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Working with Advanced Students

AMAZING ANECDOTES– simple to prepare and recycle, adaptable to any classroom topic.

For Advanced Students Uses students’ experiences Speaking with a variety of sentence

patterns Active listening Peer correction and clarification Contrastive stress Clauses – adverbial/relative/subordinate Transitional adverbs (however, therefore)

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Working with Advanced Students

AMAZING ANECDOTES– simple to prepare and recycle, adaptable to any classroom topic.

For Advanced Students Uses students’ experiences Speaking with a variety of sentence

patterns Active listening Peer correction and clarification Contrastive stress Clauses – adverbial/relative/subordinate Transitional adverbs (however, therefore)

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“Tweaking” AMAZING ANECDOTES

Literacy students can read card after filling in the blanks with a more advanced student helping. I was ___. It was ___. I ate ___. I liked ___. They can smile and have eye contact when listening.

Low Beginners can fill in the blanks. I was ___. It was ___. I ate ___. I liked ___. First match verb with object; then just use only the objects listed on a card to tell anecdote. They can use listening phrases and nod head.

High Beginners can use a variety of simple past without filling in the blanks. They can identify main idea when listening.

Low Intermediates can express emotions about event with explanation. They can identify some details while listening and can retell/paraphrase the anecdote

High Intermediates can connect their discourse, respond to requests for clarification/elaboration. They can ask appropriate questions when listening.

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Possible Textbooks to Consider