[ola] Re: Progressions
- From: Heather Pineault <heather_pineault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 10:47:42 -0500
Thank you, Ricardo, for this post. I was wondering regarding your
conversation about the Can Drive -- how many years of Spanish have your
kids have? I would love to do something like that, but they don't yet have
the vocab to go beyond the very basic (I teach Fr2 in HS - mainly 9th &
10th graders).
Thanks!
Heather
On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Ricardo Linnell
<hurricanetumbao@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Hey Everybody,
>
> I wanted to take a moment to talk about progressions. I am sure that quite
> a few of you understand how to use them in your classes, but there are
> probably as many or more teachers who are unsure of exactly what it is,
> much less have the confidence to unleash it in your classes. I felt like
> that for a long time, until I was able to visualize it and draw it. A
> progression as a visual, looks a lot like this (see photo). You have the
> central topic, either dictated by vocabulary from that day, the previous
> day or such. For many of you who have been through one of Darcy's
> workshops, you probably remember the types of questions that we used in one
> part of the workshop. Creating relevant questions around the topic is a
> great way to generate interest and motivation to speak. IE: we are wrapping
> up a Canned Food Drive at my school and so we counted our cans and it was
> just an instant, built-in topic for the class. I asked them to discuss in
> groups the reasons for giving food during the holiday season. I gave them a
> couple of minutes to speak and then asked 2 or 3 of them to tell the class
> their reasoning. We got time, money, resources, things...etc out of the
> students as far as vocabulary were concerned. I asked the students to
> discuss the different types of resources that they felt they could offer to
> those in need. Again, more discussion. Finally, the last question was if
> they had a friend, family or if they themselves ever had a need to rely on
> the Oregon Food Bank or another organization for food and resources. If so,
> to explain what that experience was like. This all happened within the
> course of no more than 15 minutes. It can go longer or shorter, depending
> on the amount of questions, activities or depth to which the class goes. I
> hope that everyone has a wonderful holiday and vacation. I hope this helps.
>
> Ricardo
>
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