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Musings on English: Extending students
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My learning log as I study secondary English. Yvonne Barrett. Japan. Monday, November 14, 2011. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I have been teaching in international education for the past 9 years. An amazing experience to travel while you teach. We travel with kids (now teenagers) and pets. My children are Third Culture Kids (TCKs) who have spent a large amount of their childhood growing up around the world. At Vodpod and more of my videos. Merging Inquiry and EQAO. Edutopia.org Blogs Edutopia.
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Musings on English: Digital narrative
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My learning log as I study secondary English. Yvonne Barrett. Japan. Sunday, November 20, 2011. This particular lesson had the last stragglers finishing their 'windows'. I had booked the laptops and as they finished the students then explored four examples of digital stories that I had found. Http:/ www.storycenter.org/stories/index.php? Http:/ www.youtube.com/watch? Http:/ www.youtube.com/watch? So our next lesson we will have a brief discussion on their reflections. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Musings on English: The Lodger -
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My learning log as I study secondary English. Yvonne Barrett. Japan. Thursday, November 3, 2011. This has led on to the students doing a gallery walk, coming up with quotes from the novel that reflect a deeper understanding of the relationships and motifs within the novel. Class, saviour, luck etc. The teacher and I have discussed the calendar for the rest of the Unit, including my suggestions for lessons I will teach,which will see the students creating a digital narrative of The Lodger. Literacy, famil...
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Musings on English: Goals
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My learning log as I study secondary English. Yvonne Barrett. Japan. Thursday, November 10, 2011. However, these are my goals:. 1 to utilise technology in the classroom especially with a focus on students demonstrating their knowledge through creating multimodal products. 2 focusing on planning and assessment. 3 continued improvement of my professional knowledge and practice:. Teaching secondary students, extending my IT skills, knowledge and practice, and in secondary literature. Merging Inquiry and EQAO.
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Musings on English: Digital narratives
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My learning log as I study secondary English. Yvonne Barrett. Japan. Monday, November 14, 2011. The IT teacher will be showing them different software over the next five weeks that they can use. It is great to have the support of other departments. A grade 10 student has also been asked to come in to answer any questions about creating movies, videos and using tools such as photostory, movie maker etc. Students will work in pairs, to create a digital narrative of the class text, The Lodger. How Can Teach...
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Musings on English: Mood of Suspense
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My learning log as I study secondary English. Yvonne Barrett. Japan. Sunday, November 20, 2011. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I have been teaching in international education for the past 9 years. An amazing experience to travel while you teach. We travel with kids (now teenagers) and pets. My children are Third Culture Kids (TCKs) who have spent a large amount of their childhood growing up around the world. At Vodpod and more of my videos. Merging Inquiry and EQAO. Edutopia.org Blogs Edutopia.
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Musings on English: Grade 6- Step up to Writing framework
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My learning log as I study secondary English. Yvonne Barrett. Japan. Thursday, November 3, 2011. Grade 6- Step up to Writing framework. The grade 6 class then went to the computer lab, where they continued working on their compare and contrast essay. The middle school uses the Step up to Writing. To save their bibliographies. These are the writing and responding skills that the students need to support their English as they move from middle to high school. Lesson date: 1 November. Merging Inquiry and EQAO.
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Musings on English: Grammar spot
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My learning log as I study secondary English. Yvonne Barrett. Japan. Droga and Humphrey - Grammar and Meaning. The book is going to be a good point of reference. For the purpose of my learning log here I will include the key terms that are introduced as I work my way through the book. NSW English K-6 Syllabus. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). This is our final year teaching overseas. 2012 will see us return to new challenges home in Australia. At Vodpod and more of my videos. Merging Inquiry and EQAO. Grade 6...
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Musings on English: October 2011
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My learning log as I study secondary English. Yvonne Barrett. Japan. Sunday, October 30, 2011. The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes. Grade 9 are studying The Lodger. Dates: October 24, 25, 27. The Lodger: a story of the london fog. I have sat through half of the silent movie by Hitchcock, of The Lodger. His first film) which I came across on the Internet Archive. It will be interesting to see if grade 9 students can sit through the entire movie with no text, or whether they will be squirming in their seats.
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Musings on English: September 2011
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My learning log as I study secondary English. Yvonne Barrett. Japan. Monday, September 26, 2011. After my reflections on wikipedia as a teaching tool, I was very pleased to see it as one of the prescribed texts for the senior English syllabus. So my next assignment is looking at Wikipedia as part of the module Texts and Society, and the elective, The Global Village. Thursday, September 8, 2011. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). At Vodpod and more of my videos. Merging Inquiry and EQAO. Learning to Teach English.