Checklists The Situation Your students find it difficult to manage multiple activities or steps to a task/assessment. The Solution The brutal truth of the classroom is that your students will eventually forget what you told them. This isn't related to poor teaching - it is the nature of the classroom. They are constantly in a … Continue reading Checklists
Month: June 2020
Sensory Information
Sensory Information The Situation You want your students to use the five senses to develop their writing. The Solution Sensory information is an essential starting point to develop student writing. Students need to understand that stories need to be brought to life. Their characters are not merely sitting in spaceship in space. I have never … Continue reading Sensory Information
Peer to Peer Teaching
Peer to Peer Teaching Much like Peer to Peer Feedback, students welcome being taught and tutored by their peers. After a while, the teacher being the primary instructor can become monotonous. Here is a quick activity that you can complete that welcomes students to interact with the learning in a new format (Please note, it … Continue reading Peer to Peer Teaching
Teaching…Verbs and Adverbs
Teaching...Verbs and Adverbs The Situation You want to encourage your students to use specific verbs and adverbs in their writing. You want your students to create a bank of word to use in their writing. The Solution Wen writing, there are many plates that students need to balance. As a teacher, you are also trying … Continue reading Teaching…Verbs and Adverbs
Concept Attainment
Concept Attainment The Situation You want to introduce an abstract concept to students, such as power and weakness. The Solution Concept Attainment is a way for students to use their prior knowledge to compare and contrast qualities/attributes of a concept. Confusing? Absolutely. See below for an example of concept attainment. Present the following image to … Continue reading Concept Attainment
The English Classroom 