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Eli Ghazel Feb Good Morning, Lebanon &

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Eli Ghazel Feb In the next 20 years, 9 out 10 of the jobs we know today will become obsolete!

Eli Ghazel Feb In the next 6 years, (by 2020), a 3 rd grader will enter high school a 6 th grader will go into university a 12 th grader will enter the job market

Eli Ghazel Feb How is your educational institute preparing today’s children for the future?

Eli Ghazel Feb There are three major questions that need to be asked and continuously seek answers for:

Eli Ghazel Feb What do we want our children to learn? What are the best ways to help them learn? How do we know that they have learned?

Eli Ghazel Feb Content of textbooks and websites can only give us data information data & information What is this? 95 Data Information

Eli Ghazel Feb What is KNOWLEDGE? Knowledge cannot be stored anywhere except in the brain.

Eli Ghazel Feb When someone’s knowledge is written or told to others, it becomes information for the audience.

Eli Ghazel Feb What is LEARNING? a series of planned or ‘accidental’ experiences that help persons convert information and data from multiple sources into knowledge that can be applied in new situations.

Eli Ghazel Feb Who are WE? What do we do and what are the consequences of our actions in the classroom?

Eli Ghazel Feb Who are WE? If we talk, show, explain, and provide examples, then we are only exposing our children to information.

Eli Ghazel Feb Who are WE? Information is everywhere and readily accessible. It is no longer the prerogative of a few ‘teachers’.

Eli Ghazel Feb What is our role? We are no longer ‘teachers’. We are LEARNING DESIGNERS.

Eli Ghazel Feb New learning Collect Organize Make sense of and apply

Eli Ghazel Feb Principles of effective learning

Eli Ghazel Feb Challenges and Problems in Learning

Eli Ghazel Feb Challenges and Problems in Learning The student is bombarded with too much information from multiple subjects every day.

Eli Ghazel Feb Challenges and Problems in Learning The student is not helped to develop mental models of organization in order to start making sense of information. (develop knowledge)

Eli Ghazel Feb Challenges and Problems in Learning The students’ responses are usually Test type exercises Test type exercises Answers to questions Answers to questions Essays Essays

Eli Ghazel Feb Challenges and Problems in Learning The need to develop an experience or a set of experiences in the classroom and at home that help our children learn.

Eli Ghazel Feb A Learning Experience Needs Sources of information Information that can be read Information that can be heard Information that can be seen Information that can be seen and heard

Eli Ghazel Feb A Learning Experience Needs Mental (cognitive) processing of information Comparing information Recognizing informationIdentifying informationClassifying information

Eli Ghazel Feb A Learning Experience Needs Response from the students Speaking response Act out / demonstrating response Writing response Drawing / providing an image response

Eli Ghazel Feb A Learning Experience Needs Response from the students creates meaning focused attention creates meaning focused attention is managed for maximum experience for all is managed for maximum experience for all includes social interaction includes social interaction Speaking response Act out / demonstrating response Writing response Drawing / providing an image response

Eli Ghazel Feb What are the best ways to help our children learn?

Printed Audio Video Pictures Printed Audio Video Pictures Tasks for learning: Collect Organize Make sense of Tasks for learning: Collect Organize Make sense of Response Using images Acting out Speaking Writing Response Using images Acting out Speaking Writing Sources/inf ormation Processing Respond Eli Ghazel Feb

Eli Ghazel Feb A writer is only as good as his mastery of reading skills and strategies

Eli Ghazel Feb Study the sentences below and underline the parts that answer the following words WHO WHAT ACTION (verb) HOW WHERE WHEN. Write the appropriate word above each underlined part. We will build a new birdhouse with the basket. Dog hair was on the list. Taylor and her friends watched the basket. The basket was empty in a few days. Yarn poked out from the sticks and mud. Who action What How What Action Where Who Action What What Action What When What Action Where

Eli Ghazel Feb Study the sentences below and underline the parts that answer the following words WHO WHAT ACTION (verb) HOW WHERE WHEN. Write the appropriate word above each underlined part. The tall handsome manboughta beautiful red Mercedes at a whimfrom the dealer in Beirutlast weekend Who Action What How Where When

Eli Ghazel Feb Which question word WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHEN does each box below answer? table big round red table on the big round red table

Eli Ghazel Feb 2015 A complex sentence is one simple sentence where one of the parts is modified by a clause. A clause may start with a relative adverb such as WHO, WHAT, THAT, WHERE etc. Study the diagram of a complex sentence below and write three complex sentences using words from unit one. Who/ what Action Who/ what HowWhereWhen The big tree fellon the old house during the storm. which was in the front garden where I was born 34

Eli Ghazel Feb At a lower level, we put words together to form the details and actions of a sentence. At a higher level, the details are no longer the parts of the sentence but the whole sentence becomes one idea.

