Infonews n°307 from 02/09/2007
The world Cup starts in 5 days!!!!!!!!
Back to School
Environmental portrait (from Everyday Teaching Newsletter, Fri., Aug 31st)
Bookquests
Calendars for the School
In the Calendar for September
Katrina
On BBC Learning English
Uniforms
Sagging Pants
Cartoon
Learning Unit
Audio Comprehension
Scripts
Make your own grids with Armored Penguin
Early education classroom management tools (from Everyday Teaching Newsletter,
Fri., Aug 31st)
Seasons Cut and Paste (from Everyday Teaching Newsletter, Fri., Aug 31st)
British English versus American English
Princess Diana
Inventions
Slang City, un dictionnaire d'argot en ligne ( signalé dans la lettre de l'APLV)
Sciences : the Why files (from Everyday Teaching Newsletter, Fri., Aug 31st)
Sciences : BBC Science clips (from Everyday Teaching Newsletter, Fri., Aug
31st)
Sciences Online Games
A virtual Chemistry book
Skylight: The Science Centre for Learning and Teaching (from The Scout Report
-- August 31)
Technology : building big
Technology : System Built Housing (from [LII New This Week] August 30)
Maths : Math Science Center (from The Scout Report -- August 31)
101 thinks you can do in the first 3 weeks (including learning styles)
A game plan for classroom management and organisation (from Everyday Teaching
Newsletter, Fri., Aug 31st)
Discipline (from Everyday Teaching Newsletter, Fri., Aug 31st)
Building virtual communities (from 21st Century Connections News - August 2007)
La compréhension de l'oral ( signalé dans la lettre de l'APLV)
Programme des langues vivantes étrangères à l'école primaire
The world Cup starts in 5 days!!!!!!!!
To make students talk, or just to decorate the classroom, download this poster
with portraits of rugby players from all over the world and the words : "be
like them, learn French!". You can for example make students locate the
different countries on a map, find their name in English and the language they
speak
http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/IMG/pdf/Affiche_joueurs_anglais.pdf
and you can start the topic with this webquest from Sylvie Marc (for lower
intermediates)
http://fcd2.over-blog.org/categorie-10125137.html
On e-teach, Sophie Leray made us discover Le kit de survie *** "oui, je
parle Rugby / French survival kit" in French, English and Spanish : with
practical French vocabulary (introduce yourself, at the hotel, at the restaurant,
etc.), and also informations about cities important to rugby (St Etienne, Toulouse,
Cardiff, Edimburg)
http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/IMG/pdf/KITdeSURVIE-32p-repiquage-2.pdf
Le lexique du rugby (en trois langues)
http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/IMG/pdf/le_lexique_du_rugby.pdf
Line Berthaud has found two pages with links to informations, documents, etc.
http://www.nacell.org.uk/resources/online_res_sports.htm#rugby
http://www.ourworldcup.co.uk/rugbywc/Resources/resources.htm
and this funny site about Haka
http://www.newzealand.com/travel/app_templates/haka/en/index_content.html
An excellent address was found by Laure Peskine on the APLV website : you find
adresses of documents and ideas of how and when to use them and with what students
at all three level : primary, lower secondary and upper secondary. Take your
time and explore all the resources, it is really well done.
http://www.cndp.fr/secondaire/languespratique/anglais/938/accueil.htm
On eteachnet, Delphine Durand recommends two audio file plus transcript from
elllo:
- one comparing rugby and american football and soccer
http://www.elllo.org/english/0201/234-Shawn-Rugby.htm
- one about how young students from Wales are all into rugby
http://www.elllo.org/english/0301/339-Kevin-Rugby.htm
Isabelle Deveyneix recommends this site with debates about the World Cup (you
can also hear some of the French players speaking English!) :
http://www.visarugby.com/
you can also view the profile of the legends
http://www.visarugby.com/profiles/default.aspx
download the podcasts (remember to download them immediately because they are
often changed)
http://www.visarugby.com/files/default.aspx
or invite your student sto take part in the written debate in the forum
http://www.visarugby.com/forums/default.aspx?GroupID=12
or take part in the live chat sessions
http://www.visarugby.com/clubhouse/LiveChatSchedule.aspx
Céline Larmusiaux recommends Edrugby : lessons and activities around rugby,
to teach how to keep fit, feed correctly, discover the game, etc. (from an
Australian website of lessons for primary school English Speaking students)
http://aru.rugby.com.au/edrugby/for_the_classroom/rugby_themes,20653.html
Alain Robert has found this very comprehensive site, with a history of rugby
and many links and a map of the world cup countries with the best results (name
the countries!)
