[ola] Re: English Week vs. English Day
- From: Nanosh Lucas <nanosh.lucas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 23:10:16 -0700
Yarn activity, as I did it - I sort of heard about it - I'm sure it must have
changed:
Goal - students share what they offer to the class/engender compassion for
others as they describe what others bring to the class.
Intro:
There are three things:
characteristics
talents
activities
Choose one, and say:
I bring ______ to the class.
My talent is ______.
My activity is ________.
First person to get it has the ball of yarn - teacher can walk it over or
students can throw it/pass it, depending on your preferences. Each student who
talks next gets the ball, wraps yarn around their hand or fingers a couple of
times, then passes it on. After a while, the class is all connected by a big
web. Then, students unwind the not saying:
Bobby, I think you bring ________ to the class.
It takes a good while - I did one where I walked the ball of yarn around and
one where I let students do it. #1 was a lot faster.
Hope this helps all of you - I thought it was worthwhile.
Nanosh
p.s. I tell them i bring my attention to the class.
On Sep 17, 2013, at 9:57 AM, Ashley Uyaguari <auyaguari@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Can you say more about the yarn activity?
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Nanosh Lucas
> <nanosh.lucas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> My English week will likely end after 6 days - I have them for 4 days a week.
> I decided to do it as long as I felt like it was appropriate - some kids are
> really ready, as they say I'm less animated/passionate in English (probably
> true). We've been watching inspiring TED talks, doing the ropes course
> activities (turtles and tarp) that we learned during the OWL training this
> summer, I'm giving them a baseline Spanish proficiency test that we developed
> for native speakers that gives a somewhat decent sample of students' writing,
> reading, listening, and speaking abilities (we are using it to dole out
> credit for high school Spanish for native speakers, as we don't have a NS
> program here now - let me know if you are interested in giving credit to
> native speakers - I can furnish you with novice and intermediate-level
> copies), and I heard about Annie's yarn activity, which we did a bilingual
> creation of personality attributes and activities students like to do. I also
> had students make mind maps of things that are relevant to them. We talked
> about things they should pay attention to in the syllabus, and that should
> take us through.
>
> Thanks for all your input - I am enjoying reading about everything and
> incorporating your awesome ideas.
>
> Nanosh
>
>
> On Sep 16, 2013, at 8:38 PM, "Vinchattle, BreAnne"
> <bvinchattle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hey everyone,
>>
>> This is my plan for English Days this week, in order. This is my first year
>> with these kiddos; I have three classes two Spanish 1 (majority freshman)
>> and one Spanish 2 (majority sophomores). OWL was present last year, but not
>> fully implemented the whole year w/all levels. Kids were excited their
>> previous teacher and I teach the same way!
>>
>> Buy in is great far & they're a great group of kids. Spanish only is
>> difficult for them, but I use a language use system worth 5 pts a day; a
>> ticket a week and self assmnt at end of the wk to hold them accountable and
>> reflective.
>>
>> Does anyone have an indicator test for MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES AND/OR
>> LEARNING STYLES
>>
>> P.S. Tess, can you send me the levels of teaching and learning for Spanish
>> 2, please?
>>
>> English Days Activities
>> Syllabus review & quiz / Levels of teaching and learning
>> Binder set up / Comp book usage
>> Words of wisdom & astounding acquisition - suggestions & brain drain vocab
>> from previous students
>> Grade updates - weekly (Mondays)
>> TED Talks / Think twice, speak once / Speak from Day One
>> Reflection/ Goal setting (Personal & Class)
>> Questionnaire - 2 positives OR / 1 positive & negative
>> Survival Strategies/ GE Workout - notecards
>> Lantern goals - student generated
>> OWL presentation
>> Multiple Intelligences / Learning Styles
>> ACTFL levels presentation
>> YouTube commercial & tv show clip en Español
>> Passat 2013 Vamonos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oOVqUInA6w
>> Menina Fantasma http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZh3IFp_dTo
>> Reward systems
>> Student of week
>> Pegatinas/ Calcamonias
>> Dulces
>> BreAnne Vinchattle
>> Spanish 1 & 2
>> Tigard High School
>> From: ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] on behalf of Tess
>> Siemer [tess.siemer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 11:01 AM
>> To: ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [ola] Re: English Week vs. English Day
>>
>> Hi JoAnna-
>> Lisa and I do 2-3 days. For us it includes
>> a survey / debrief / discussion of the first week(s)
>> brainstorm norms for the class and establish as a group
>> Syllabus
>> ACTFL PPT (attached the one we use)
>> OWL PPT / discussion (haven't finished our new one)
>> Comprehension exercises: we read an article in portuguese and talk about how
>> they could still understand parts of it, they read an article in English
>> with 2/3 of the words blacked out and we talk about how they can still
>> understand it. Point is they DON'T need to understand everything that is
>> going on...
>> TED Talk(s): How we learn, Think twice &Speak Once, and Speak from Day One
>> Goal Setting
>> Hope that helps. :) Tess
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Hannah Pratt <hannahpratt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> hi joanna,
>>
>> i do just one day: i show the powerpoint explaining the OWL method &
>> outlining the ACTFL proficiency levels, and we set goals. then we go over
>> the syllabus. this year i did it over 2 days, with each day 1/2 spanish (at
>> the beginning) and 1/2 english.
>>
>> cheers,
>> hannah
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 10:14 AM, JoAnna Coleman <joannac@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hola OWLers - how many days do you dedicate to doing English week stuff?
>> Gracias!
>>
>> JoAnna Coleman
>> Spanish Teacher
>> Wilson High School
>> 503-916-5280 ext. 75231
>> joannac@xxxxxxx
>> http://profecoleman.wordpress.com/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> <3 Guiding Principles of OWL Classroom_Posters.doc><ACTFL Language Educator
>> 90%+ Article.pdf><Teacher notes on OLA Article.doc><ActivityLog_Multiple
>> Intelligences.doc><los8inteligencias_descripciones.doc><GE Guia de
>> Resolucion para problemas.xls><THE SURVIVAL KIT STRATEGIES.doc>
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