Eli Ghazel Feb Read the sentences and write the letter of the idea each one expresses. Sometimes depending on the context and the intonation, a sentence may express more than one idea. That’s why we have jokes and puns. _____ 1 I need three blue pens, please. ___ 2 The ship had already left. ___ 3 This is the third time I asked for a glass of water. ___ 4 Careful, you are going to fall. ___ 5 He wants to go home. ___ 6 The books on the history of the Egypt are on the top shelf. ___ 7 This ice cream is delicious. ___ 8 Don’t put the rug there or someone might trip on it. ___ 9 The building is tall and wide. a) An opinion b) A cause and effect c) A sequence of events d) A complaint e) A prediction f) A retell g) A description h) Information

Eli Ghazel Feb At an even higher level, the sentences come together to present a narrative, a description, an informative text and so forth.

Eli Ghazel Feb Read/Write a story. Use the organizer to make notes of your ideas then use it to write your story. Who? Where? When? What happened? How did the story end?

Eli Ghazel Feb Read/Write a story. Use the organizer to make notes of your ideas then use it to write your story. Who? Where? When? What happened? How did the story end? How can we use sources to write a story?

Eli Ghazel 2015 Ideas Organization Sentence fluency Voice Word choice Cause and effect More specific to less specific More important to less important Strong words Grab the readers’ interest Create clear picture in the readers’ minds Informal / informal Tone Serious Suspenseful Humorous 40

Eli Ghazel What do we want our children to learn?

Eli Ghazel Feb Read to Write Source: Reading; Write about the similarities and differences between two texts Write a sentence that fits seamlessly into a text Write a sentence using words from the text Write a prediction using the information in the text Write to change/add information in the text Write a summary of the text Write a script using a text Write to merge 2+ texts into one Write to comment, to critique, to give opinion, to point out flaws, inconsistencies, fallacies, to question, to explain, and to suggest alternatives to ‘what if’.

Eli Ghazel Feb Read to Speak Source: Reading; Write about the similarities and differences between two texts Write a sentence that fits seamlessly into a text Write a sentence using words from the text Write a prediction using the information in the text Write to change/add information in the text Write a summary of the text Write a script using a text Write to merge 2+ texts into one Write to comment, to critique, to give opinion, to point out flaws, inconsistencies, fallacies, to question, to explain, and to suggest alternatives to ‘what if’. Talk about the similarities and differences between two texts Talk to insert a sentence that fits seamlessly into a text Talk to make a sentence using words from the text Talk to make a prediction using the information in the text Talk to change/add information in the text Talk to summarize the text Talk to merge 2+ texts into one Talk to comment, to critique, to give opinion, to point out flaws, inconsistencies, fallacies, to question, to explain, and to suggest alternatives to ‘what if’. Act out / demonstrate words, phrases, sentences, texts read silently Draw depictions of people, places, things, time, actions, positions, and proximity in texts read Draw to make diagrams, charts, tables, flow charts and non-print signs to represent information and concepts in texts read Create models of people, places, things, time, actions, positions, and proximity in texts read Read to writeRead to drawRead to act out

Eli Ghazel Let’s remember… Writing is just a response to a source of information

Eli Ghazel Example Helping our students learn to compare and contrast in reading

Eli Ghazel Performance task expected of the students: Read the two texts and answer the question. How are Bob’s and Sally’s bedrooms alike and different? Write four sentences.

Eli Ghazel Teacher’s analysis: The students need to decide what information (details) should be compared. In her lesson plan, the teacher gives the students an activity such as the one below:

Eli Ghazel a Teacher’s instructions to the students: Find words, short phrases that tell about the bedrooms in the two texts and underline them.

Eli Ghazel Teacher’s analysis: The students need to group (classify) the information details in order to be able to compare and contrast. In her lesson plan, the teacher gives the students an activity such as the one below:

Eli Ghazel b Teacher’s instructions to the students: Look at the details you underlined and group them according to the questions that follow. Then write them in the chart. Which details (information) talk about size? Which details (information) talk about position? Which details (information) talk about use? Which details (information) talk about color?

