If you can't read please download the document
Upload
shaina
View
25
Download
0
Tags:
Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
Freedom within Structure: How to Compose an Engaged Language Lesson and Class. Dawn Wink September 23, 2013 Annual Conference for Teachers of English 2013 ELT Going Through Changes El Dom ínico Americano Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Two Truths, One Lie. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Citation preview
Freedom within Structure: How to Compose an Engaged Language Lesson and ClassDawn WinkSeptember 23, 2013Annual Conference for Teachers of English 2013ELT Going Through ChangesEl Domnico AmericanoSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic
Two Truths, One Lie
When you think of an engaged class, what does this look like? What is happening?
What well do: Concepts for composing an engaging, interactive, rigorous class/presentation/workshop.
Specific strategies and activities
Concepts
One evening I walked into class and announced, Tonight were going to talk about structure, well aware that I was stirring up a hornets nestI wanted to show structure not as restrictive, pharisaic law, but as a means of freedom. ~ Madeleine LEngle, A Circle of Quiet, p. 123Freedom Within Structure
Pass the Paper
Think/Pair/Share
Mingle/Cocktail
Student-generatedTeacher-guided
Conversation Line
Conversation Circle
Graphic Organizers
Quickwrite
Teaching with Stones & Glass
New idea/learning for each stone.
Essential idea youll take away from today.
X X _Pair/Share_________Concepts_______ X X _Pass the Paper___ X X _Pair/Share_______Strategies________ X X _Mingle__________ X X _Conversation Line_ X X _Conversation Circle XX _ Graphic Org._____Teaching with Stones/Glass_______ X X _Essence of Ideas_ X X __Pair/Share____
_____________ X X _______________ X X ___________________________ X X _______________ X X ________________ X X ____________________________ X X ________________ X X ________________
Pass the PaperThink/Pair/ShareConversation LineConversation CircleMingleIndividual WritingGraphic OrganizersQuickwrite
Share your plans and ideas with your partner.
DAWN WINK: DEWDROPSWriting, Teaching, Language, Landscape, LifeBeauty, Skulls, andCultureThis wonderful and wise pendant arrived last week, a gift from my dear friend, Kenna, in celebration of Meadowlark.
I cradled it in my palm, felt the intricate ridges of its braided back against my skin, and was again amazed at the unimagined life of its own that unfolds aroundMeadowlark.FOLLOW BLOG VIA EMAILCATEGORIESEducationEssays and Photo JournalsMeadowlarkWriting
http://dawnwink.wordpress.com/2013/03/02/teaching-freedom-within-structure-and-teaching-with-stones/
Keep in touchDawn Winkwww.DawnWink.comDawnwink.wordpress (Dewdrops)[email protected]_wink (Twitter)