http://www.answers.com/topic/rugby-world-cup
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Rugby_world_cup_countries_best_results_and_hosts_rev1.png
Dans la lettre d'information de l'APLV voyez l'article : "La Coupe du
Monde de rugby touche aussi le linguistique ! par Sylviane HALPHEN, qui signale
que pour la première fois de son histoire, la Coupe du Monde de Rugby est organisée
dans un pays francophone et que les ministères ont été très actifs pour permettre
aux participants de se comprendre et d'être bien accueillis.
http://www.aplv-languesmodernes.org/spip.php?article1142
Videos : here is one with a song, there are several on the haka, but I found
none really convincing...Have a look and choose:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEk-BYwWKGQ&NR=1
Back to School
Dans son dossier rentrée, le Café Pédagogique vous propose des idées d'activités
pour les premiers jours : ice-breakers, truth or lies, portrait, back to school
in the world, etc.
http://www.cafepedagogique.net/lesdossiers/Pages/2007/r2007_S_anglais.aspx
http://www.cafepedagogique.net/lesdossiers/Pages/2007/r2007_anglais_commentcommencerl'annee.aspx
Environmental portrait (from Everyday Teaching Newsletter, Fri., Aug 31st)
- "Link this art lesson plan to your reading selections, introducing
the elements of setting and character and how they relate to each other. Students
will create photographic portraits that include environmental expressions and
elements; consider having them interview classmates and then create a photo-environmental
portrait of this person. Display them all for an Open House project for middle
to high school. Alternatively, have students pose as characters in novels,
featuring an appropriate setting to surround that character with clues and
elements that allow interpretation of that character's actions within the story.
(7-12)"
http://www.museumca.org/picturethis/portrait.html
[ also called "portrait that tell a story" this activity can be used
at several levels. I used it last year in first year of secondary school (seconde)
to make my students introduce themselves to their correspondents in an original
way. You can also use it to invite them to create the portrait of a hero or
the character in a poem. What's interesting is that students don't have to
be physically on the portrait, and shy teenagers appreciate that : they just
have to create a scenery that represents them; And it works!]
- A variation of this activity is the Digital Self-Portrait" :
"Andy Warhol is one of the more famous modern examples of manipulating
photos to create unique portraits. In this lesson plan, students will download
a digital photo and then manipulate it to express something unique about themselves.
Doing a panel of four or more multiple portraits will increase the drama of
the finished art.
http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/self_portraits/act_warhol.html
- Another variation, for art or literature students " Self portrait in
art and writing":
"This lesson plan begins with an inquiry into why artists create self-portraits,
or why writers pen autobiographies, letters, and journals. Works are taken
from major artists; students will analyze the works by carefully taking a look
at each artist in an excellent, interactive and guided tour. The artist's letters
and journals are also examined, and students will respond to questions. These
series of investigations lead students to understand the art of self-inquiry
and representation, and they will then proceed to replicate the artist's styles
in a set of student worksheet exercises, including written responses to works
- an outstanding tour not only through the masters, but an inquiry into human
nature and ourselves as well."
http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/self_portraits/pw5.pdf
http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/self_portraits/act_intro_self.shtm
[ After the introduction, there are several pages to explore, with questions
to answer. You can invite advanced students to work on their own and just monitor
the production.]
Bookquests
For several years, our colleagues from e-teach have shared documents that
they have created. Among them, many bookquest especially for lower secondary
school.
http://teachers.domainepublic.net/documents.html
http://teachers.domainepublic.net/shared/BookQuests/
[ Check that the quest correspond to your edition of the book, and that yours
is the same as the students. I had problems last year with things that were
in the quest and in my book, but no longer in the book the students had!]
