March 23, 2016
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BRAVO
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Congrats
to Martha Hernández who applied and
was accepted to take Forest Hills High students to the Nuevolution exhibit at
the Levine Museum of the New South and to attend a Saturday training for
teachers. The museum is paying for entrance fees and the bus for her students!
Professional Development
· March 24th, 2016 3:00 –
4:00 pm ET Principles of Contemporary Language Teaching - Part 2 “These days,
you'd be hard pressed to find a language teacher who doesn't claim to be
teaching communicatively. But what does "communicatively" mean? How
do you know whether you're really teaching communicatively? This week Bill Van
Patten examines another underlying principle of contemporary language teaching:
If you're going to teach communicatively, you’d better have a working
definition of communication.” Following last week's discussion on the nature of
language, we’ll talk about the nature of communication and how that should
inform the decisions we make. Join us as we once again invite our listeners to
rethink some of the basic notions of language teaching. This is a must-listen
online show! Tune in live on Thursday at 3pm. http://www.teawithbvp.com/ Past shows are archived.
· March 24, 2016 8:00 p.m. Twitter chat #globaledchat will focus on teaching Africa. The
discussion starts at 8pmET/5pmPT.
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April 8 – 9, 2016 TELL Collaborative Nashville will bring together
world language educators to explore, model, and share effective language
learning practices identified by the TELL Framework (TELL = Teaching
Effectiveness for Language Learning). The two-day professional learning
experience will include a mixture of collaborative sessions to help teachers
identify their own professional learning goals and to support administrators in
their efforts to implement the TELL Project with their teachers. From Friday,
April 8, 2016 at 8:00 AM until Saturday, April 9, 2016 at 3:00 PM (CDT)
Lipscomb's Idea Center - 3252 Aspen Grove Drive. #9. Franklin, TN 37067 $105.44
– $137.09 For more www.TELLcollabnashville.org
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April 9, 2016 8:30 a.m. – 2:15 p.m.
AATSP & AATF Mini-Conference “Globalization
in the Curriculum: Bringing Together K– 20 Language Learning”. Keynote speaker
– Dr. Mary Lynn Redmond. Wake Forest University. The price for the Spring
Conference is $25, which includes continental breakfast and lunch. For planning
purposes, they ask that your check be received by April 4th. There will be
on-site registration. Winston-Salem, NC http://ncaatsp.org/events/2016-joint-spring-conference/ For details on
French presentations, http://ncfrenchteachers.weebly.com
· Tuesday, April 12, 2016, 4:00 – 6:00 Second
Language Teaching and Language Learning Disabilities. PDC Room 205 There is
a long continuum between learning disabled and gifted students. What do the
individual difference look like in the second language classroom? What can we
do to support learners with weak language learning skills? This workshop by
Donna Podgorny is based on research by Dr. S Watts (UNC-C), Dr. A Milstead
(Samford U) and the book Foreign
Languages for Everyone (Konyndyk). Bring your classroom stories and an
interest in improving our craft. Pizza will be served. 2 Academic Content CEU
hours are available.
· Tuesday, April 26, 2016 Teacher
Effectiveness for Language Learning PDC Room 205. Lead by Donna
Podgorny, attendees will analyze the components of the TELL project, the
checklists and surveys offered. While TELL documents are the focus of the
workshop, teachers will experience stations and hopefully be able to apply what
they learn to their classrooms. Pizza will be served. 2 Academic Content CEU
hours are available.
· Tuesday, May 10, 2016 4:00 – 6:00 Rating
with (WL) Rubrics PDC 205.Teachers will have hands-on experience in applying rubrics (UCPS
and others) to UCPS student benchmark samples. Guided by Donna Podgorny,
teachers will grade samples from various writing and speaking assessments then
discuss the various criteria. Canvas WL rubrics will be shared. Please bring
sample student work, especially from UCPS benchmarks if you use them. Pizza
will be served. 2 Academic Content CEU hours are available.
