[ola] Re: My favorite thing...
- From: Heather Pineault <heather_pineault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 22:30:31 -0500
Thank you, Dan! This is very helpful and stream of consciousness works
well for me. It sounds like a very engaging class.
Heather
On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 9:03 PM, Call Daniel <dcall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> My pleasure…
>
> I hooked the class with the attached photo of a homeless man living in a
> hollowed out grave. Students started off describing what they saw in the
> picture: grass, cemetery (they knew this one from Day of the Dead
> discussions), man, candle, light, etc. We transitioned , then the next
> step was to tell them that the man lives in the grave, then ask them to
> speculate as to why? Some ideas that came out: he works at the cemetery,
> he is crazy, he doesn’t have a house. I had them read the subtitle on the
> website, explaining that he has no home, and at this point, their questions
> began: how do you say “poor”? “homeless”? “shelter”? In one class, I
> followed their interest in poverty. We worked through paired speaking and
> notebook writing questions such as “Why are some people poor?” and “One
> effect of being poor is…”
>
> One student circumlocuted “government” and another “welfare.” From there,
> I elicited responses to “Why do people receive welfare?” (recycling vocab:
> poor, no money, big family, one parent, health, sick, etc.) When I saw that
> some students began to narrow their eyes, I knew I was close to a nerve, so
> I next asked them to write, “Are there people who shouldn’t receive
> welfare?” and respond.
>
> This was a pretty intense day, and I don’t always follow such serious
> progressions, but what is certain to me is that OWL has enabled my students
> to engage in this kind of dialogue in the target language in first year.
> Prior to this year, I never would have been able to pull off something like
> this in Spanish 1.
>
> Apologies for the stream of consciousness writing style.
>
> Dan Call
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> *From:* ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Heather Pineault
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 15, 2014 4:23 PM
>
> *To:* ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [ola] Re: My favorite thing...
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> Dan - Sounds like a great discussion. Was this your level 1s this year?
> Can you give us more info about what that looked like in terms of the
> discussion? I would LOVE to get there with my kids, but they don't have
> the vocab to discuss homelessness, or debate the need for welfare. Could
> you describe what the class looked like in terms of the conversation? I am
> really interested in having more relevant and meaningful conversations, so
> I'd appreciate any ideas!
>
> Thanks!
> Heather
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Call Daniel <dcall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Right now one of my favorite things is that last year after break, my 1styear
> classes were practicing how to ask for and tell the time. Yesterday,
> after hooking students with a picture of a homeless man, one of my classes
> ended up talking about causes of homelessness, another ended up debating
> the need for welfare, another describing family members who are struggling
> with poverty. It was so rewarding!
>
>
>
> Dan
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> *From:* ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Martin Kathryn
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 21, 2013 8:33 AM
> *To:* ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [ola] Re: My favorite thing...
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> …tengo envidia….
>
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> *From:* ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]
> *On Behalf Of *Calysta Phillips
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 21, 2013 8:14 AM
> *To:* ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [ola] Re: My favorite thing...
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> What I love is dancing Bachata late night with the car doors wide open and
> the music blaring in a Medford parking lot with Darcy..... Hey, training's
> part of the experience, right? Te quiero mujer!!!! Calysta
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> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Ashley Uyaguari <
> auyaguari@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> ...is that they leave class and I can still hear them speaking Spanish in
> the hallway on their way to the next destination! Even after last block on
> Friday.
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>
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> Ashley Uyaguari
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> Spanish Teacher 6/7/8
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> Team Curriculum Coordinator
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> Innovation Academy Charter School
> Tyngsboro, MA 01879
> 978-649-0432 x3301
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