[ola] Re: Moving on...
- From: Ashley Uyaguari <auyaguari@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 13:40:18 -0500
Katie,
I love these! Do you have a site or reference where I can get more of the
sequience stories? I imagine I could use any comic and just cut it up. But,
I like how it's just ready to go! :)
-Ashley
On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 11:56 AM, Martin Kathryn <kmartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> I have a few activities that seem to elicit a desire for new vocab and
> topics. Then I can usually find a thread to work from to get them thinking
> and speaking at a higher level:
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> 1) a sequence story (attached example) where they have to put the
> pics in order and tell what is happening. I cut out the pics and put them
> in an envelope.
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> 2) A high interest song, such as “Oyeme,” where they read through
> the lyrics and ask about unknown vocab before listening/singing.
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> 3) 4 pics, 1 word (see attached) where they get into small groups,
> guess the word, and then answer increasingly more difficult questions about
> the topic.
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> These activities usually generate lots of vocab, and topics (or
> mini-units, if you will) will arise naturally from them. That’s what I use
> to plan for the next day/week.
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> Hope you find these helpful!
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> Katie
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> *From:* ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Heidi Hewitt
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 09, 2014 6:20 AM
> *To:* ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [ola] Moving on...
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> Hi all,
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> I am in one of those ruts Tom and others in the group have talked about...
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> With midterms coming up, I feel like my students have barely progressed
> from quarter 1 topics including body parts, colors, animals, and
> descriptions. Where do I go from here? I've seen documents (thanks, Nanosh,
> for the most recent one) with standard Spanish I questions - where do you
> live, when's your birthday, etc. I have avoided that route because of my
> mission to make everything "organic." Now it seems like I've come to a dead
> end and I need more structure with what I'm bringing to class. I've had
> more than enough of talking about animals, colors, and body parts all the
> time, and I'm SURE my students are too.
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> How have you progressed this year?
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> What are your students working on?
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> How have you brought in new topics and created interesting progressions?
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> Can people weigh in about using units versus being against using units?
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> Thanks so much for any input!
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> Heidi
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Ashley Uyaguari
Spanish Teacher 6/7/8
Team Curriculum Coordinator
Innovation Academy Charter School
Tyngsboro, MA 01879
978-649-0432 x3301
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