Is there a proposed list of of things to be taught at each level? E.g. apostrophes, sentences etc. and is this taught explicitly? The same goes for high school, is there a specific list of writing techniques that should be taught explicitly at each level?
‘Inside Out’- soft and hard skills.
Soft skills- students work through a slides to analyse the main character Riley and how her emotions affect her then apply the same process to themselves.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10CG8twJVKKxg8gMzj6gdnscQaSBbSfhihe_SFxWDLMA/edit?usp=sharing
Then, we watched Maximillian Park’s Ted talk and discussed it.
Then we prepared for writing a PERSUASIVE WRITING piece. The statement to agree/disagree with was ‘Emotional Intelligence should be taught in schools’.
Students researched some (given) sources , planned relevant quotes and summarised content. Then they planned their essay and drafted it. Once the draft was done, we looked at rhetoric. Once they had a grasp of that, they went back and tweaked their draft to be more formal and to add persuasive devices.
My pepeha
Resource The Handmaid’s Tale study poster
With my new iPad this year, been playing around with resources. Pretty pleased with how this one came out
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1apZJ_jM8WebfuYQOegma9ex61xl1diji/view?usp=drivesdk
Very pleased with how this ONE PAGE turned out. Will do more, time permitting!
Reflection on Connections AS
Next time, I will expand on discussion of themes of text taught in class by giving students a list of detailed themes that they can select from. I didn’t think that ‘student selection’ could mean from a list- I interpreted it as they had to come up with their own. This will give a lot more direction and help ensure their theme/connection has sufficient depth for a high grade.
Waikato Uni’s new teach while you learn programme
New post grad programme where trainee teachers teach in school for a year and do their theory remotely. Hallelujah! The best way to learn how to teach is on the job. Cannot back this enough.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/new-scheme-sees-trainee-teachers-immersed-in-classroom-and-fees-covered/4HGH3H4SZZS5LHUGS3EHAOD2NY/Article from NZ Herald
Lockdown round 2
I learned from the first lockdown that students need just one set of instructions they can follow for the week. At the beginning of the week I created an assignment called WEEK 5 WORK and on that uploaded a one page PDF sketchnote which showed what they needed to be working on for the week. Students have said this really helps and many printed off the sheet and put on their wall for quick reference.
Examples of Week assignment sheets:
‘Responding to the Fourth Industrial Revolution’.
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn”
(Toffler, 1970).
I found this brief article a good reflection of our intentions for the 2020 integration. I teach a lot about the impact of the industrial revolution on literature and more recently, the technological revolution. I wonder what we will be saying in the future about the technological revolution’s impact on literature and society?
Using CANVA for planning posters for units
Stealing Jo Haywood’s great week by week planning poster for our year 10 topic. Want to do for individual units/terms for classes.
What is the most important thing about learning ?
This question was asked on the feedback form I gave to all my classes. The follow is a Wordle of all their responses. There were only 26 responses for all my classes, most responses came from my senior classes (L1 &L3).
Liz Henshall Teaching 