I have shared an intro to the theme "Making a difference", using a short text from a website about Volunteering. I have chosen to focus on vocabulary from the text and simple verbs through a dictogloss. The materials is meant for using with my 9th grade classes in the new school year.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qJE1Pui8-f-QY4gZnGr8CJBxUjqCWgqI/view?usp=sharing
Dear Lisbeth I love using DICTOGLOSS activities for different levels. The book "Grammar Dictation" by Ruth Wajnryb is a nice one for the purpose of dictogloss as grammar dictation, as well as for discussion tasks. It offers short dictations on a variety of topics, and for different levels too.
ReplyDeleteYour material topic is interesting as well. I will bevdiscussing Voluntaring with my 8th graders at the beginning of the school year in September and will use you material as it is, if you don't mind.
Thank you for sharing .
Mariia, of course I don't mind - that's the point of sharing here. Yes I know the book grammar dictation too, and will work on implying it in our english teachers forum next year, so that we can work together finding good short texts with different grammar focus. The first one here is mostly meant to teach them the concept.
ReplyDeleteI love dictogloss too! Plus, it can be recycled in different forms as well.
ReplyDeleteThat activity looks like it will be a really interesting and fun challenge for students! I like the order of activities that you chose. The progression seems really easy to follow and seems to provide a lot of support for the students in the dictogloss activity as well as opportunity for discussion and communication. If I taught students at this level, I'd want to borrow this!
ReplyDeleteAnne Hendler Thanks a lot for the feedback.
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ReplyDeleteI really like the topic - great possibilities for getting emotional engagement - and the structure is very clear to me.
I was just wondering if there's scope for using colour. Went to a workshop last month on creating materials and one speaker, Fiona Mauchline, who works a lot with teenagers, talked about her use of colour, specifically bright colour contrasts for aiding memory (based on research, e.g. review article by Dzulkifli and Mustafar, 2013). I haven't used colour much myself, but am now thinking of incorporating it.
Thanks again for sharing the materials.
Thanks a lot for feedback. Yeh, colour is great - except that when I print them out, they have to be black and white due to costs. But I'll try to be on the look out for illustrations that are free to use.
ReplyDeleteYes, good point - forgot about that. The speaker only used colour when projecting the materials. I'm afraid I'm in the same situation due to costs, so looking to use it electronically.
ReplyDeleteHi Lisbeth, thanks for sharing your materials. I've made some comments in the Google doc. They mainly refer to numbering and simplifying instructions to make them easier to follow - a very typical issue. I love the topic and like the others, I love using a dictogloss. This one seems ideal for your context and students.
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