| Meeting 05 • 14 April 2009 • Tuesday |
Version:
4/16/09
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People: Benoit, Montaigne; Breedlove, Clifford E.; McDonnell, Kelsey C.; Orcutt, Kathleen S.; Pennington, Laurissa B.; Salinas, Victor; Tasi, Joana; Watters, Erin.
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(X') = anticipated time in minutes (total= 110' minus break)
(#0001) etc.=item in document collection (will be explained in class)
Key to notes added AFTER the class meets:
√ = topic / activity that was adequately dealt with during the class
+ = topic needs more attention & will be resumed at next / subsequent meeting(s)
- = a topic / activity that was proposed but not carried out - will be taken up later
Struckthrough text like this = a topic / activity that was proposed but not included is not going to be taken up after all
Italic text like this = comments after the meeting
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| Week 3: Thinking through the first CBI project; more possibilities; where to get help (standards, lesson plans) |
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materials:
the "Humboldt Project", and its earlier versions, FLL 399 (2006W) and GER 427/527 (2006F); also my PSU SINQ presentation (October 2008);
CBI activity scoring guide (see handout from previous meetings or use this link)
samples of reflections about Levine and Scheutz/ Colangelo (0706)
samples of Project 1: 0706a Marketing & Media through Bicycle Safety; 0706d Photography; 0706e Salsa Rueda; 0707b Politics in France / the US; 0706e Salsa Rueda;
FREE - Federal Resources for Educational Excellence <http://www.unterrichtsmaterial-schule.de/index.shtml> - not just lesson plans; also links to organizations, competitions, etc.
thirteen ed online - huge collection of lesson plans, projects, etc. <http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/>
National Park Service - Wupatki National Monumen resources for teachers <http://www.nps.gov/wupa/forteachers/trt.htm>
The JASON Project (National Geographic Society) - curricular resources about great events and great explorers (5th-8th grades, but flexible <http://www.jason.org/Public/AboutUS/aboutUS.aspx>
Curriki - Wiki for lesson plans <http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome>
Can people find lesson plan collections for other langs? Here's one for German: Unterrichtsmaterial & Arbeitsblätter <http://www.unterrichtsmaterial-schule.de/index.shtml>
The SpeakEasy course scoring guide
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(5') Little things: 1) Do I need to maintain the page "documents" and the part of the "schedule" page that lists preparations for next meeting? 2) Teaser: Could one do a CBI project about language pedagogy?
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(30') the first CBI project - a) the scoring guide; b) examples from previous classes (see links above); c) your ideas; d) Reminder about "proposal" for Project 1, due 16 April (a few sentences at most)
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(20') Lesson plans for other subject areas (see links above)
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(30') the Humboldt Project as an example of a) CBI quite different from SpeakEasy; b) activities appropriate to Project #2 (thematic unit covering several weeks of CBI learning - example for plant geography, but without language component); example of project that takes a quite different approach to similar subjects: signage for local museum's exhibits of regional plant and animal life
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(10') How to assess CBI activities (not the projects for this course, but rather what the learners do when we teach with CBI); The SpeakEasy course scoring guide
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(10') Some of you have asked for background reading in the basics of language pedagogy: In class I'll show or at least mention several of the standard books (Omaggio, Lee/VanPatten, Shrum. And here are some article on your CD-ROM:
0068 Spinelli, Language Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century - BIG PICTURE
0120 Lafayette & Strasheim, The Standard Sequence… GOOD FOR HISTORY of methods
0153 Principles of Effective Practice - LONG AND GOOD, but read this one LAST
0156 Omaggio, Comparison of Methods - GREAT BRIEF overview of the implications of various methods
0677 Eight Approaches - START WITH THIS ONE
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| Upcoming class meeting(s) (#6 • 16 April 2009 Thursday) |
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No new reading - the listings here are held over from the previous meeting's preview.
recommend from Stryker/Leaver: chapter 3 Italian (novice, intermediate); chapter 4 (Czech becomes Croatian and Serbian, novice [??])
1) Portland Public Schools "Recommendations for the Second Language Minimum Performance Standards" (#0010a)
Background reading about overall directions in our profession: #0002, #0003
upcoming (NOT yet assigned): 0094, 0114, 0164 & other TBL, 0270; T&C rice cultivation
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| Upcoming assignment(s) |
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This section offers a PREVIEW, not activated assignments. Assignments are made, with announcement of their deadlines, both in class and on the "schedule" page.
Maybe a second reflective piece: "Oh, so that's what standards in other content areas are like!"
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