Calendars for the School Year
Here are some calendars to help you keep track of the special days and event
during the year:
- Michèle Henry has created this excellent calendar, with for each day a full
page of links and ideas of activities.
<http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/celebramonth.htm>http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/celebramonth.htm
- Pascale Catoire et Gilles Deletang have created this other one, with less
links, but sometimes different things to celebrate.
http://www.ac-orleans-tours.fr/anglais-liens/sitecalendrier/index.htm
- a US calendar of the US holidays, to find the precise dates of each holiday,
and a short text to present it.
http://www.calendar-updates.com/info/holidays/us.aspx
- some other calendars, with sometimes different celebrations
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Culdesac/zcullinks.html
http://www.suelebeau.com/months.htm
http://www.classroom.com/community/connection/calendar.jhtml
http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/holidays/l/blspecdays.htm
http://www.midgefrazel.net/dailycelebrations.html
http://homeschooling.about.com/od/fundaycalendars/Holiday_Calendar_Celebrate_Special_Days_Every_Month.htm
In the Calendar for September
Sunday September 2nd : The Great Fire of London 1666 ( http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/EventsExhibitions/Special/LondonsBurning/ )
Monday September 3rd (first Monday of the month) : Labor Day
Sunday September 9th (first Sunday after Labor Day) : Grand parents' Day
September 9th to 16th : "Christie Week" ( adresses in infonews next
week)
Tuesday September 11th : Patriot Day ( adresses in infonews next week)
Thursday September 13th : Roal Dahl Day ( adresses in infonews next week)
Monday September 17th : US constitution Day / Citizenship Day
Friday September 21st : International Day of Peace
from September 16th to 22nd : Mobility week
Saturday September 22nd : World Car Free Day
Wednesday September 26th : European Day of Languages
and on these pages you find loads of special Days in September (September 13th
is also Chocolate Day, and September 11th is also "make your bed"
Day!), and also special weeks (the fourth week is US national Dog week) and
monthly celebrations (September is better breakfast month, Honey month, Save
the Tiger Month, piano Month and US national courtesy month!)
http://familycrafts.about.com/library/spdays/blseptdayslong.htm
http://homeschooling.about.com/cs/unitssubjhol/a/fundayssep.htm
Katrina
here are several sites to visit about Katrina two years after, selected by
the Scout Report:
http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/ScoutReport/Current/inthenews.php
On BBC Learning English
Here is a selection of news reports from BBC Learning English (audio file,
script, vocabulary, quiz, lesson plan, sites to go further)
Mandela's Birthday
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/2007/07/070718_mandela.shtml
Mandela's statue in London
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/2007/08/070829_mandela.shtml
High Rise London (about the tall buildings)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/2007/08/070822_high_rise_london.shtml
India gets first woman president since Independence (Indira Gandhi was prime
minister )
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/2007/07/070725_india_president.shtml
The New Seven Wonders of the world
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/2007/07/070711_wonders.shtml
US presidential candidates questioned via YouTube (the next US elections will
be held on November 4th 2008)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/2007/07/070723_youtube.shtml
Uniforms
On e-teach, Valérie Gély recommends this audio file plus transcript from
VOA. I find it too slow and artificial, but it could be useful for students
who have forgotten everything about English during the holidays! Good to put
weak A2+/B1 students back in the mood to learn.
"Students do not always like being told what to wear!"
http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2007-07/2007-07-11-voa2.cfm
and Sophie Leray recommends these pages to find pros and cons for a debate
http://www.idebate.org/debatabase/topic_details.php?topicID=59
http://www.youdebate.com/DEBATES/school_uniforms.HTM
on eTeachNet, Sylvie Marc recommends this audio file with transcript from Elllo,
featuring an Irish girl and an American boy discussing the pros and cons of
wearing a uniform at school, in current but clear and simple English, level
A2. You first hear the discussion, then answer questions (you can listen to
the parts of the text with the answer), and then you can read the script and
listen to the text again. A very useful document for the computer room, where
students can work at their own space.