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June 13, 2016 to June 17, 2016 Catching up with Your Students: Digital Learning – Cullowhee, NCCAT 14165 http://www.nccat.org/events/14165-catching-your-students-digital-learning-cullowhee
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June 13, 2016 to June 17, 2016 Relevant Literacy Instruction: It’s More than Just Books –
Ocracoke, NCCAt 14166 http://www.nccat.org/events/14166-relevant-literacy-instruction-it%E2%80%99s-more-just-books-ocracoke
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July 11 – 29 Summer
Graduate Institute for Foreign Language Teachers: one, two and three week
courses for CEUs or Graduate Credit. Spanish: Indigenous Languages and
Literature and Culture in Latin America and Curriculum and Materials Design. French:
History of Comedy in French and Curriculum and Materials Design. All classes in
French or Spanish. App State. Apply by June 15 but courses may fill sooner. http://dllc.appstate.edu/graduate/summer-institute
Events
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Friday, April 1, 2016 through Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016 Los Jets: Playing for the American Dream
The lobby case exhibit will feature photographs and artifacts that tell the
story of Los Jets, the 2004 men's soccer players from Siler City's
Jordan-Matthews High School, the first predominantly Latino sports team to win
a statewide championship in North Carolina. Admission is free. North Carolina
Museum of History http://www.wral.com/entertainment/out_and_about/event/14901203/
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May Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month In 1992, the official designation of May as Asian-Pacific American Heritage
Month was signed into law. The month of May was chosen to commemorate the
immigration of the first Japanese to the United States on May 7, 1843, and to mark the anniversary
of the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869.
Pedagogy
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Objectives - “The lesson's performance objectives are
clearly stated in student-friendly language and posted in the classroom for the duration of the lesson, encouraging
students to take responsibility their own learning.” ACTFL has sample “Can do
statements” http://www.actfl.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/Can-Do_Statements_2015.pdf These objectives are
known also as ‘language targets’ in that they focus on what the student should
be able to do in the language. “Students are engaged in activities designed to
meet the daily performance objectives as part of a curriculum that is rigorous,
relevant and based on the North Carolina
World Language Essential
Standards.” http://wlnces.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Administrator+Guides
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90% Target Language Use – “ACTFL
states that teachers and students should speak in the target
language at least 90% of the time at all levels of instruction,
with teachers using visuals, gestures, and manipulatives to indicate
meaning. Students participate in activities
that require them to use language for meaningful purposes. They are required to use vocabulary and structures they have memorized in meaningful ways in order to communicate with others by writing or speaking.” “The teacher brings a richness and depth of understanding
to the classroom and demonstrates
content knowledge by using the target
language at least 90% of the time as reflected in instruction,
materials, and interactions with students.” “If the teacher uses English it
appears that its use is for purposes
that could not be carried out in the
target language, such as establishing
and maintaining a positive and flexible learning environment.”http://wlnces.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Administrator+Guides
UCPS Global Scholars
New
2016 UCPS Global Scholars posters and flyers have been sent to MS and HS
principals with copies for principals, guidance counselors, world language
teachers and social studies. Please get to know the available and qualifying
courses and instructors at your school. Please encourage students to set this
as a goal. UCPS Global Scholars must complete two world language courses but
can added additional world language courses in the same language as part of
their required six elective credits.
DPI
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The
NC Board of Education approved a Global
Language Endorsement to go into effect for students: 1) pass an external
exam approved by the NC DPI establishing “Intermediate Low” proficiency or
higher per the ACTF proficiency scale, 2) complete a four-course sequence of
study in the same world language, earning an overall GPA of 2.5 or above in
those courses, 3) establish “Intermediate Low” proficiency or higher per the
ACTFL proficiency scale using the Credit by Demonstrated Mastery policy. http://sbepolicy.dpi.state.nc.us/policies/GCS-L-007.asp?pri=01&cat=L&pol=007&acr=GCS Please note that the student does not have to
earn credit in four WL courses. The student just has to pass level IV.
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There
are 17 languages offered in NC public schools. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0K1-ZK0_vg5OElzZG9UUVRWVWs/view
UCPS World Language Learning K – 3
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You
will enjoy the new SPLASH webpage about immersion education in UCPS http://www.ucps.k12.nc.us/Domain/2775 There is
also a four minute video by Unionville principal Sharyn Von Cannon about her
Phd research and her school. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrdoyMlpCHM&feature=youtu.be
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DPI
has launched a Dual Language Immersion wiki with resources, program models,
research findings, links to NC programs etc. http://wlnces.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Dual+Language+%26+Immersion+Program There are currently over 100 dual language
immersion programs in North Carolina. In Fall 2005, there were seven. Languages
of instruction include Cherokee, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Japanese and
Spanish. The expansion of dual language immersion programs is aligned with the
January 2013 NC State Board of Education’s Task Force on Global Education and
in particular to Commitment 2.1 Leading-edge Language Instruction “Institute a
plan for statewide access to dual language/immersion opportunities beginning in
elementary school and continuing through high school. http://wlnces.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/file/view/SBE%20Global%20Education%20Task%20Force%20Report%20January2013.pdf/416883304/SBE%20Global%20Education%20Task%20Force%20Report%20January2013.pdf
Tech Tools – Creating Comics (Thanks to Carren Heartley, MRHS Media
Coordinator)
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http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/comic - Teachers can make
a quick six block black and white line drawing storyboard for students to fill
in details in the speech bubbles. Likewise, no log in is needed so students can
write their comic story themselves from scratch.
