https://padlet.com/cekeller16/zbce9oro00gj Constructivsm with English Education en-us 2017-11-09 03:54:24 UTC 2017-11-09 04:53:46 UTC hello@padlet.com cekeller16 https://padlet.com/cekeller16/zbce9oro00gj/wish/205127367 Pick a specific section of two different poems. Then cut up strips of the two different poems and have students work in groups to put them back together. Then as they "finish" they call me over and I let them know if they got it correct or not, if students get it incorrect - I will simply pull the pieces of text that are out of order.

It's a fairly simple activity, but it will allow students to identify the different parts of poetry without having "official names" labeling the different poems. It's a way to allow students to play with the styles of poetry without the pressure of knowing and remembering each characteristic.

http://thedaringenglishteacher.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-hands-on-learning-approach-for.html]]> 2017-11-09 03:56:14 UTC https://padlet.com/cekeller16/zbce9oro00gj/wish/205127367 cekeller16 https://padlet.com/cekeller16/zbce9oro00gj/wish/205129819 I think that constructivism is a great teaching method for anything to do with grammar/poetry. Both a little bit harder concepts to grasp in the English world and let's be honest (a little more boring). So by allowing students to be learning hands-on the different characteristics of these things they'll better be able to recall and remember the rules and styles. ]]> 2017-11-09 04:16:10 UTC https://padlet.com/cekeller16/zbce9oro00gj/wish/205129819 cekeller16 https://padlet.com/cekeller16/zbce9oro00gj/wish/205130048 For Grammar:
This website has a lot of great ideas with different ways to create hands-on learning activities for students. Some of them are a little young for secondary education students, but most of them can be adapted to fill the needs of the student.s

https://www.education.com/activity/grammar/]]> 2017-11-09 04:18:25 UTC https://padlet.com/cekeller16/zbce9oro00gj/wish/205130048 cekeller16 https://padlet.com/cekeller16/zbce9oro00gj/wish/205130563 I feel like there's so much that can be done in an English classroom with an Inquiry based learning model. 

One of the main things that is really inquiry-based in an English classroom is discussing books. If a teacher can ask the right question in the beginning, then the students (when trained properly) can take a topic and run with a discussion by themselves. However, most high school classes aren't trained properly yet in how to continue a discussion, so that is one thing that the inquiry-based model can begin to teach students, is how to ask good questions that will spark discussion. ]]> 2017-11-09 04:23:28 UTC https://padlet.com/cekeller16/zbce9oro00gj/wish/205130563 cekeller16 https://padlet.com/cekeller16/zbce9oro00gj/wish/205131247 One activity on this website has the students investigate a problem with a job or profession selected by the teacher. The students then researches the profession and/or interviews someone within that career. The activity continues for several weeks while the students continue to research. This is useful because it allows the students to think critically, organize, and evaluate their research. Because it also has the students share their result with the class it also allows students to practice presenting and learn more about speaking and listening tools. This assignment allows students to work on something that is real-world and practical.

http://fno.org/nov07/lang.html]]> 2017-11-09 04:30:19 UTC https://padlet.com/cekeller16/zbce9oro00gj/wish/205131247 cekeller16 https://padlet.com/cekeller16/zbce9oro00gj/wish/205132126 Students will be assigned to one of two different articles discussing either pro or con of adolescent literature. I will give them time in class to read the article because I don't want to be biased. Then the next class period each separate person will meet together as group based on which article they were assigned, then the students will split up into groups of 4 (2 from each article) to debate and discuss both sides of the issue. This way it becomes a Jigsaw and all the students are informed on both sides of the issue without having to just read both articles. ]]> 2017-11-09 04:40:12 UTC https://padlet.com/cekeller16/zbce9oro00gj/wish/205132126 cekeller16 https://padlet.com/cekeller16/zbce9oro00gj/wish/205132839 Service is a great way to teach students how to continue to be proactive throughout ones life. It's something that is easy to relate to real-world experiences. One way that one of my English professors had us accomplish serviceable tasks was to require us to write 3 different "compassion workshops." Each one of us needed to complete a compassionate service and then reflect on that experience, how we felt while accomplishing it, the other person's reaction to our service, and what the actual compassionate service was. We didn't have to accomplish giant tasks, we just needed to accomplish something to write about. I think this would be an extremely useful activity to have in a high school class. ]]> 2017-11-09 04:47:56 UTC https://padlet.com/cekeller16/zbce9oro00gj/wish/205132839