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TeachingEnglish Mastery Using Imagery
Why is it every Fall, teachers teach
nouns...
and it seems likea totally newthing for kids?
Most kids know thatadjective or adverbmeans “modify” -
BUT can they apply* this knowledge?
*Write an adverb in a sentence?
I’ve literally waved a $20 bill around in
class, but still can’t get a real world
answer from kids
What does modify MEAN?
Here’s the problem:
Everyone is followingthe book too closely
Here’s the problem:
All our textbooks are built on a “spiral up”
model of learning
Here’s the problem:
That means 3 or 4 weeks of nouns, 3 or 4 weeks of
verbs, and then the same routine next year
Here’s the problem:
That means no mastery
No “automaticity”
No time for constructivism
The major difference mentioned in the reports is that the U.S. curricular materials are "a mile wide and an inch deep". By this is meant that the curricula in the U.S. presents many topics, but no subject is covered in any depth and there is very little difference in the emphasis between subjects. Because the study was able to look at students in both 7th and 8th grades, it was possible to see if there are any gains in subject matter competency between these grades. In several countries, students showed gains in some subjects, mostly those that had been covered in some depth in their schools. In the U.S., by contrast, no subjects showed a gain in knowledge and skill.
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/aug98/timss2.html
Read it:A Splintered Vision:An Investigation of U.S. Science and Mathematics Education.
We have the same structural problems in ELA
Back to work!
There’s a fix
Start with a good picture:
Start with a good picture:
Can of latex paint
Little brother
Add some scaffolding:
Put the picture up on your projector and start modeling
Boys in trouble
Boys in trouble
smilingproudly
playingbusily
Let’s work on Verbs and Adverbs
Boys in trouble
smilingproudly
playingbusily
How about Nouns and Verbs- easy!
Billy
paintpainter
white
Boys in trouble
smilingproudly
playingbusily
Prepositions - the key is position
Billy
paintpainter
white
in, around
Boys in trouble
smilingproudly
playingbusily
Interjection - one word with punctuation
Billy
paintpainter
white
in, around
HEY!
Boys in trouble
smilingproudly
playingbusily
Conjunctions- and, but, or (not in list form)
Billy
paintpainter
white
in, around
HEY!
and, but, or
Boys in trouble
smilingproudly
playingbusily
Pronouns- short name for a group
Billy
paintpainter
white
in, around
HEY!
and, but, or
he
Boys in trouble
smilingproudly
playingbusily
Analogy - start with simile, give the kids time
Billy
paintpainter
white
in, around
HEY!
and, but, or
he
white as a ghost
It’s EASY with Pictures!
Do this daily for 3-4 weeks
(get the grade level below you to do this
and see a difference next year, too)
But wait, there’s more!
We need to write our paragraph
Boys in trouble
smilingproudly
playingbusily
A quick little paragraph, full of the parts of speech
Billy
paintpainter
white
in, around
HEY!
and, but, or
he
white as a ghost
HEY! Dad yelledwhen he saw Billy the painter, who was busily playing.
There was white paint all around the room and Billy was proudly smiling, but dad was as white as a ghost.
+
Good modeling Good visuals
=Amazing results
A couple of words of caution:
The first lessons take time - it’s about reps
Don’t ruin it! Know when to take a break
Follow the: I do, we do, you do model(give loads of input at first,
after a while, none)
Want the whole thing?http://ctap7.pbwiki.com/Tech-Integration#nbsp8p%E2%80%A2ARTSLearningGrammarwithPictures
http://ctap7.pbwiki.com/Tech-Integration
Or
Search for: 8 p•ARTS - Learning Grammar with Pictures
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Keep doing 8 p•ARTS until everyone gets an A
Move to Sentence Parts(also at CTAP7.org)
Spend the rest of the yearREALLY teaching
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