[ola] Re: Moving on...
- From: Heather Pineault <heather_pineault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 14:11:17 -0500
Re Olympic video conversation --- you can also find these in French if you
google P&G Merci Maman.
On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Stel Schmalz <sschmalz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> Heidi-
>
> The "vortex" of cold has spurred good discussions in my classes.
>
> A few groups wanted to talk about activities that you can do in the
> cold/in the winter. That could go many different ways- seasons, weather,
> clothing needed for that weather, typical activities, etc...
>
> Some of my groups polled each other on the different winter activities- Do
> you like it or not, and are now in groups of 4 graphing out their results.
> They will then present the results to the class.
>
> another group went the route of creating "suggestions" of things you need
> to remember when you go out in the cold. THey are creating signs to put
> outside of the classroom so everyone stays safe. This came when they
> started talking about problems that are created by the extreme cold.
>
> I also plan on showing my class this video and I'm hoping this will spur a
> discussion about their Mothers/fathers- physical descriptions,
> personalities, things they do around the house, why are they fabulous,
> maybe olympics, sports, etc.... I'm hoping the olympics thread comes up so
> that I can give them some background vocab now that I can later recycle in
> February, when they are really going to want to talk about the olympics.
>
> The spanish version only shows summer olympics. The english version shows
> winter olympics. My only problem with these is that I can't get through
> them w/out crying!
>
> Spanish:
> http://zachary-jones.com/zambombazo/espacio-publicitario-pg-gracias-mama/
>
> English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57e4t-fhXDs
>
>
>
> There are also some articles on NULU that work with both themes. There's
> one about the town of Hell (MI) freezing over, and there's a funny one
> about a mother who lied to her child and told her she wasn't really her
> mother in order to motivate her to work harder. These are not beginner
> articles, although I have copied/pasted and simplified in the past.
>
>
> I love the idea sharing! Thanks to all who post things- It's great to
> have so many different ways of looking at things.
>
> Stel
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 9:19 AM, Heidi Hewitt <heidihewitt13@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am in one of those ruts Tom and others in the group have talked about...
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> How have you progressed this year?
>> What are your students working on?
>> How have you brought in new topics and created interesting progressions?
>> Can people weigh in about using units versus being against using units?
>>
>> Thanks so much for any input!
>>
>> Heidi
>>
>>
>>
>
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