Fest steht doch: Eigentlich wollen wir alle eine gute Lehrkraft sein. Wir wollen nicht nur guten Unterricht geben, ein gutes Verhältnis zu Schülern, Eltern und Kollegen haben, sondern auch gutes Feedback geben können. Ein großer Teil dieser Rückmeldung erfolgt vor…
Die Digitalisierung der Gesellschaft schreitet voran. Sie ist also “nix was kommt – sie ist schon da.“ wie Anette Bronder, Geschäftsführerin Digital Division der T-Systems GmbH, es letztens auf den Punkt brachte. “Gesellschaft” bedeutet also, dass alle Bereiche von der Digitalisierung betroffen…
Because I want to honor students’ work more during the literature project I decided to substitute the regular class test with a more modern and digital version of a reading journal. So I set up a Google and a twitter…
Lead-In Teacher has prepared cards for group work which include a number, the task and a letter. Optional: include a QR-code on the back. For example, see II. 2 Mindmap tasks with QR codes. Put the cards onto students’ tables…
Lead-In Teacher shows the cover of the book and – by using the Think-Pair-Share technique – asks students: Describe what you see. Speculate: what is the novel about? Transition “Let’s see if your assumptions and ideas were right.” Practice [Note: students use…
I. 3 Growing up in slavery Lead-In Teachers shows the headline and newspaper article about Harriet Tubman being the new face of the $20 bill: “Look at this extract of an (online) newspaper article from April 21, 2016 and find…
I.2 Music of the American South Lead-In Alternative 1: Teacher shows pictures of Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley and asks students what they remember about them and what is special about their music. Alternative 2: #MoveYourClassroom Teacher plays a modern,…
I.1 The American South Lead-In Teacher displays poster of Madison Young, the protagonist of Unit 5 in English G21 A4 *1. “What do you remember about her?” → main information: she is from Atlanta, Georgia. Transition “What do you know about…
In order to promote (fictional) reading, especially in a foreign language, our students have to read a novel or at least a series of short stories every year. The English book we use in grade 8 deals with the USA…
