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Friday, September 28, 2012
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ELAC 2013 Conference
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Beginning Teachers' Conference 2012
Welcome new teachers!
Some of the best advice I received when I was a beginning teacher was stick with it for 3 years...I'm now in my 4th year :)
Shakespeare
Survivor
Macbeth
! (ELA 20-1) - link to unit resources & suggestions
The Tempest
(ELA 30-1)
Act I, scene i - "the boat" scene with modern translation - set up the illusion and magic of the theatre
Vocabulary based on videos from
Vocabahead
4-colour flags/highlighting
The Tempest 2010 film
(Dir: Julie Taymor)
Act II & III Radio Plays (GarageBand on Macs or Audacity on PC) - 25 lines or so per pair
Act Quizzes based on characterization/theme/symbolism & key quotations
"Socratic Seminar"/Discussion - questions tweaked from this
study guide
Essay question:
Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the impact of an individual’s ambition on self and others.
Strategies to help students & keep me sane!
Goodbye chapter questions...
4-colour flags/highlighting
Characterization, Setting/Tone/Mood, Themes, Essential Figurative Language/Literary Devices
"Sticky Note Questions"
Essay Breakdown
Competencies
(Strategies - Reading & Viewing - Writing - Speaking & Representing)
Bias, Character, Figurative Language/Literacy Devices, Film Techniques & Visuals, Genre & Form, Mood/Atmosphere, Plot, POV & Perspective, Purpose & Audience, Setting, Theme/Controlling Idea/Statement of Belief, Tone
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