Materials, units (themes) & City Hall trip by Kerstin Okubo https://padlet.com/kerstin_okubo1/828a0tvdc8zd Made with the strength to succeed en-us 2018-12-11 19:14:58 UTC 2018-12-12 20:09:56 UTC hello@padlet.com We should consider new themes. The science theme overlaps with the food security and climate change one in winter term. Let's brainstorm ideas for themes. https://padlet.com/kerstin_okubo1/828a0tvdc8zd/wish/313616101 2018-12-11 20:27:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kerstin_okubo1/828a0tvdc8zd/wish/313616101 We recycle the same lectures for term tests and midterms. We should also generate new material. That's where new themes might be useful. https://padlet.com/kerstin_okubo1/828a0tvdc8zd/wish/313616772 2018-12-11 20:28:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kerstin_okubo1/828a0tvdc8zd/wish/313616772 Need more time spent on pronunciation materials. https://padlet.com/kerstin_okubo1/828a0tvdc8zd/wish/313617454 2018-12-11 20:29:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kerstin_okubo1/828a0tvdc8zd/wish/313617454 Need to develop materials that address the students' needs in listening and test-taking. https://padlet.com/kerstin_okubo1/828a0tvdc8zd/wish/313617959 2018-12-11 20:30:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kerstin_okubo1/828a0tvdc8zd/wish/313617959 carozzan https://padlet.com/kerstin_okubo1/828a0tvdc8zd/wish/313659053 -I think more themes that may be useful to/for the students.  Not sure what they get out of the Art unit, for ex.
-I think lessons could focus on a workshop model, rather than a bunch of different activities.
 
-Perhaps CRW and ALS supporting each other could be beneficial.  IE. CRW does a bit of indigenous studies in Term 1--ALS could mirror that, not to support CRW, but for both units to work together.]]> 2018-12-11 22:58:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kerstin_okubo1/828a0tvdc8zd/wish/313659053 carozzan https://padlet.com/kerstin_okubo1/828a0tvdc8zd/wish/313660182 Fewer gap-fill activities and partner activities.]]> 2018-12-11 23:03:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kerstin_okubo1/828a0tvdc8zd/wish/313660182 https://padlet.com/kerstin_okubo1/828a0tvdc8zd/wish/313682843 Agreed.

]]> 2018-12-12 01:47:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kerstin_okubo1/828a0tvdc8zd/wish/313682843 How about getting students' feedback on units? Use themes they are interested in..or at least,incorporate that into our lessons, materials, themes, etc. https://padlet.com/kerstin_okubo1/828a0tvdc8zd/wish/313875098 2018-12-12 15:16:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kerstin_okubo1/828a0tvdc8zd/wish/313875098 100% Agreed. https://padlet.com/kerstin_okubo1/828a0tvdc8zd/wish/313887378 2018-12-12 15:37:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kerstin_okubo1/828a0tvdc8zd/wish/313887378 https://padlet.com/kerstin_okubo1/828a0tvdc8zd/wish/313887591 Disagree. More time discussing ideas from Listening materials and then writing, even just a little, about them.]]> 2018-12-12 15:38:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kerstin_okubo1/828a0tvdc8zd/wish/313887591 The Toronto theme wasn't really much of a theme... plus this should be a unit that grabs students attention and gets them excited about being / living in Toronto. The city council materials were painful, dry, and of very little practical relevance to our students. T4T https://padlet.com/kerstin_okubo1/828a0tvdc8zd/wish/313902046 2018-12-12 16:02:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kerstin_okubo1/828a0tvdc8zd/wish/313902046 Why are we doing numbers again in Week One? Especially with materials some of us have already used? This seems not very logically planned. T4T https://padlet.com/kerstin_okubo1/828a0tvdc8zd/wish/313916216 2018-12-12 16:26:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kerstin_okubo1/828a0tvdc8zd/wish/313916216 Also agreed https://padlet.com/kerstin_okubo1/828a0tvdc8zd/wish/313995021 2018-12-12 18:50:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kerstin_okubo1/828a0tvdc8zd/wish/313995021