<http://www.elllo.org/yeartwo/feb14th/uniforms.htm>http://www.elllo.org/yeartwo/feb14th/uniforms.htm
See this full report of the teaching unit Alyne Piazza did with her students
in lower secondary school (A2-): you can access the online resources and the
files she made, read the procedure and see all the results. Remarkable!
http://www.weewebwork.fr/pupils/surveys/surveys.pdf
Sagging Pants
Sagging pants is illegal in some states and offenders can be sent to prison.
read this article from the New York times : "Are your jeans sagging? Go
directly to jail!"
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20070831friday.html
and see the lesson plan, including a debate with each students in a different
role
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20070831friday.html
Visit also those two links recommended in the lesson plan:
- a history of hip-hop style : baggy pants, jump suits and overall
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/infocus/fashion/hiphop.html
- an outline of the debate about indecency
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/jan-june04/indecency_3-31.pdf
Ellen Foucher launched the thread on e-teach with she discovered this news
article about the law against sagging pants passed by a mayor in Louisiana:
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/offbeat/2007/06/louisiana_mayor_bans_sagging_p.html
Then Sylvie Brod found several resources for all levels, about this protest
from a Florida preacher offended by this style :
- for intermediates (around A2), this short piece of new, complete with the
video and the transcript
http://www.wtlv.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=79317
- for advanced (B1 upwards), this very ironical article from the Washington
Post with vocabulary of different styles ( I discovered "commandos")
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/offbeat/2007/04/florida_preacher_fights_hip_ho.html
Cartoon
During the summer holidays, our colleagues from e-teach have been working
hard to find documents and produce teaching units around the popular serie "Desperate
Housewives":
- Michèle Henry found this cartoon for beginners in primary school or older,
but still fan of Disney's cartoons
http://www.brandondufau.com/archives/Desperate%20Housewives.bmp
Learning Unit
- Valéry Gély has designed several pages with an analysis of the generics
showing the original pictures it is made from, and then a study of the main
characters, with video extracts and profiles, and questions to understand two
video extracts. A fine job!
http://www.my-english-courses.com/desperate/index.html
Audio Comprehension
- Rodolphe Maurel has chosen to work on the sound without pictures. On his
site "Sound Guide Web", he has put several well chosen extracts from
the series (the introduction, the conclusion, etc.) and the students can listen
to them an type the missing words in the grid to show that they have understood.
http://www.soundguideweb.com/articles.php?lng=fr&pg=173
Those two sites are complementary, and have the advantage that students from
lower intermediate upwards can work autonomously at home or in the school library.
Scripts
- Monique Mirza found several scripts of series online, including 14 scripts
from Desperate Housewives from seasons 1, 2, 3, and 4.
http://www.twiztv.com/scripts/
http://www.twiztv.com/scripts/desperatehousewives/
Make your own grids with Armored Penguin
On e-teach, our colleague Laure Peskine shares with us her favourite site
to make:
wordscramble : http://www.armoredpenguin.com/wordscramble/
wordsearch : http://www.armoredpenguin.com/wordsearch/
crossswords : http://www.armoredpenguin.com/crossword/
You can also use puzzles which are already made, listed by thematic categories.
http://www.armoredpenguin.com/wordscramble/Data/best/
Early education classroom management tools (from Everyday Teaching Newsletter, Fri., Aug 31st)
"This educator offers a wealth of ideas for the early education classroom,
including a classroom management system, desk labels, lunch money containers,
name tags, book baskets, and more organizational tips. See if they'll help
you out this year."
http://www.kellyskindergarten.com/management/classroommanagementtools.htm
[ Tips for kindergarten teachers in the US. Those suggestions can be used to
teach English as a second language in primary school. I think these attention
charts and visual behavior prompts can be useful.]
http://www.kellyskindergarten.com/management/downloads/visual%20prompts.pdf
Seasons Cut and Paste (from Everyday Teaching Newsletter, Fri., Aug 31st)
"Students are given visual clues to correctly transfer cut-out cards
to their corresponding seasons on these printable early learning cards."
http://www.kidzone.ws/prek_wrksht/cutpaste-seasons2.htm
http://www.kidzone.ws/prek_wrksht/cutpaste-seasons1.htm
[ a memory game with four cards. you can enlarge it with words, like flowers,
trees, leaves, etc.]
