Comments on: Upcycling Magazine Ads

By: mina

mina — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 03:53:32 +0000

hi,
I’m working with an adult group on pragmatics and I wanted to know how you used the magazines for social language? It’s only girls and they love pop culture so I was thinking about bringing in pictures from the grammys, fashion week, or makeup related ones but I don’t know how to make it more than just a discussion about whats happening in the picture.

By: stacey

stacey — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:48:02 +0000

A few years ago I had magazines available to the kids during a few sessions and we did books related to their sounds (finding pictures that had their sounds).

A few years ago I also had magazines available to the kids during a few sessions in May and we did posters for Better Speech and Hearing Month where they found things related to communication and/or hearing. I then had teachers judge them by grade level and did awards for the top 2-3 in each of my grade levels.

Obviously I scanned the magazines before using during the sessions to make sure the pictures were appropriate.

By: quelisto

quelisto — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:21:39 +0000

I love the idea of putting them all together in a book! I’ve used magazine photos for everything you listed plus wh- questions, making predictions and social language. It’s great having photos of a real person instead of drawings or just giving a scenario.

By: Angelene Malek

Angelene Malek — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:27 +0000

I love this idea! I can’t wait to get started!

By: Stampngrl

Stampngrl — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:49:33 +0000

I use the pictures of people for kids to glue on a large piece of construction paper so that we have a collage poster/game to take home and practice pronouns. All male pictures for “He is”, female for “She is”, etc. The game is toss a penny on a picture and either answer the question “Who is…?” with the proper pronoun phrase or create their own sentence with the correct pronoun, depending on the level the child is at. I would go through my mom’s old magazines and cut out the pictures and sort into manilla envelopes by male, female, group so the pictures were ready to use when needed.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:00:05 +0000

Love it! I’ll have to do something like that!

By: Danielle

Danielle — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:59:36 +0000

When you post, let me know and I’ll add a link to it on this post!

By: melplace

melplace — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:30:49 +0000

I have cut out pictures of many different facial expressions for pragmatic skills. I laminate them and then we talk about why the person feels that way, how do we know how their feeling, and a time they felt that way. It has also been good to talk about reading facial features to determine how someone feels (mouth, eyes, eyebrows, etc.)and the difference between two different people who might be feeling the same emotion.

By: Carrie Manchester

Carrie Manchester — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:32:59 +0000

I just gathered some ads to write a post about using them for figurative language, idioms, and multiple meaning!

Carrie
Carrie's Speech Corner