Resources
– All Languages
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SCOLT Conference Wiki – Enjoy many
presenters presentations from the recent Southern Conference on Language
Teaching in Charlotte http://scoltconference.wikispaces.com/SCOLT+Conference+Wiki+-+Home?responseToken=00010dd09424d1602e6c6d444305cc18e
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NCAA Brackets – Use the blank
brackets for multiple ‘competitions’ to see which song, video, drawing,
cartoon, picture, story, tweet, etc. wins “March Madness”. Break students into four regions to vote for
the best in each play-off. Follow the winners up through the brackets to the
Final Four. Then let the whole class compete to see which regional winner
becomes the champion. From the blog of http://spanishmama.com. Brackets found also
at https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1uP8jICmvquLjyYn72foA33Rx3Nqm1uNK2D4tDjFwLbk/edit#slide=id.p5
French
Resources
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All You Need to Know About “Tout” – video in
English explaining tout, tous, tout le monde, tous les jours, tous les ans,
etc. by Comme une Française. YouTube video 5:49 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKRxKIaycwA
Spanish
Resources
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The LiveBinder “Spanish & World Languages
Teaching Resources: A digital Library.” at http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/693296 is created by Dr. Claudia Lorrotta. This massive assortment
of resources will so many resources! Please explore: speaking skills, writing
skills, listening skills, digital storytelling, reading skills, vocabulary and
grammar skills, integrated skills, AP Spanish, Interculturalidad, Curriculum,
Assessment, Approaches, Flipped Classrooms, Teaching Resources, Professional
Development, Mobile Apps, Classroom Management, Web 2.0, Movie and Video
Collections, MOOCS, Infographics, Authentic Resources, Presentational Skills,
Bilingual Education. Thanks to Secondary Ed Director Brad Breedlove for finding
this resource.
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Spanish 1 – Felicidad es moverse, moverse es felicidad for present progressive
practice You Tube video
with song 'Estoy feliz porque estoy ...corriendo, pintando, patinando,
bailando, etc.' Good for studying the present progressive. (0:59 mins. - español) Gracias a Amanda Mancilla CATA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc1I13sbKXo
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Spanish 2 Comparisons
of Equality
– Mary K Thomas of Piedmont HS created the following activity to help her
students learn how to compare things that are ‘equal’ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PGUdh99MwHHEV6BMUcokEfA6PLM1S46FGHjYfW8dOu8/edit It is saved at http://bit.ly/UCPSWLGSites under
Spanish 2.
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Spanish 2 Videoclip
Esta es María
This excellent one minute video was made by John Mateo Tiller and Mary K Thomas
at Piedmont HS to help prepare their Spanish students for listening, taking
notes, comparing another person to themselves, writing up such a comparison,
recording such a comparison. https://drive.google.com/a/ucps.k12.nc.us/file/d/0B2tXorOC0KvuOWNEZldjMENRakk/view?ts=56e71488
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Coca-cola: Y si nos
levantamos?
YouTube video (1:41 mins. - español) En esta edición vemos la nueva campaña de Coca-Cola
contra el sobrepeso: ¿Y si nos levantamos?. Temas: ¿Crees que hay relación
entre el consumo de refrescos azucarados
y la obesidad?, Salud, verbos reflexivos (“siéntate”, “os quedáis”, “nos
levantamos”, “os levantáis”), vosotros (“salís”, “conquistaros”, etc.) from
Zachary Jones. Gracias a Amanda
Mancilla CATA. http://zachary-jones.com/zambombazo/espacio-publicitario-coca-cola-y-si-nos-levantamos/
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Los Jets: Playing for
the American Dream.
In a small southern city, a group of "outsiders" will show the world
what it means to be a champion. This is the real story of Los Jets -- a North
Carolina high school soccer team made up almost entirely of young Latino men
whose parents immigrated here in search of a better life. Some of whom are
still waiting for that dream to truly be theirs. Follow their journey to
compete to win the state championship as they defy odds, face adversity,
experience defeat, and taste victory on and off the field. The film has been
divided into 33 videoclips from one to four minutes on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDVFxxuhEDfZDvcUYi-Ld8S_ZUyZ8onXa
