1. To discuss and ask questions
For more ideas
To chat things over
@chrisfullerisms
To discuss and ask questions

2. 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

3. 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

4. - 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

5. 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

6. 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)

7. Celebrate success
Film screening photo

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

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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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?

14. 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

15. Decrease the fear

16. Decrease the fear

17. Decrease the fear

18. 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

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

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

21. 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

22. for yourself on the topic of “food”! Write the Spanish and the English
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

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

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

25. Mistakes are healthy

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

27. 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

28. Less in book,
more smiles
Duplo and Jenga

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

30. Developing target setting

31. dos estrellas
un deseo

32. Peer marking to criteria + looking for key elements

33. Students propose the criteria

34. Building the profile

35. Expert workshops
Photo of James working

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

38. 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)

39. 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
The video with the most views by 12 midday, Wednesday 2nd October will win.

40. 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.

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

42. To discuss and ask questions
For more ideas
To chat things over
@chrisfullerisms
To discuss and ask questions