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Ron Berger, An Ethic of Excellence, pg 65 “It may sound obvious but the first step in encouraging high-quality student work is to have assignments that inspire and challenge students” Ron Berger, An Ethic of Excellence, pg 65

Project Based Learning School ethos Project Based Learning Overview planned in conjunction with other departments Student-lead learning Making mistakes and re-drafting Opportunities for creativity but based on thoughtfulness

- Cognitive stimulation! Capture the attention - Cognitive stimulation! Items in a pencil case, numbers, alphabet, word based work, animals + agreements. For more mature yr 7s how thrilling is this? By end of first term how useful do they feel the subject is

A few projects we run Who’s to blame for climate change? Life after a disaster San Fermín graphic novel Design 21st century school for rural Bolivia Design + publish a travel guide Uruguayan drug legalisation

Capture the attention Project celebration evenings ShelterBox Spanish Challenge Immigration guides Materials on blog Photo of the books, ShelterBox Challenge, photo of project celebrations, videos on blog (environ)

Celebrate success Film screening photo

Capture the attention Tweet your succeses Photo of the books, ShelterBox Challenge, photo of project celebrations, videos on blog (environ)

Parent support evening Capture the attention Phonics Running dictation Peer mark + exploit How to support Parent support evening

Listening = scary Speaking = v, v scary Capture the attention Decrease the fear Listening = scary Discuss- what methods do delegates have for decreasing the impact here- eg listening transcripts Speaking = v, v scary

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 idea araña elefante olvidar universo cerdo ciclista casa 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 coche cucaracha gimnasia hamburguesa jardín España quiero guitarra zumo llave

Answers in a phonics grid Capture the attention Decrease the fear Answers in a phonics grid Use of transcripts Listening = scary Discuss- what methods do delegates have for decreasing the impact here- eg listening transcripts Speaking = v, v scary

Being Bob Preguntas: No sé = I don’t know No puedo = I can’t Work with a partner No sé = I don’t know No puedo = I can’t 1 student says the English + other student translates. If partner can’t translate, swap roles Preguntas: ¿Qué te gusta hacer en tu tiempo libre? ¿Si tuvieras más tiempo libre qué te gustaría hacer? ¿Si pudieras, preferirías hacer deporte o una actividad en casa? ¿Por qué?

Capture the attention 20 minutos Decrease the fear Primero en el alfabeto Segundo en el alfabeto Tercero en el alfabeto Cuarto en el alfabeto 20 minutos

Decrease the fear www.edpuzzle.com

Decrease the fear www.edpuzzle.com

Decrease the fear www.thisislanguage.com

B answers then asks partner A answers question Rock, paper, scissors Decrease the fear A asks question B answers then asks partner A answers question Rock, paper, scissors Evolve / devolve

Decrease the fear - Confidence tracking during a session (3 cards on walls- not much confidence, some confidence, lots of confidence) Adjusting confidence markers

What do students want to say? - Students mindmap + suggest content for the unit Photo of mindmap

Transferable knowledge- health and food You have 10 minutes. Write a bullet pointed list of things that you already know which will also be useful for describing the topic of health and food. Write the English and Spanish Ejemplo: Me gustaría – I would like Odiaba – I used to hate probar – to try la comida – food porque – because

for yourself on the topic of “food”! Write the Spanish and the English www.wordreference.com You have 20 minutes to… Create a vocab list of at least words for yourself on the topic of “food”! Write the Spanish and the English This must include… 10 items of food- include whether it is masculine (nm) or feminine (nf) 5 infinitives (AT LEAST) - words that in English begin “to…” eg “to drink” In Spanish these end in –ar , -er or -ir opinions eg “healthy” I have a list of 9 words- if you get more than 3 of them you get a reward… 20 15 10 10 8 5 5 4 3 5 3 2

Wordclouds to extract key words, especially when supported by prompt sheets to find certain words. Wordle

Memrise Google Classroom Quizlet (Live) Getting ahead Use of Quizlet, Memrise and G Classroom Google Classroom Quizlet (Live)

Mistakes are healthy

What tenses are important for beginners? What could beginners use them for? Preterite Imperfect Perfect Present S future Future Conditional

Categorise into a tense grid Verb walking Card sort into categories (without telling students what the categories are) + explain their choices Categorise into a tense grid Call out verbs from the grid, each tense has a points score (eg present = 0 as it is neither past nor future, pluperfect = -4), students take the correct steps forward / backwards Use of Quizlet, Memrise and G Classroom

Less in book, more smiles Duplo and Jenga

Building student understanding of criteria For this draft I need to work on:

Developing target setting

dos estrellas un deseo

Peer marking to criteria + looking for key elements

Students propose the criteria

Building the profile

Expert workshops Photo of James working

- PE teaching + fixtures in Madrid Real experiences - PE teaching + fixtures in Madrid Photo of James working

http://bit.ly/Shelterboxchallenge

Your project brief Exeter iPad project Exeter City FC is interested in signing a 26 year old French striker on a free transfer. Leyton Orient and York are also both interested. He left a Ligue 2 club at the end of last season after 4 years, scoring 56 goals in 148 games. He is married with 3 children (aged 7, 5 and 2)

Your 2 challenges today Exeter iPad project Challenge 1 Create a multimedia video in FRENCH to attract the striker to Exeter City- no longer than 2 minutes. This video will be uploaded to a blog www.europeandayoflanguages2013.wordpress.com The video with the most views by 12 midday, Wednesday 2nd October will win.

Your 2 challenges today Exeter iPad project Challenge 2 Create a separate, different presentation in FRENCH to lure the player in person- no more than 3 minutes. You will be presenting this in front of the other teams at 1.00 THIS AFTERNOON. This must be business-like. You will be cut off at 3 minutes and all team members must speak.

Still worried they’re staring out the window? Photo of windows

To discuss and ask questions For more ideas www.chrisfuller.typepad.com To chat things over @chrisfullerisms To discuss and ask questions Chris.fuller@route39.org.uk