[ola] Re: English Week vs. English Day
- From: Nanosh Lucas <nanosh.lucas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 09:05:58 -0700
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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