So I gave my presentation first thing on Friday morning after the kick off ceremony and I was told that there was a mix-up and I was going to be presenting in the big banquet room.
I tried to explain that I had previously only drawn crowds of 15-20 people.
Nevertheless, I was told to just have everyone scoot over to where I would be presenting.
So in the banquet room, we all ate breakfast and there was a middle stage area, and two projection screens and I figured that once it was my turn to begin, I would just choose a projector to use and everyone could move over.
As it was time for me to start, I noticed that quite a few people didn't seem to be leaving from their tables.
I figured they were still deciding where they were going.
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Saturday, October 29, 2016
Saturday, August 27, 2016
Trying something new - La Persona Especial
So for years I have done the following to start my year in Spanish 1.
See PQA day 1 post.
See PQA after day 1 post.
In Spanish 2 a few years back I experimented with something else that was a bit of a flop.
But many have probably heard of Bryce Hedstrom's activity called, "La Persona Especial".
I've been really interested in this activity since I first heard about it. And I got to be in a private professional development session with Bryce on the plane as luck would have it where I could pick his brain about the activity. And he inspired me.
It also didn't hurt that the amazing French Teacher: Bess Hayles was going to be using the activity in her classes this year too. So if I needed to pick someone's brain about it, I will have a great resource in my own building!
But I have to admit, I am out of my comfort zone. The idea that I thought I would try in my Spanish 1 & 2 classes is the following:
I will go over a basic set of questions about them, their name, where they are from, etc and then when I get to "what do you like to do", I will teach "likes" as well as then go into the third person form of the verb and let it segway into my previous experience with PQA. That will be the meat and potatoes of the activity, but I will also introduce new questions.
See PQA day 1 post.
See PQA after day 1 post.
In Spanish 2 a few years back I experimented with something else that was a bit of a flop.
But many have probably heard of Bryce Hedstrom's activity called, "La Persona Especial".
I've been really interested in this activity since I first heard about it. And I got to be in a private professional development session with Bryce on the plane as luck would have it where I could pick his brain about the activity. And he inspired me.
It also didn't hurt that the amazing French Teacher: Bess Hayles was going to be using the activity in her classes this year too. So if I needed to pick someone's brain about it, I will have a great resource in my own building!
But I have to admit, I am out of my comfort zone. The idea that I thought I would try in my Spanish 1 & 2 classes is the following:
I will go over a basic set of questions about them, their name, where they are from, etc and then when I get to "what do you like to do", I will teach "likes" as well as then go into the third person form of the verb and let it segway into my previous experience with PQA. That will be the meat and potatoes of the activity, but I will also introduce new questions.
Saturday, June 22, 2013
TPRS Year 3 - Am I preparing students for success in future Spanish classes?
This is something I have struggled with since switching to TPRS and one of my major insecurities for the coming year.
I ran across some of my former students in Walmart the other day who were taking some Spanish classes in Upward Bound. Evidently the teacher shows my Chistes series to them in class but teaches more traditionally. My students were struggling. One of these was a student who had me for Spanish 1 last year and soared with the language. While she was quieter, I could tell by her warm-ups and writing samples how much of the language she was absorbing.
But she couldn't get the paradigm in this new class with the conjugation and probably being "taught" Spanish out of context.
I guess her grade isn't doing very well. I apologized for not doing a better job preparing her for this experience but told her that the fun part is she is better at communicating in Spanish than many Spanish 1 students taught through traditional methods. Although this still won't change her grade in her class.
This has brought up my own feelings of apprehension about the coming year with teaching in a department of more than ONE. Yikes! I can prepare my students for speaking Spanish and reading Spanish, but can I prepare them for GRAMMAR?
[sigh]
How do others do it without wasting too much time on grammar?
I ran across some of my former students in Walmart the other day who were taking some Spanish classes in Upward Bound. Evidently the teacher shows my Chistes series to them in class but teaches more traditionally. My students were struggling. One of these was a student who had me for Spanish 1 last year and soared with the language. While she was quieter, I could tell by her warm-ups and writing samples how much of the language she was absorbing.
But she couldn't get the paradigm in this new class with the conjugation and probably being "taught" Spanish out of context.
I guess her grade isn't doing very well. I apologized for not doing a better job preparing her for this experience but told her that the fun part is she is better at communicating in Spanish than many Spanish 1 students taught through traditional methods. Although this still won't change her grade in her class.
This has brought up my own feelings of apprehension about the coming year with teaching in a department of more than ONE. Yikes! I can prepare my students for speaking Spanish and reading Spanish, but can I prepare them for GRAMMAR?
[sigh]
How do others do it without wasting too much time on grammar?
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