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Design two activities to develop any of the seven multiple

intelligences. Include as many intelligences as you can in your
activities. Include number of students and main aim

ACTIVITY 1:
MY FACE AND ME: THE WAY I AM
Main aims:
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To develop linguistic intelligence by choosing adjectives to

describe oneself and by presenting the classmates what they
consider to be their best characteristics

To develop visual intelligence by relating a facial expression and

an adjective and by enabling students to express their mod in a
picture

To develop intrapersonal intelligence by choosing positive

adjectives to describe oneself

Number of students: from 20 to 25 students in 6Th grade. Estructure:

1-2-4-group (first, the student work individually; second, they work in
pairs; third, in small groups and finally the whole class)
Procedure: (pictures from 1000+ pictures for teachers to copy, by
Andrew Wright)
-Explain the students they are going to talk about themselves by
using some positive adjectives which define themselves. Only positive
adjectives. They will have to pick up 3 or 4 words (from the teachers
selection) and draw a face that represents that characteristic.

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-Scan some pictures to show the students how to draw faces and let
them practice, for example the following ones:

-Show the students how to express some adjectives they can use to
talk about themselves, for example

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among others.
Or, the teacher can pre-teach new vocabulary and synonyms and
after that, ask the student to match the expression and the adjective.
-Ask the students to pick up 3 or 4 adjectives and draw the matching
facial expression.
- Once they all finish drawing, ask the students to show his/her
classmate (the one on his/her left) his/her choice of words and then,
make groups of 4 people. Each one in the group have to explain the
rest of the group his/her choice. Let the students to comment (in
small groups) whether they agree or not with their mates selection.
-All students take turns to explain the whole class the words they
have chosen and why.
-Teacher can scaffold the last stage by using prompts, as in:
I think I am ______________ because I always ______________

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-Elicit and accept all logical explanations, later, once they have
finished talking, the teacher can review grammar structures and
common mistakes
ACTIVITY 2
MOVING AROUND OUR DREAM TOWN
Main aims:
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To develop linguistic intelligence by learning vocabulary about

facilities in town and how to give directions

To develop visual-spatial intelligence by locating facilities in a

map and by relating drawings and vocabulary

Number of students: up to 20. Structure: 2-4-group

Procedure:
-Explain the group they are going to design an ideal town. Photocopy
a map like this one and hand it out to the students (or use tablets, or
Interactive Whiteborads)

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-Revisit previous vocabulary using different settings or flashcards like

these ones:

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-Pre-teach new vocabulary to talk about places in town and to give

directions

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-Ask the students to decide where the school, hospital and the other
facilities should be. They choose how many facilities their town should
have.
-Ask the students to locate the facilities in the map.
-Students take turns to ask each other where a place is and to give
directions.
-Use prompts:
Excuse, how do I get to the .
Go straight ahead, at the end of the street, turn right.