1. Distance Learning Foundation With support from the U.S. Embassy RELO and TOT Public Company Limited Bangkok, Thailand

2. Unlocking Learners’ Potential Session 5 Diaries Linking Then and Now

3. Review What did you try in your classroom? What worked? What didn’t work?

4. Imagine and Share If I could be a person in the past, I would be... because... Example: If I could be a person in the past, I would be Suriyothai because she had a very strong heart and had a deep love for her country and husband.

5. Thinking About Diaries What is a diary? What do you write in a diary? Can you write one for a person in history? What would you write about if you were this person? Why?

6. Objectives ✤ Develop and strengthen skills in critical thinking, writing, research, and note-taking via diaries. ✤ Apply brainstorming, questioning, free writing, and reading to create and explore ideas ✤ Adapt the lesson to suit your class level and goals

7. Do you know any of these people in history? If so, what do you know of them? Identify Me!

9. Pick Me! With a partner, pick someone from the past. What I KnowWhat I Will Find Out Complete the chart as best you can.

10. -ingCUBE PERSON IN PAST Who What Where When Relationships Successes Failures Hobbies ? ? ? ?

11. > Think about your person from the past. > Write for 1 minute on one thing about your person in one part of the wheel. > Then when time is up, write for 1 minute on a second thing on another part of the wheel. > Follow these steps four more times. With the concept wheel organizer...

12. Taking a Step Back What did you discover from this exercise? Look at your descriptions. Which do you like? Which could be better? How?

13. Focusing & Free Writing From the cubing activity, find the most interesting aspect of your topic. Then, for 3 minutes -- without stopping -- write as if you are that person while thinking about the aspect you find most interesting.

14. Do you know who she is?

15. Rewind! Recall the previous activities. T-charting Cubing Freewriting

16. Background Reading This is the beginning of the road to discovery via research. Read a short background story of Nefertiti. What aspect of her life is interesting to you?

17. Research If you were going to do more research on her life, what would you find out? Why?

18. Visualization How would you imagine or visualize on a piece of paper this aspect of Nefertiti’s life? Examples: Her family tree Her family life with Akhenaton

19. Example Imagine yourself. You are Nefertiti.

20. Visual Diary Draw two more scenes of family life as if you were her on a blank sheet of paper.

21. Diary Writing Pick one of your scenes & write a diary entry for three minutes.

22. Sharing & Giving Pick a different partner. Look at your partner’s picture and read the diary entry. Write some questions and comments on the side of your partner’s entry that can help your partner. Example: What do you mean by this word?

23. Imagining: Then and Now

24. Visualize and Write Still as Nefertiti, draw a scene and write a short diary entry as if you were her in the 21st century. What would her family life be like nowadays?

25. “Homework” Go back to the person in the past at the beginning of the lesson. Visualize, draw, and write an entry for this person then and now.

26. Classroom Implications ✤ What are some key points that you think are the most appropriate for your class? Why? ✤ How can you make writing more relevant to your class?

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28. Korp Khun Mak Ka! See you in the next session!