[ola] Re: English Week vs. English Day
- From: Ashley Uyaguari <auyaguari@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 05:12:05 -0400
I do learning journals in English. It's a homework assignment on google
docs every other week where they reflect on the acquiring a language. I
respond to them in English. It's a nice way to ge tthese types of things
in. I wouldn't have a regular English day/time each week. Stick with the
Spanish! They really don't need it. If you want more info on the learning
journal, I can send it along. I teach middle school and my 6th graders
(first year) did fine last year with just one English week and then maybe
another check in after a quarter. I didn't assign much homework the first
quarter because they couldn't understand exactly what I was asking them to
do. But, if they don't understand they are not ready to do it. By quarter
two I was able to assign more homework.
Another homework option is to take a short English time at the beginning of
each quarter and assign reoccurring assignments and give dates then. I do
this with Edmodo and LEarning Journals. So they do have homework, but they
know when to complete the tasks and I don't need to worry about them not
understanding when I remind them of the homework in Spanish because they
already have it all written down.
By the end of the year you can talk about debriefs, self evals and other
stuff while staying in Spanish! It's amazing!!! I really encourage you to
stick with 100% for OWL.
On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 1:34 AM, Kate Kuravackal
<donakuravackal@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> What do you all think about having one English day a week (or a part of
> that one day a week), especially toward the beginning of the year for
> Spanish 1 classes? My school has so much housekeeping kind of stuff to do
> through my first hour classes and I'm new (less than a year) doing OWL. I
> have tried it - jueves ingles I call it - and we debrief, watch a TED
> talk, discuss, make sure they know what the week's expectation is for
> homework, etc. I started off all in Spanish for the first week. I have
> middle schoolers.
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 5:00 AM, Caleb Zilmer <caleb_zilmer@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Mine lasted 5 days this year. We did the circle and stayed in Spanish the
>> first 15 minutes or so every day, though. I've found that helps to keep the
>> experience fresh in our brains so it is easier to refer to WHY we do it
>> when we go to English...
>>
>> Enviado desde el iPhone de Caleb Zilmer
>>
>> El 20/09/2013, a las 05:45, Ricardo Linnell <hurricanetumbao@xxxxxxxxx>
>> escribió:
>>
>> 3. We have a set agenda and that extends out to 3 days.
>>
>> On Thursday, September 12, 2013, JoAnna Coleman 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/
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>
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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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