Emoji Stories
This writing idea comes from a number of
sources (see below). It could be
adapted to practically every level, depending on how easy/complicated the
stories should be.
What your Emoji says about you
Students take out their mobile and check what
is their most-used emoji. Compare
in groups of 4 and decide together what it means.
Emoji Weekend
Students create short emoji stories showing
what they did at the weekend. The
use their phones and show the stories to the rest of their group. The others decipher what their
classmate did.
🛏 🚿 🐕 🍳👪 🏊 🎧 🎬👦👧👦
eg. I got up, I had a shower, I took the dog
for a walk, I had lunch with my family, I went to the swimming pool, I listened
to some music, I went to the cinema with my friends.
Emoji Story prompts
Students access a Random Emoji Generator. In pairs, they make a mini story using
the emojis as prompts:
I won the medal, I stood up to collect it but
then, they called out someone else's name on the microphone. I was so sad. It wasn’t me. Then a ghost
appeared and I knew it was a dream.
One day, I was feeling sad so I decided to buy
a ticket for the circus. I cycled
there very fast, when I arrived at the circus I saw all my friends were there
too! I was so surprised!
Rebus Fairytales
A Rebus story is where certain words are replaced with images. The teacher gives out copies of the Rebus
Stories:
Students read the stories quickly and identify
the fairy tales (Three Little Pigs and Cinderella).
Homework
For homework, students write a Rebus story of
their own. They can retell a
fairy-tale of their choice OR use the random Emoji Generator for ideas for
their own story.
Students can easily use Google Docs to insert
emojis in their writing. In Google
Docs - Insert - Special Characters - Emojis - change to type of emoji required
eg. face, animals
The Rebus stories examples come from a primary
school in Manchester.
The inspiration for the first few activities
come from the Cambridge English blog. Cambridge has really upped their game in
the last year and revamped their teachers resources completely. As well as tips on teaching the
Cambridge Exams, there are also lots of activities that can be used for any
class or level.
Cambridge
World of Better Learning - Blog with articles and teaching
ideas.
Cambridge Practice Makes Perfect - (Exam focused) includes Teachers Tips
and Lesson Plans.
Cambridge Para Ti -
Launched a few weeks ago, for now it contains mostly activities for Young
Learners)
Cambridge
Write and Improve - allows students to practice their writing and
get instant feedback. There’s also
an option for Class View where teachers can set writing for homework and track their progress - great
idea but subscription only…
What a host of great writing ideas, I especially like the random emoji stories, I have a liking for weird productions, they are always fun. Thanks a lot for the Cambridge links, I will certainly use them in my recommendations.
ResponderEliminarI will refer to these activities when we talk about the use of mobiles in he classroom in the last session.
Hi, Catherine, I really enjoyed your post! The emoji stories are great, I even play with emojis when Whatsapping my friends, so I can imagine it can be of interest for students. The concept of Rebus story is also an interesting way of integrating emojis with the need for an information gap. You could also leave the blanks and give them a list of emojis that they can use to make sense out of the text. Thank you!
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