Vokabellernen ist doof. Stimmt. Man kommt aber nicht ohne Vokabeln in der Fremdsprache aus, daher ist das “Wie” entscheidend. Das haben wir Fremdsprachenlehrer letztens nochmals auf Twitter festgestellt: Diese Einsicht ist nicht neu, sondern sie gibt es auch schon in Bezug…
Quite some time has passed and the students are still motivated to read the novel. They like choosing from a “pool” of different creative tasks and that this project will substitute their last class test. So here is the assessment sheet I’m…
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…
Aufgabe: Schreiben einer Zusammenfassung (Summary) Klassenstufe: 8 Vorwissen: kleinere Aufgaben zu Regeln und Aufbau gelernt, wiederholt und angewendet Problemfrage: wie kann ich einer ganzen Klasse gleichzeitig Feedback auf so viele summaries geben? → Die Lösung: titanpad.com 😎 Vorgehen: Die Schüler haben…