British English versus American English
It all started on eteachnet, when Sarah Rapnouil-Dunn discovered this page
in the Times
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article2341766.ece
then Catherine Serreau completed with this activity : a pair work around a
crossword and the complete procedure in the teacher's notes
http://www.insideout.net/resource-packs/6-advanced/IO-ADV-12A-S-British-and-American-English.pdf
http://www.insideout.net/resource-packs/6-advanced/IO-ADV-12A-T-British-and-American-English.pdf
and here are some other sites with lists of words I found
another list with French translations
http://persocite.francite.com/jennai_fr/British_English_vs_American_English.htm
an article on Business International website :
"Why it's important to know the difference" (for upper intermediate
business students)
http://www.business-int.com/categories/american-versus-british-english/american-versus-british-english.asp
Princess Diana
On his blog Vigilangues, Jean Sabiron has put this activity analysing the
English language used by prince Harry in his speech at the service in memory
of Princess Diana.
http://sabironlangues.typepad.fr/
see these links from Librarian Internet Index (LII this week)
http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24371
including this photo album from People magazine
http://www.people.com/people/static/h/package/dianaremembered/
Inventions
Download these vodcast (video podcast) from Australian Télévision ABC and
discover some amazing inventions. And you can download all the episodes of
the magazine!
For advanced students : strong Australian accent and no transcript!!
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/newinventors/video/video.htm
Slang City, un dictionnaire d'argot en ligne ( signalé dans la lettre de l'APLV)
L'anglais argotique : insultes, expressions que l'on ne trouve pas dans les
dicos, traductions des paroles de chansons, dialogues de films,...
http://www.aplv-languesmodernes.org/spip.php?article203
Sciences : the Why files (from Everyday Teaching Newsletter, Fri., Aug 31st)
"For more than a decade, THE WHY FILES have been serving up some of the
most accessible and fun science narratives on the web. Taking their mission
to pry open the lab door a step further, THE WHY FILES team has developed a
series of Teacher Activity Pages or TAPs (http://whyfiles.org/teachers/).
TAPs are linked to some of the site's most popular articles on topics like
Tornadoes, Mosquitoes, Migration, Volcanoes and Forensic Science. Activity
pages contain discussion starters, lesson plans and an online quiz. For quick
reference and lesson planning, each of the 13 TAPs is tied to national teaching
standards, as are most of the 500+ features in THE WHY FILES deep and comprehensive
archive of science stories."
[See virtual sciences in the interative section, and the teacher's files.]
http://whyfiles.org
http://whyfiles.org/interactives/
http://whyfiles.org/teachers/
Sciences : BBC Science clips (from Everyday Teaching Newsletter, Fri., Aug 31st)
the BBC features several interactive science experiments where the students
try and compare different situations, write and analyse logs, and draw conclusions.
At the end, they can also access Bitesize, the site of revisions, to review
the lessons corresponding to the experiment.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/science_10_11.shtml
Sciences Online Games
Make your choice among those games : there are several games with the elements
in chemistry, others like a science word hangman to memorize the vocabulary,
or a "who wants to win one million dollars?" game with science questions.
http://education.jlab.org/indexpages/elementgames.php
A virtual Chemistry book
Free online. Here is what the authors say : "We have created CHEMystery,
a virtual chemistry textbook, to provide an interactive guide for high school
chemistry students. In addition, CHEMystery allows you to further expand your
chemistry knowledge by letting you interact with other Internet resources on
the World Wide Web."
http://library.thinkquest.org/3659/intro/
Skylight: The Science Centre for Learning and Teaching (from The Scout Report -- August 31)
Established in 2001 at the University of British Columbia, the Science Centre
for Learning and Teaching was created in order to create "an environment
that supports reflective science teaching and learning practices." While
Skylight's work is primarily focused on working on improving these efforts
at the University of British Columbia, they have also created a number of online
resources designed for science teachers everywhere. Perhaps one of the best
resources on the entire site is the "Teaching Large Classes"
area. Within this section, visitors can find highlights from the research literature
on teaching, descriptions of practical strategies to enhance learning outcomes,
video clip demonstrations, and a selection of links to other relevant resources.
