Collaborating to Develop Literacy

Shauna NéroKwantlen Park Secondary

Email: nero_s@surreyschools.ca

Twitter: @MmeNero

Blog: mmenero.edublogs.org

Shauna NéroKwantlen Park Secondary

Email: nero_s@surreyschools.ca

Twitter: @MmeNero

Blog: mmenero.edublogs.org

Poll Everywhere• Quick and engaging way for students to express

themselves anonymously

• Exit tickets: allow students to recap or vocalize what they had learned about a topic or lesson

• Open forum for asking questions without feeling any pressure from other students

Answer this question with

your device & see how easy it is!

What's the authentic issue?

What can we learn today from the social issues and conditions of the past?

What can we learn today from the social issues and conditions of the past?

Book Creator Carousel Final Project

Title page:

Previously uploaded with a question that is linked to the "big picture"

question

GROUP 1

Visual Representation: Find or create 2-3 images which represent the question. Explain the connection between the text, image and the

world.

Students are making connections to deepen their understanding and comprehension of the themes:

Self to text and Self to world

Quote #1: A.Find a quote in the

text which is connected to the question &

explains its connection to the entire text

B. Make a connection to today's world

Quote #2: A.Find a quote in the

text which is connected to the question &

explains its connection to the entire text

B. Make a connection to today's world

ISOLATION:"There once was

a Little Prince who lived on a

planet, barely as big as himself, who needed a

friend....

The group connected this quote to people in

society who feel isolated. How bullied people feel alone and how everyone needs a

friend like the Little Prince.

The group connected this quote to people in

society who feel isolated. How bullied people feel alone and how everyone needs a

friend like the Little Prince.

One question:

Write a question that is

connected to the original

question.

TRANSLATION: Who are the characters of the book the Little Prince and of today's society who correspond and

represent the theme of close-mindedness?

Answer to the previous group's

questions

Visual Representation: Find or create 2-3

images which represent the question. Explain

the connection between the text,

image and the world

Quote #1: A.Find a quote in the

text which is connected to the question &

explains its connection to the entire text

B. Make a connection to today's world

Quote #2: A.Find a quote in the

text which is connected to the question &

explains its connection to the entire text

B. Make a connection to today's world

One question:

Write a question that is connected to the original question.

GROUP 2

Then the group passes it on to another group

who...

Then the group passes it on to another group

who...

Other types of projects using technology my students have

collaborated on:

Click here to see how I am using

projects as assessments

Digital Portfolios

Student created TEXTBOOKS

Student created STORIES

Ideal for cropping

characters

GOOGLE DRIVE

App or online for students to share their documents in order to collaborate.

Peer editing: teachers can restore previous versions to see what suggestions or changes have been made.

Entire class collaborates on the same document to

prepare for the provincial exam in SH

(SS) 11

WRITING BLOGS IN CLASSES TO EXPLAIN CONCEPTS AND BUILD

UPON THEIR PEERS' IDEAS AND KNOWLEDGE

iMovie

iMovie is a great tool for making videos of:

•Students showing how they have learned a lesson

•Students becoming teachers by explaining concepts their own way

•Recording and presenting skits or music videos of their own songs/raps

Puppet Pals HD Director's Cut

•Create films using their dialogues and scripts

•Students must create/find characters which represent their personalities

•Students must include scenery which represents the content of their dialogue/stories

PuppetPals

Collaboration MERCIs!Just like any successful project, this is a list of

those I collaborated with to make this presentation today:

Kathy Puharich, VP at KPLisa Domeier-Suarez

My students at École Kwantlen Park who were eagerly willing to share their experiences

And those who have influenced and impacted my teaching: Isabelle Côté, Alicia Logie, Faye

Brownlie, Leah Christensen, Kathy Puharich (again)

Just like any successful project, this is a list of those I collaborated with to make this

presentation today:

Kathy Puharich, VP at KPLisa Domeier-Suarez

My students at École Kwantlen Park who were eagerly willing to share their experiences

And those who have influenced and impacted my teaching: Isabelle Côté, Alicia Logie, Faye

Brownlie, Leah Christensen, Kathy Puharich (again)

TRANSLATION: This image represent curiosity and close-mindedness because on the

left it's simple and boring like the minds of people who are close-minded. However, the

right side represents curiosity because it is vibrant, full of colour and animated like curious-minded people.

The theme of close-mindedness is represented by the stubborn and skeptical man. The man always needs proof and needs to see to believe (scientific). The stubborn

boy doesn't want to listen and this also makes him skeptical. In the

Bible, Thomas doubts Jesus's declarations and has to touch his

scars in order to believe that Jesus was resuscitated.

The theme of curiosity is

represent'Curious Georges: and the little boy. These

characters ask a lot of repetitive

questions and their curiosity gets them

in trouble with adults. Until a

certain point, it is normal to be

curious and learn lessons, but too

many mistakes can put you in a difficult

situation.

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