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The Joy of ESL Blog: Addressing PBLA Challenges
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Return to my website. Sunday, November 27, 2016. I've just returned from attending one day of the TESL Ontario Conference where I made new friends, saw old friends, gained knowledge, handed out a few of my cool new MOO cards, and did A LOT of listening, thinking, listening, some talking, and more listening to others' questions and concerns regarding the roll-out of Portfolio Based Language Assessment (PBLA). Kelly with John Sivell. Will there be studies on ROI? Here are a few areas of difficulty that I w...
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The Joy of ESL Blog: Halloween Story and Activity Pack for ESL Literacy
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Return to my website. Sunday, October 23, 2016. Halloween Story and Activity Pack for ESL Literacy. Welcome, ESL teachers! I have just uploaded a new story and activity pack to www.kellymorrissey.com under LITERACY - Dates and Holidays. It is a very short little story about Sam and his Superman costume that can serve as the basis for a module this week as we get our newcomer clients ready for this Canadian cultural phenomenon that is Halloween and trick-or-treating. I hope you like it! Back to the Well.
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The Joy of ESL Blog: PBLA, Time Management, and Creating a Culture of Sharing
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Return to my website. Saturday, November 12, 2016. PBLA, Time Management, and Creating a Culture of Sharing. Thanks for coming back. Last week I promised to focus more on some positives of PBLA. I also said I would start sharing ideas to help you keep your sanity as you begin to implement Portfolio Based Language Assessment in your classrooms. Create a Culture of Sharing. With PBLA upon us, there has never been a better time for us to reach out to one another and lend a helping hand. I believe that in or...
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The Joy of ESL Blog: December 2016
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Return to my website. Saturday, December 24, 2016. See You Next Week! Sunday, December 18, 2016. My teaching practice is changing. It started when my workplace was able recently to add several more literacy classrooms and teachers. I am no longer responsible for meeting the needs of foundations and CLB 1L learners in the same class. That's a good thing. On hearing of Maria's success with this, I have decided to experiment with colouring and other creative activities in my own class. I am starting mos...
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The Joy of ESL Blog: New Year's Aspirations
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Return to my website. Friday, January 6, 2017. This is what I'm having fun with during winter break: learning to use my new Wacom Intuos and ArtRage Lite software. The picture pinned in the upper left corner of the screen was my reference. The picture in the middle is what I created using the pastel tools. Not bad for my second tutorial! Oh, and I made a video for you all. It's my first! Labels: Back to the Well. January 7, 2017 at 4:32 PM. Winter break fallow time became creativity explosion time! Of ta...
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The Joy of ESL Blog: January 2017
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Return to my website. Tuesday, January 24, 2017. Sorry No Blog Post. Update: I never thought I would be out of commission this long! Teacher Kelly is never sick. She is never absent. I hope you are able to avoid the viral enteritis that has been going around this city and our schools. It is not a fun one. Wash your hands a lot. Remind students of the importance of good hand hygiene. Saturday, January 14, 2017. PBLA with Literacy and Seniors. Is the LC useful to you? Overwhelming majority said yes. Majori...
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The Joy of ESL Blog: A Spark among Sparks
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Return to my website. Saturday, October 29, 2016. A Spark among Sparks. I am honoured to be receiving one of this year's two TESL Ontario Sparks of Excellence Awards. It is gratifying to have my dedication recognized. I would bust my butt to excel in my job with or without the kudos, but official recognition is very nice. Who is the SPARK in your professional world? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Back to the Well. A Spark among Sparks. How I Use the Literacy Activity Packs.
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The Joy of ESL Blog: PBLA and Back to the Well
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Return to my website. Sunday, December 11, 2016. PBLA and Back to the Well. For those of you who only care about the practical stuff, you can scroll down to the CLASSROOM APPLICATION sub-heading. :) You're welcome. All week I have been communicating with stakeholders at every level of this PBLA puzzle. The more I talk to other teachers and the more I listen to national and regional project leaders, the more I become convinced of three things:. Flexible we can be. Additionally or alternatively, you could ...
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The Joy of ESL Blog: My PBLA Triumphs and Tribulations
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Return to my website. Saturday, November 5, 2016. My PBLA Triumphs and Tribulations. Disclaimer: the opinions expressed in this post and all posts on this blog and on my website are my own and are not in any way meant to represent the policy or positions of my employer. I want to apologize right now for thinking that, and I'll say more about that later in this article. Fast forward a few months and what do we have? Because I also see the potential for poorly supported teachers to end up with less client-...
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The Joy of ESL Blog: September 2016
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Return to my website. Sunday, September 25, 2016. PBLA with Literacy Learners. Do you teach at a school that uses Portfolio Based Language Assessment (PBLA)? At my school, we have been ramping up for it for quite some time. We've had lots of training, have attended workshops and webinars, and have implemented many parts of PBLA to some extent. But this winter we are expected to have it all up and running. It is both exciting and overwhelming! To use graphics of a growing seedling to represent the concept...
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