St. Patrick's Intermediate by Jesse Watson https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr Re-Thinking the Novel Study en-us 2017-11-23 13:01:34 UTC 2017-11-23 13:46:51 UTC hello@padlet.com planning activities that help with comprehension (Dali) https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209705043 2017-11-23 13:27:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209705043 Christina christina_sangalli https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209705169 Getting the students to ACTUALLY read. ]]> 2017-11-23 13:28:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209705169 I work hard at not only helping them understand the deeper concepts in the novel and the different devices being used by the author -- but also creating rich tasks for them to complete. (Hantzis) https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209705189 2017-11-23 13:28:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209705189 https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209705241 I work hard on the comprehension aspect of the Novel Study. Ensuring that the students understand vocabulary and the deeper aspects related to the novel. (Beernink)]]> 2017-11-23 13:28:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209705241 Baril https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209705335 When reading the novel out loud, do all students try and understanding or all they just pretending to be focussed?]]> 2017-11-23 13:28:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209705335 Sasso: Finding vocabulary for each chapter and having students write sentences with new words, comment on themes from the novel using new vocabulary, and teaching them to read in big chunks like they "bing watch" television programs. https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209705387 2017-11-23 13:29:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209705387 Christina christina_sangalli https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209705770 Reading comprehension and the ability to infer basic literary devices ]]> 2017-11-23 13:30:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209705770 many students lack background knowledge to make connections to texts. (Dali) https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209706081 2017-11-23 13:31:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209706081 My students require a lot of prompting as they just read words but don't think of the deeper concepts (Hantzis) https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209706244 2017-11-23 13:31:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209706244 Sasso: https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209706326 ESL, Mild-intellectual delay, anxiety disorder]]> 2017-11-23 13:31:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209706326 Beernink https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209706351 Developing and understanding figurative language as well as sentence structure.]]> 2017-11-23 13:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209706351 Christian https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209706584 What I look for, or hope that my students achieve, is vastly different. I am constantly re-evaluating their needs and goals, and trying to work with them individually. ]]> 2017-11-23 13:32:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209706584 Baril https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209706936 Students need to develop more confidence in their abilities. ]]> 2017-11-23 13:33:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209706936 I do know what I am looking for and these expectations are either built with the students or explained to them (Hantzis) https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209706948 2017-11-23 13:33:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209706948 Beernink https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209707034 Yes, yes I do.  And so do the students.]]> 2017-11-23 13:34:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209707034 Christian https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209707232 I try and have tasks and assessments that are relevant to the novel and skill set of my students. Teaching English is new for me, so I need to work on brushing up on extracting the deeper meanings.]]> 2017-11-23 13:35:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209707232 Sasso: https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209707260 Sasso: I feed off the responses of the students, and use their questions to guide a PPC paragraph topic. I don't co-construct I collaborate with the students using time in class to run student/teacher conferences.]]> 2017-11-23 13:35:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209707260 Beernink https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209707412 When reading the novel aloud or individually, is the comprehension there?]]> 2017-11-23 13:35:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209707412 Baril https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209707655 Most of the time I know what I'm expecting as an end product. Co-constructing success criteria makes ]]> 2017-11-23 13:36:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209707655 A lot of the time -- as I read to them. Also when I ask them deeper questions I wonder whether they are thinking deep or just on the "surface" https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209707824 2017-11-23 13:36:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209707824 Sasso: https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209707936 I feel students zone out, but the question for me is not ARE they thinking but WHAT are thinking about.]]> 2017-11-23 13:37:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209707936 Christina christina_sangalli https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209707972 Yes, often. When I provide them with explicit instructions and they have completed work that is completely different than what I asked for. ]]> 2017-11-23 13:37:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209707972 Christina christina_sangalli https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209708239 2017-11-23 13:38:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209708239 Making Inferences, identify a range of literray devices – including symbolism, irony, analogy, metaphors, similies how they help communicate a deeper meaning by th author. (Hantzis) https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209708455 2017-11-23 13:38:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209708455 Sasso: https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209708561 Weekly assignments consist of PPCs, Journal entries (from the point of view of the characters). Daily homework checks. These lead the students towards weekly goals that build to a culminating task. Each weekly assignment has a rubric attached to give students a checklist. ]]> 2017-11-23 13:39:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209708561 Create an understanding of overall themes of the novel(Dali) https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209708569 2017-11-23 13:39:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209708569 Christian https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209708944 Many of my students are ELL or ELD, and they have a harder time with comprehension. We spend a little extra time every class summing up key points thus far.]]> 2017-11-23 13:40:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209708944 Beernink https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209709005 Comprehension of vocabulary, overall themes, written comprehesion]]> 2017-11-23 13:40:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209709005 Christian https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209709580 The tasks that require some more creativity. These should be more fun, but sometimes turns into me pulling teeth. ]]> 2017-11-23 13:42:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209709580 Christian https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209710807 I would like them to be able to extract a deeper meaning from the novel, and think critically about it.]]> 2017-11-23 13:46:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jesse_watson1/fpk0cmos9pwr/wish/209710807