We got the 403 error on this excellent response by Robert to your rubric, jen, so I am just posting it here. Plus, the point he raises needs to be read by all who are following this thread: Jen, you put together an excellent rubric. The only quibble I have with it is making a […]
Just when we thought we had gotten to a point of closure with jen’s excellent attempt to align her rubric with the Interpersonal Skill of the Three Modes, David Sceggel (Illinois) comes in with a standing two handed slam dunk option. As usual, I am moving this information from the comment to the category field
Adrianne is brand new to this and reports in after her first few weeks: Ben, I am loving how this method forces me into the TL. In the last week and a half, my students have heard more Spanish than last year’s group heard in a month. (what was I thinking last year??). Anyway, I
I have a list of about 125 French – sorry, they’re only in French – verbs on the posters page of this site (click on the Resources page). It is under Useful Information at the bottom of that page. I would like to get extensive repetitions on each one of those verbs over my two
I will add this to the list of student jobs and see if it works this year. I think it might. The kid who is the Bump 5 English Counter counts every time the teacher breaks into English. Not how long they do it, which could be up to two minutes if the teacher is really
When we read poetry, it’s not the words that set us dreaming. It’s the images, thoughts and feelings that they convey. When we listen to music, it isn’t the individual notes that transport us into another place. It’s the overall feeling of the totality of sound that releases our imaginations. So also, when we listen
