[ola] Re: Incredible photography and LOTS of possibilities
- From: Andrew Van Wagenen <andrewvanwagenen@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 18:38:49 -0600
If you are looking for more pictures to use for this type of activity try
using Boston Globe's The Big Picture http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/
or UK Guardian's Eyewitness
http://www.theguardian.com/world/series/eyewitness (they have a great iPad
app), or the NY times Photography Blog
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/25/hoop-dreams-in-oaxacas-hills/
Cheers,
Drew
On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 5:55 AM, Ashley Uyaguari <
auyaguari@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
> If you haven't used these photographs yet, I highly recommend it. I did it
> with my novice-high group and had them describe the pictures to a partner
> who was trying to draw the same idea. We did four pictures (the skateboard,
> bicycles, parachutes, and the surfing). They produced a lot of language and
> it also got us to introduce some fun new vocabulary.
>
> I'm going to use the pictures again today with my novice-mids, this time
> we'll just be describing in a circle to start (taking away the info gap
> this time).
>
> Have a great Monday!
> -Ashley
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Jody Soberón <jodysoberon@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>>
>> http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/08/winners-of-the-red-bull-illume-photo-contest-2013/100583/
>>
>> Lots of incredible, beautiful, unexpected photography with some pretty
>> amazing effects. There is so much to describe or say and so much vocabulary
>> to be teased out. From Span 1 dealing with colors and sports and me gusta,
>> etc. To an upper level class that can actually begin to describe the
>> nuances from a photographic perspective. LOTS of possibilities.
>>
>> One idea: I sat 8 chairs facing the back wall and fairly spaced out so as
>> to fit 5 people around each chair (this was a 40 student class). I then had
>> the people in the chair close their eyes while I flashed the picture up.
>> They then had to use description and any vocab they could think of to
>> describe the photo while the person in the chair facing away from the scene
>> had to draw what was described. I had the students on the floor around them
>> writing vocab used. Group with most descriptions in 2 min winner.
>>
>> Have fun! Oh, and let me know what ideas you came up with for using these
>> or other photos.
>>
>> Jody
>>
>
>
>
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