Extracting the Juice (Part 2: Sentence Construction and Scaffolded Writing)

EXTRACTING THE JUICE

PART 2: SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION AND

SCAFFOLDED WRITING

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James, C.C (2013) IDCA Model

Inspiration

My students love hands-on activities.

Music and rhythm inspire us.

Colourful things make us happy.

http://www5.scholastic.co.uk/teacher-quiz/

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/what-kind-teacher-are-you

Definition

…the language focus…

…the issues.

Structure Vocabulary

S-V Agreement

Creativity

SCAFFOLDING

Scaffolding Activity 1

LABELLING

Labelling activity.

Labelled pictures.

Writing simple sentences.

Scaffolding Activity 2

MATCHING

Matching words and phrases.

Scaffolding Activity 3

ARRANGING

Arranging words to form sentences.

‘Colour-coded Sentence Construction’, Felicity F. Malanggin (Guru Inovatif, SK Kota Marudu 2)

‘Colour-coded Sentence Construction’, Felicity F. Malanggin (Guru Inovatif, SK Kota Marudu 2)

‘Colour-coded Sentence Construction’, Felicity F. Malanggin (Guru Inovatif, SK Kota Marudu 2)

Scaffolding Activity 4

‘MINI

WHITEBOARD’

Pair-writing

Tip: Use crumpled paper as an eraser.

Writing quiz

Scaffolding Activity 5

COLLABORATIVE ‘HANDS-

ON’ ACTIVITIES

Sentence panel

Sentence panel and post-its

Sentence panel, post-its and worksheet

Cut, arrange, paste

Sapiah A. Ong, ELO (PPD Kunak)

Sapiah A. Ong, ELO (PPD Kunak)

Sapiah A. Ong, ELO (PPD Kunak)

Listing, categorising, labelling

Draw and write

Jen Renita Mappah, Guru Cemerlang (Tawau)

Jen Renita Mappah, Guru Cemerlang (Tawau)

‘Like’ Jen Renita’s page

‘Teaching English –

Creative and Innovative’

on Facebook

Draw and write

Scaffolding Activity 6

SINGING THE

STRUCTURE

How many – subject – be – verbing – what / where / who

There – be – how many – nouns – place

http://cindyjbj79.blogspot.com/2013/07/singing-structure-using-simple-melodies.html

Downloadable:

Other Activities

PROJECT-BASED

LEARNING

ICT Project

ICT Project

ICT Project

ICT Project

Video Project

Acquisition

What do they learn?

What do I

learn?

January (Diagnostic Test)

January (Diagnostic Test)

March

March

June

June

Do arts and crafts inspire you and your students? I

highly recommend this book!

‘Arts and Crafts with Children’ by Andrew Wright

(Oxford Publishing)

‘Arts and Crafts with Children’ by Andrew Wright (Oxford Publishing)

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

~Benjamin Franklin

“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a

vessel.” ~ Socrates

“If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn.” ~ Ignacio Estrada

“Keep on sowing your seed, for you never know which will grow - perhaps it all will.”

~ Albert Einstein

Stay tuned for Part 3

Cynthia C. James ‘Beyond Chalk & Talk’

http://cindyjbj79.blogspot.com