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Eli Ghazel Teacher’s analysis: The students now have organized information in the chart and can produce sentences to compare and contrast Bob’s and Sally’s bedrooms.

Eli Ghazel c Teacher’s instructions to the students: Write four sentences to show how Bob’s and Sally’s bedrooms are similar and different.

Eli Ghazel Teacher’s analysis: The teacher knows that the students need to be able to apply their knowledge to new situations

Eli Ghazel d Teacher’s instructions to the students: In groups of three, tell each other the steps that you took in order to compare Sally’s and Bob’s bedrooms and what you should do when I give you two new texts to read and compare. When you finish, write your steps on the large sheet and put it up on the wall.

Eli Ghazel How do we know that our children have learned?

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Read each sample instruction from an IELTS essay and underline the parts. Write the words who, what, how, where, and action above each part. 1 Is freedom of speech necessary in a free society? Do you agree or disagree? Under 5 mins / 40

Read each sample instruction for an IELTS essay and underline the parts. Write the words who, what, how, where, and action above each part. action what what 1Is freedom of speech necessary where who action in a free society? Do you agree or disagree?

Read each sample instruction for an IELTS essay and underline the parts. Write the words who, what, how, where, and action above each part. 2 Some people think women should be allowed to join the army, the navy and the air force just like men.

Read each sample instruction for an IELTS essay and underline the parts. Write the words who, what, how, where, and action above each part. who action 2 Some people think what women should be allowed to join the army, the navy and the air force just like men.

Read each sample instruction for an IELTS essay and underline the parts. Write the words who, what, how, where, and action above each part. 3 In the past, buildings often reflected the culture of a society but today all modern buildings are alike and cities throughout the world are becoming similar.

Read each sample instruction for an IELTS essay and underline the parts. Write the words who, what, how, where, and action above each part. when what action 3 In the past, buildings often reflected what the culture of a society but today all modern buildings are alike and cities throughout the world are becoming similar.

Read each sample instruction for an IELTS essay and underline the parts. Write the words who, what, how, where, and action above each part. but when what action what today all modern buildings are alike and cities throughout the world are becoming similar.

Read each sample instruction for an IELTS essay and underline the parts. Write the words who, what, how, where, and action above each part. and what action cities throughout the world are becoming what similar.

Read each sample instruction for an IELTS essay and underline the parts. Write the words who, what, how, where, and action above each part. What do you think is the reason for this, and is it a good thing or a bad thing?

Read each sample instruction for an IELTS essay and underline the parts. Write the words who, what, how, where, and action above each part. The world is experiencing a dramatic increase in population. This is causing problems not only for poor, underdeveloped countries, but also for industrialized and developing nations.

Read each sample instruction for an IELTS essay and underline the parts. Write the words who, what, how, where, and action above each part. Describe some of the problems that overpopulation causes, and suggest at least one possible solution.

The next step is to create a quick organizer to collect thoughts, details and ideas. One of the quickest way to do so is to use a T-Chart or a double T-Chart. See slide for examples.

The next step is to create a quick organizer to collect thoughts, details and ideas. One of the quickest way to do so is to use a T- Chart or a double T-Chart. See slide for examples.

Buy a house or start a new business (discuss) Advantage disadvantage

Choose one of the instructions Study the parts of the instructions and identify the headings for the T-chart. Then write down the headings, the details, ideas and thoughts in the appropriate columns. under 10 mins / 40

Study your details, thoughts and ideas. A Note which are examples, reasons, opinions, arguments B Cross out the ones you think are irrelevant C Number your ideas in the order importance to you Under 5 mins / 40

There are several types of essays – persuasive, descriptive, informative, comparison and contrast, cause and effect and each has its own unique organizer. The time available is not enough to go into the different types.

For more examples, go to and download the On Location Teacher Support Guides for grades 10, 11 and 12 written by Eli Ghazel and published by McGraw-Hill Education.

Examine the three organizers that follow and decide which organizer would be most suitable for each of the four instructions in you saw in the previous slides. Write the number of the instruction next to the organizer. Then write the information from your T-chart in the organizer. Under 5 mins / 40

Use the information in your organizer to write your essay. Under 10 mins / 40

Eli Ghazel How do we know that our children have learned?

> 5 Study the question / instructions > 10 Brainstorm the ideas in a T-Chart > 5 Cross out irrelevant details and order the information > 5 Write the information in an organizer > 10 Write your essay > 5 Review your essay

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