There are even other features worth perusing, such as the document "Why
Calculus Workshops Really Work" and an interactive presentation on how
to create a highly interactive classroom. [KMG]
http://www.skylight.science.ubc.ca/
Technology : building big
In Everyday Teaching Newsletter, Fri., Aug 31st, A. Benjamins recommends
this website about how to build bridges, dams and towers, including a lab where
students can test material, forces and loads.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/index.html
Technology : System Built Housing (from [LII New This Week] August 30)
"System Built Housing: More Home in Less Time
Resources for consumers about systems-built housing, homes that are preconstructed
or prefabricated in a factory or mill before being transported to the home
site to be completed. Includes material about concrete, log, modular, and
panelized homes. From the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), and
sponsored by home building companies."
http://www.nahb.org/generic.aspx?sectionID=934&genericContentID=55547
[This site is aimed at customers who plan to build their home themselves. It
is full of advices and recommendations, and will interest all students in building
and design. English teachers to students studying building technology can also
benefit from the resources on this site.]
Maths : Math Science Center (from The Scout Report -- August 31)
Developed by Peter C. Esser and John W. Pluemer of the Math and Science Center
at Southwest Wisconsin Technical College, this site brings together a veritable
cornucopia of resources related to learning about applied math, occupational
math, elementary algebra, technical science, and the fundamentals of chemistry.
First-time visitors will want to start by looking at the "Resources" section.
Here they will find online tables and scientific calculators, sets of tips
such as "Fractions: The Basics" and "Using the Place Value System",
and some rather fine tutorials that cover health occupations and culinary mathematics.
Moving on, the "Topics"
area provides access to the various resources on the site organized into subtopics
such as
"Finance", "Geometry", and "Statistics". [KMG]
http://www.swtc.edu:8082/mscenter/
101 thinks you can do in the first 3 weeks (including learning styles)
Everyday Teaching Newsletter, Fri., Aug 31st recommends this site in which "Yes,
there really are 101 things listed here, and they're all great suggestions
to help jumpstart you in the classroom this fall as your students - and you
- return to school. A Learning Styles Inventory is included."
http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/101thing.htm
"These suggestions have been gathered from UNL professors and from college
teachers elsewhere. The rationale for these methods is based on the following
needs: 1) to help students make the transition from high school and summer
or holiday activities to learning in college; 2) to direct students' attention
to the immediate situation for learning - the hour in the classroom: 3) to
spark intellectual curiosity - to challenge students; 4) to support beginners
and neophytes in the process of learning in the discipline; S) to encourage
the students' active involvement in learning; and 6) to build a sense of community
in the classroom. " (from the site)
[ Lots of useful reminders, like "be on time" or
"be redundant : students should hear, read or see the material 3 times
at least", and advices :
"give examples", "explain what you expect",
"check absentees", "Stop the work to find out what your students
are thinking feeling and doing in their everyday lives". And there is
also a link to a learning style questionnaire (for young children), with 16
online questions, then you get your score and advices corresponding to your
learning style(s)
http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=questionnaire
http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=multimodal
for a more complex questionnaire (for older or more advanced students) and
more details about the learning styles
http://www.learning-styles-online.com/inventory/questions.asp
A game plan for classroom management and organisation (from Everyday Teaching Newsletter, Fri., Aug 31st)
"This resource is appropriately subtitled,
"Developing Rules, Routines, and Procedures". You might just find
a gem worth trying in your own classroom this year." ( for all levels)
http://www.pgcps.pg.k12.md.us/~elc/gameplan.htm
[ Lots of ideas, easy to read and remember, especially designed for new teachers.]
