1. + IMPROVING ENGLISH Ten Teaching Tools The English Department

2. + The Empty Man.

3. + Post Its Galore! Use Post-It notes to allow thinking and editing time ALWAYS get students to experiment with sequences – push their creative structuring of ideas and arguments.

4. + Windowsill Words. Use the windowsill as a library of keywords for that lesson Encourage interaction and a variety of ways defining words Encourage collaboration to push and complicate definitions.

5. + The Four Bs (I don’t get it!) Encourage independence Don’t ask the teacher: Look at your B(ook) Look at the B(oard) Ask your B(uddy) Still unsure? Ask the B(oss)

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7. + Hotter, Colder Chants. Pose questions that require thinking time Answer by saying hotter or colder to encourage thinking about better answers Allow students to feedback hotter/colder for extra collaboration Always push for the more complex (hotter) answers.

8. + Feedback: celebrate and qualify WWW. EBI

9. + -Think Ink time - 30 seconds at least before you expect an answer -Ink/Pair/Share.

10. + Inner/Outer Groupings.

11. + Celebration of Students’ Work on all available Classroom Space.