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Beyond The Course BookA workshop led by David Evans
Blue Sky Thinking
Serendipity
Searching for one thing and finding something completely different
Horace Walpole 1717-1797
Serendipity
• Penicillin & Alexander Fleming
• Newton & the apple
• Velcro & George de Mestral
• Christopher Columbus & America
The shoulders of giants
“If I have seen a little further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”
- Sir Isaac Newton
The Nest
The Nest
• Add• Subtract• Substitute• Re-arrange
Creative Combinations
“Good artists copy, great artists steal.”
Pablo Picasso
Manet - Picasso
What do they do in other classes that we don’t do in English
lessons?
• Experiments
• Go outside
• Projects
• Paint and draw
• Sing and play instruments
• Wear different clothes
Using your sub-conscious
• Preparation
• Incubation
Oleg and Alexei were born on the same day of the same year to the same mother and the same father, but they aren’t twins.
How is this possible?
Oleg and Alexei were born on the same day of the same year to the same mother and the same father, but they aren’t twins.
How is this possible?
They’re triplets.
Make one word by re-arranging these letters: n-e-w-d-o-o-r.
Make one word by re-arranging these letters: n-e-w-d-o-o-r
One word
Using your sub-conscious
• Preparation
• Incubation
• Intimation
• Illumination
• Verification
The Art of Thought, Graham Wallas, 1926
Five Kinds of Creativity
Blue Sky Thinking
Serendipity
The Nest
Creative Combinations
Using The Sub-conscious
Pop Music In The Classroom
Umbrella - Rihanna
1. Is it about fashion?2. Is it about love and
friendship?3. Is it about the weather?
Umbrella - Rihanna
1. What will she do when the sun shines?
2. How long will she be a friend?
3. What’s the weather like now?
Umbrella Because when the sun shines, we'll shine togetherTold you I'll be here foreverSaid I'll always be your friendTook an oath, I'm gonna stick it out to the endNow that it's raining more than everKnow that we'll still have each otherYou can stand under my umbrella
Thrift Shop – Macklemore & Lewis
1. Is he rich or is he poor?
2. What’s he wearing?
3. Does he like the way he looks?
4. And what is a thrift shop?
Thrift Shop
1. Is he rich or is he poor?
2. What’s he wearing?3. Does he like the way
he looks?4. And what is a thrift
shop?
I'm gonna pop some tags
Only got twenty dollars in my pocket
I - I - I'm hunting, looking for a come-up
This is awesome
I wear your granddad's clothes
I look incredible
I'm in this big coat
From that thrift shop down the road
Two Song Jumble
1. Jumble the lines from the choruses of two famous songs. 2. Tell the class the name of one of the songs and get them to identify the lines and put them in the correct order. 3. Play the song so that they can check if they are right. 4. Ask them to identify the other jumbled song and put the lines into the correct order. Then, play them that song so they can check.
Two Phone Songs
Two Phone Songs
Hey I just met you
And this is crazy
But here’s my number
So call me maybe?
- Carla Rae Jepsen
Two Phone Songs
Hey I just met you
And this is crazy
But here’s my number
So call me maybe?
- Carla Rae Jepsen
I'm at a payphone trying to call homeAll of my change I spent on youWhere have the times gone baby it's all wrongWhere are the plans we made for two?- Maroon 5
Pictures For WordsWrite out a few lines from a famous song, but replace a number of key words with pictures. Ask the class to write down the missing words, then listen to the song to check.
don’t fail me nowTake me to the finishAll my it breaks every step that I takeBut I’m hoping at the gates
They’ll tell me that you’re Walking through the streets
Is it by X or design?
I feel so 1 on a Friday nightCan you make it feel like If I tell you you’re mineIt’s like I told you,
Feet don’t fail me nowTake me to the finish lineAll my heart it breaks every step that I takeBut I’m hoping at the gatesThey’ll tell me that you’re mineWalking through the city streetsIs it by mistake or design?I feel so alone on a Friday nightCan you make it feel like homeIf I tell you you’re mineIt’s like I told you, honey
Born To Die – Lana Del Rey
Song Bingo
The Princess of China - Coldplay
• King• Queen• Prince• Princess• Mother• Father
• Palace• Castle• Diamond • Star• Crown• Ring
The Princess of China - ColdplayI could've been a princess, you'd be a king
Could've had a castle and worn a ring
But no, you let me go
And stole my star
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
You stole my star
La, la la la la laaaaaa
Songlines1. Play a song to the class. As they listen, students should draw whatever comes into their heads. 2. Each student swaps drawings with a partner. The partner has to describe the drawing and relate it to the song.
Don’t just teach… scamper
• Substitute• Change the context• Adapt• Magnify• Personalise• Eliminate• Rearrange
Rearrange
• To make a better fit with your teaching objectives
• To change the pace• To keep yourself fresh• To keep the class on its
toes
Using the course book creatively
Personalise
• Reaction• Opinion• What would you do?• Your past / present /
future
Adapt
• Alter the intro• Add different activity types
(eg group - pair)• Make links to other units• Link to homework or
projects
Eliminate
Because of…• Limited time• Limited curriculumBut remember the
importance of…• Recycling• New perspectives on
familiar ideas
Substitute
• When you know something else will work better
• When you know something else will be more appropriate
• But check to make sure you’re not sacrificing something important
Magnify
• Focus on what’s important for your class
• Simplify and exaggerate
Change the…
• What is it similar to? • What does it remind you of? (Use your
experience, as well as books, movies and lines from songs)
• What would this be like if it happened here?
Don’t just teach… scamper
• Substitute• Change the context• Adapt• Magnify• Personalise• Eliminate• Rearrange
Now, move one line so that this false arithmetic statement becomes true.
III = III + III
III = III = III
Now, move one line so that this false arithmetic statement becomes true.
III = III + III
Move one line so that this false arithmetic statement becomes true.
IV + III + III
Move one line so that this false arithmetic statement becomes true.
IV = III + III
VI = III = III