- 20 classical teaching mistakes
http://arachnid.pepperdine.edu/goseweb/GMSTKES.html
[ starting a new school year can be the opportunity to make right what we did
wrong last year, or take good resolutions ;) . This article can help you, with
advices like : don't argue with a kid, or discipline him/her in front of the
class (it works much better face to face), don't play "guess what's on
my mind" and expect them to find the right answer, wait three seconds
after a question to give them time to think, etc.]
- homework : tips and a management sheet
http://www.vtnea.org/ti-8.htm
http://www.everydayteaching.com/Helpers/WeeklyHomeworkForm.pdf
Discipline (from Everyday Teaching Newsletter, Fri., Aug 31st)
- "Ten tips are listed and discussed here to help you establish a firm
but fair and positive learning environment in your classroom."
http://www.ueatexas.com/Links/Classroom_Help/Improving_Discipline_Some_Suggestions/H_Improving_Discipline_Some_Suggestions.html
" and twelve more"
http://www.ueatexas.com/Links/Classroom_Help/Some_More_Good_Ideas/H_Some_More_Good_Ideas.html
[ useful advices like : "be warm and friendly but never familiar", "don't
give idle threats", "be fair, and don't be afraid to apologize if
you have treated a pupil unjustly", "raise your eyebrows, not your
voice."]
- classroom management mistakes : "We all make mistakes, but here are
some to avoid in your own classroom management practices, from overpraising,
to starting class activities before attaining full student attention."
[ a list of don'ts, like : "don't sit or don't stand too long in the same
place", "don't overpraise for normal work", etc. ]
http://www.adprima.com/managemistakes.htm
http://www.adprima.com/managemistakes.htm
- *** 99 ways to say "very good"
http://www.careerlab.com/99ways.htm
- dealing with difficult students behavior :
"From shy students who are reluctant to find their voice in student discussions,
to ramblers, know-it-alls, aggressive students, gripers, or hecklers, you'll
find some possible responses to each behavior to help you recognize and deal
with difficult student conduct in your own classroom."
http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/behavior.htm
[ interesting suggestions, like : reframe hostility as fear to depersonalize
it, and then respond to fear, and keep your temper in check.]
- A respect lesson : Stepping out "Curb the chatty students and expect
respect right at the beginning of your class, with these lessons for establishing
respect and appropriate conduct, with lessons to handle timeouts and inappropriate
talking as well. "
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/285.html
Building virtual communities (from 21st Century Connections News - August 2007)
Here is an analysis of what works and not and how to build an efficient virtual
community. This article is interesting for all of us who try to set up projects
and work online with distant partners or correspondents.
http://21centuryconnections.techlearning.com/node/254
La compréhension de l'oral ( signalé dans la lettre de l'APLV)
Vient de paraitre en ligne sur le site de l'académie de Versaille, un article
de José
Paradas intitulé : "L'entraînement à la compréhension de l'oral et la
capture du son". Il fait référence aux descripteurs du cadre et propose
un diaporama en Power Point pour expliquer aux enseignants (ou aux élèves)
comment capturer du son.
http://www.aplv-languesmodernes.org/spip.php?article723
Programme des langues vivantes étrangères à l'école primaire
La lettre d'information de l'APLV signale la parution dans le B.O. du 30
aout des programmes de langues vivantes étrangères pour les cycles 2 et 3 de
l'école primaire, c'est à dire du CE1 au CM2. Comme les palier 1 et palier
2 pour le collège, ces programmes s'appuient sur le CECRL et visent à faire
acquérir un niveau A1 aux élèves en fin de cycle 3.
http://www.aplv-languesmodernes.org/spip.php?article463
Lisez le préambule d'abord, pour la mise en oeuvre, l'importance d'un entrainement
régulier, au cours duquel "l'élève aura pris l'habitude de ...." (répéter,
se référer à, etc.)
ftp://trf.education.gouv.fr/pub/edutel/bo/2007/hs8/hs8_preambule.pdf
puis voyez le détail du programme, avec un contenu précis, bien cadré et explicité.
ftp://trf.education.gouv.fr/pub/edutel/bo/2007/hs8/hs8_anglais.pdf
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