[ola] Re: My favorite thing...
- From: Libia Moore <LPMoore@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 20:55:21 +0000
Great explanation, I'm going to try to use a photo to spark conversation and ?s
in my 7 & 8th gr. classes.
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On Jan 16, 2014, at 10:57 AM, "Jody Soberon"
<JodySo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:JodySo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Daniel,
That is an awesome stream of thought on following a progression! It seems so
very much clearer to me now. Very exciting!
Thanks so much for sharing,
Jody
Foreign Languages
Brookings Harbor High School
>>> Call Daniel <dcall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:dcall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> 1/15/2014
>>> 6:03 PM >>>
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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[mailto:ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Heather Pineault
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Subject: [ola] Re: My favorite thing...
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
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Right now one of my favorite things is that last year after break, my 1st year
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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Martin Kathryn
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…tengo envidia….
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[mailto:ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Calysta Phillips
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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
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Ashley Uyaguari
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...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.
--
Ashley Uyaguari
Spanish Teacher 6/7/8
Team Curriculum Coordinator
Innovation Academy Charter School
Tyngsboro, MA 01879
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