[ola] Re: English Week vs. English Day

  • From: Kate Kuravackal <donakuravackal@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 22:31:58 -0700

Ay de mi! These are so helpful - gracias!. I've attached a few of my docs -
Spanish for the most part, but the Todo Sobre Mi doc is in English and
could be used by anyone.


On Mon, 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/
>>>
>>>   ------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>
>

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