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7 thoughts on “Setting up Star of the Day – Don Read/French”
Star of the Day – vPQA to Establish Meaning vs Slides for Interview Support
I used two kinds of slide presentations with my 6th grade Star of the Day interviews:
#1) vPQA to establish meaning (several days before any interviews) STEP 1
It was a separate vPQA presentation that included lots of repetition on each structure/question. I circled and circled each structure as much as I could. We spent many days on it before the interviews started, so the kids would understand the questions and get more from the interviews. We just did a couple/three structures a day.
#2) PP slides to support the interviews (using the now familiar vocabulary and structures) STEP 2 This was very similar to Don’s, with words and images for each question. We used it during each interview. This slide show was not vPQA. It was interview support.
This way, the interviews are more reps on language whose meaning was established first with the vPQA. Does that make sense?
I tried one interview without doing the initial vPQA, and it was a flop, way out of bounds. Then after spending the time with the vPQA presentation (several days), the interviews were great.
I think it’s a super important distinction if you want to use slides for Star of the Day. It’s a distinction that goes beyond Star of the Day, to the difference between Step 1 and Step 2 in other activities, too.
Writing this made it very clear to me what I had done. I don’t think I was quite so organized in my thinking at the time. I was just scrambling to make it work. Now it is conscious.
I hope this makes sense.
Wonderful, Wonderful, Wonderful Ruth!! Thank you for sharing!
with love,
Laurie
Don, I hope this will reach you. May I share my Russian version of your presentation (visible here https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19rPF7DzAw2nmdRaBFvWZBXt2t8s6MdaAptoNPK_BImE/edit?usp=sharing) with Bryce?
Hi Michele,
Yes, of course! (I also replied to you via a schoolloop email).
I want to point out that I based the Star of the Day powerpoint on the ideas of Sabrina Sebban-Janczak. (Thank you Sabrina!)
Don
Thank you so much. I will go back and credit Sabrina too.
It worked so well the last eight days when I was gone. I put a more advanced student in charge of interviewing one classmate each day. When we were practicing, I was impressed by how natural students sounded using the questions as starting points for real conversations. Thus the “Star of the Day” works at all levels, even if the questions are basic. I think I’ll set up a “Star, level 2” for our classes though, adding in other questions that Bryce mentions on his interviews.
You used Star of the Day as a lesson plan for a substitute while you were gone? Wow – I like that idea. How many days in advance had you been doing it with your class before you turned it over to your advanced student?
About three days before I knew I was going to leave, I started training them for another two or three. I was blown away by how much they milked it. They have had me for two or three years, so they know my techniques, but even so, the series of questions is set up really well to start an honest conversation. The kids leap out of their seats to volunteer to be the Star.
For each day, the sub wrote “Today the star was…” and I was so tired on my return that I thought she meant that those kids starred in the class that day. I was congratulating them on standing out. I didn’t bother to correct my error, but realized on the second day back what she meant when someone asked to be the star.