An Inch Wide and a Mile Deep: adding depth to TPRS/TCI · PDF fileAn Inch Wide and a Mile Deep: adding depth to TPRS/TCI Carrie Toth Carlyle High School CSCTFL TOY 2014 [email protected]

An Inch Wide and a Mile Deep: adding depth to TPRS/TCI

Carrie Toth Carlyle High School CSCTFL TOY 2014

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What brings you here?

• Poll

The Stigma of TPRS

Image: Martina Bex www.martinabex.com

How do we add depth?

Good Unit equals Good Planning

Our Keynote, Dave Burgess,

would say…

Clap once if you’re passionate about:

• Music

• Travel

• Films

• Food

• Wine/Beer

• Holidays

• Coffee

• Pets

• Nature/Science

• History

What Are my Passions

What are your passions

• List 3 things that you are passionate about

From Passion to

Production • Select one passion and map out your thoughts

as we look at my passion for the environment!

Powerful planning begins at the end!

• How will you assess?

• What does proficiency look like in your mind?

• What are your goals in this unit?

La Selva

Tropical • Guided tour of the forest surrounding the

Carlyle Lake and Kaskaskia River watershed.

– Presentational Speaking

HOOK!

Building Blocks

• Corps of Engineers Volunteer

– Discussion afterward in TL, vocab building

• Questions for our tour guide

– Interpersonal speaking

• Tour guide’s replies

– Still interpersonal but also interpretive listening

Visit the Rainforest

Study forest parts

Make Comparisons

Accurate Assessment • Hits the 3 modes of communication

• Uses real language

• Targets the goals you set for the unit

• Moves students toward your planned final assessment

Interpretive • Authentic readings

• Videos from our guide

• Venn Diagram

Interpersonal • Interview with guide

• Convo cards at tables

• Venn Diagram

Presentational • Proposal to the Corps of Engineers

• Tour of the forest

Outreach

• Can you tie your unit to a fundraiser or service learning project?

Circling • It’s still the center

• Activities circle the desired vocab/structures

• The unit circles tighter and tighter until acquired

Break it Down • Take 5 minutes to share with a

neighbor about your idea, to listen to your neighbor’s idea, or to jot some things down on your paper!

Building from a Novel

Same rules apply • How will you assess?

• What does proficiency look like in your mind?

• What are your goals in this unit?

Murals • I love art

• I know a lot about Hector Duarte’s

Murals

• My students will be studying

symbolism later in the year

HOOK!

Building Blocks

• La Calaca Alegre

– Interpretive reading

• Interview with Hector Duarte

– Interpretive listening

• Gulliver Mural

– Interpersonal Speaking after Interpretive listening during interview

Supernatural Appeal

Creepy Clips for MovieTalk

Accurate Assessment • Hits the 3 modes of communication

• Uses real language

• Targets the goals you set for the unit

• Moves students toward your planned final assessment

Interpretive • Embedded readings

• Movie Talks

• La Calaca Alegre

• Film- A Better Life

• Film- El Orfanato

Interpersonal • Mural Discussion

• 4 square at tables

• Q and A after mural presentation

Presentational • Speaking- Mural Presentation

• Writing- Choice Board (ways to compare the supernatural in the different works)

Outreach

• Can you tie your unit to a fundraiser or service learning project?

Break it Down • Take 5 minutes to share with a

neighbor about your idea, to listen to your neighbor’s idea, or to jot some things down on your paper!

Building from Current Events

Same rules apply • How will you assess?

• What does proficiency look like in your mind?

• What are your goals in this unit?

INFOGRAPHICS

• Different than a typical essay

• Visual

HOOK!

Building Blocks

• Narcocorridos

– Interpretive reading/listening

• Interview with Guatemalan President Jorge Ramos, Agent Fragoso

– Interpretive listening, Interpersonal speaking

• El Chapo Guzman in the news

– Interpretive listening/reading

– Interpersonal discussion

Accurate Assessment • Hits the 3 modes of communication

• Uses real language

• Targets the goals you set for the unit

• Moves students toward your planned final assessment

Interpretive • Lots of Articles

• Narcocorridos

• Music

• Video Clip- La Reina del Sur

Interpersonal • Music discussion- Is there a music in the US

that is like the narcocorrido?

• Scaffolded debate

• Interview with Agent Fragoso

• Q and A after infographic presentation

Presentational • Speaking- Infographic Presentation

• Writing- Create a meme that represents the struggle against drug trafficking in Mexico/US

Outreach

• Can you tie your unit to a fundraiser or service learning project?

Break it Down • Take 5 minutes to share with a

neighbor about your idea, to listen to your neighbor’s idea, or to jot some things down on your paper!

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