santonio.jpg

5. C will write to Mariana, an 11-year-old Venezulean student, who is also learning English. She's the granddaughter of a colleague of mine, Horacio Idárraga Gil. You will tell her about your class and your English lessons. Don't forget to mention the name of your school, where it is, what grade you are in, the name of your class, how many students there are, how many boys and how many girls, different nationalities, the subjects you learn and the number of teachers you have, and anything else you suggest. Here are two images you can include with the location of our school:

http://64.71.48.37/teresadeca/school/images/parede.jpg

http://64.71.48.37/teresadeca/school/images/portugal.gif

5. E will write to your teacher friends all over the world. You will tell them about Parede, the small town where our school is and where many of you live. You can say where it is (its location), its population, the things it has got - schools, church, hospitals, beach... Here is a presentation about it that you can include. It was done (= foi feita) by students and teachers from our school in 2000:

http://64.71.48.37/teresadeca/school/hannover2000-en.ppt

If we have time, we will record podcasts or voice messages at

http://teresadeca.podomatic.com/

I hope that you have fun and enjoy this lesson!!!  

This message is for Haneen Fawzi in Sudan from 5. D

Our School

Our school is Escola de Santo António in Parede. It´s near Lisbon, the capital of our country. It`s also  very near the Atlantic Ocean.

We have students from the fifth grade to ninth grade. There are 610 students and 80 teachers. There are many classrooms.

We`ve got a library with 8 computers with internet, many books to read and videos to see. We have three football fields and a student room with a ping pong table and other games.

Here are some photos of our school:

The entrance to our school

Entrance to the Teachers' Room

A view from the East side

 Santo António, the patron of our school (a tile made by students)

A message for Mariana in Venezuela from 5. C

Our class

Hi, Mariana!

We are students of Escola de Sto. António in Parede, near Lisbon, the capital of Portugal.

We are in 5th grade. There are 20 students in our class, 11 girls and 9 boys. We have three Brazilian students and one Cape Verdean.

We have 11 subjects, such as Maths, English, Portuguese, Science, History, Music and Physical Education, and 11 teachers.

Visit our blog: http://fwe2.motime.com/

Bye-bye! See you!!   

Here's the voice message recorded by Margarida: 

This message is for all our teacher friends from 5. E

Parede

Our school is in Parede, a small place near Lisbon, our capital.

Parede has got a beach, a church, many schools, restaurants, shops, coffee shops, two hospitals and several pharmacies.

The population is more than thirty thousand.

Parede is a beautiful place to live. We love Parede!  

This is the voice message recorded by Francisca: 

To see what Parede looks like, here's a presentation created by some students and teachers of our school in 2000.

posted by: teresadeca at 17:23 | link | comments (10) |

Comments:

#1  23 May 2006 - 19:20

 

hi meriana my escola de santo

antonio very, very god:)))))))))

umas beijocas de:ines.f.5ªc ;))

Anonymous

#2  23 May 2006 - 19:47

 

My dearest friends in Portugal,

This is Carla again! I can't stop writing to you. You are all fantastic students and our teacher Teresa must be really proud of you.

Now I know so many things I didn't know about you. I loved your school!

Francisca, what an excellent pronunciation you have! You did a fantastic job.

I really want to go to Portugal to visit you!!!

Did you know that I have a sister, Cléa, who is trying to go to Portugal to study at the University in Coimbra?

Beijos Brasileiros,

Carla Arena

Anonymous

#3  23 May 2006 - 20:12

 

Dear Carla,
I just love your messages to my students and I'm sure they do too, though they have been very quiet lately. ;-)
Francisca and Margarida did a wonderful job with the recordings, and Audacity is a great tool.
I was in Coimbra two weeks ago and like the city very much. It was the time of the "Queima das Fitas", a student celebration, so there were students all over the place, and lots of broken beer bottles and a smell of beer in the air!!!
I'm sure Cléa would love studying there, Carla. It's "a cidade dos estudantes".
Thanks for all your support and enthusiasm for my students' work. You're absolutely right, I "am" very proud of them. :-)
Beijinhos, Teresa

teresadeca

#4  24 May 2006 - 07:46

 

Hi my friends,It's me Haneen.Wow this is really cool.I liked itvery much.now I will make my motime blog and tell you about my small school and myself.please send me emails at haneen254@hotmail.com.I will put voice too.Thank you very much.Haneen

Anonymous

#5  24 May 2006 - 11:31

 

It's me againi did this because of you cool guys.now we are bflying in the air.check it out.bye bye

http://haneenali.motime.com/

haneen

#6  24 May 2006 - 11:33

 

Hi, Haneen!
Congrats to you on your blog! I'm glad that we inspired you!! Way to go!!! :-)
Keep up the great work!
BTW, why don't you tell my students about your recent prize?
((Warm hugs))
Teresa

teresadeca

#7  24 May 2006 - 14:52

 

Hi teacher!!how are you?im going to see the hollings blog!see ya!kisses

márcia 5-c

Anonymous

#8  24 May 2006 - 16:57

 

Dear friends
If you are your teacher Teresa's friends, you are my friends, too! I've just seen your blog and I can only say that I really enjoyed everything you did in the blog. And what a good pronunciation you have, Francisca!
I know Parede, but for the other people who don't know the place, I'm sure your blog will be very helpful!
Great job, friends!
See you one of these days!
Beijinhos
Luísa

Anonymous

#9  24 May 2006 - 17:39

 

Hi!!!
Do they like the message from 5ºC?
We worked hard=P
Bye-Bye!!!

Anonymous

#10  27 May 2006 - 13:29

 

Dear Teresa and students,

I love the materials that you have created: congratulations! It is obvious that you enjoy working with computers and it is also obvious that "Radical Teacher" is very special to all of you.

The messages from 5C and 5E were very interesting, and I especially enjoyed hearing Margarida and Francisca.

Best wishes to all of you!

Dennis in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.

Anonymous

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