November 4, 2016
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BRAVO
1.
Write yourself an
encouraging letter!
Great idea from Adam Brown at WHS to be used before the benchmark. Students
write themselves a letter with advice: breath deeply, remember what you studied,
envision your notes, listen to it in your head, etc.
2.
Use Voki for student or
teacher recordings. You
can introduce a topic or create a listening activity. See what WMS Natalie
Korda’s students did with greetings and introductions http://www.voki.com/site/pickup?scid=13269782&chsm=3fdae79d26b456222b91e998f8fcbb57
Students can add their own recording also.
3.
Got Penpals? You pay about $1, per student, to get them
matched. Then, they send you a list of
students, on tear apart papers says Natalie Korda of WMS.
Events
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November 14 – 18, 2016 International
Education Week This
is THE week to include study abroad into your lessons, warm-ups or homework.
Get students to plan on studying (and traveling) overseas now and in the
university. https://eca.state.gov/programs-initiatives/international-education-week
Professional Development
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October 12, 2016 October
12 WL PD - IF you attended, be sure to sign up in NCEES for the course # 3666
called UCPS World Language Professional Development and for the session #9485. Complete
this form http://tinyurl.com/UCPSPDdocumentation
on what you learned AND how you will
apply that learning to your instruction. Once complete, make a pdf of the
online form and email it to donna.podgorny@ucps.k12.nc.us
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Tuesday, November 22, 2016 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. WLES Implementation Webinar: Essential Standard #1: Interpersonal
Communication. Learn CEUs through UCPS activities commenting on the webinar
and in completing an extension activity. Details http://tinyurl.com/DPIWLWebinars
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January
24 - Essential Standard #2: Interpretive Communication
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February
28 - Essential Standard #4: Culture
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April
25 - Essential Standard #3: Presentational Communication
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May
23 – TBD Details http://tinyurl.com/DPIWLWebinars
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February 25, 2016 FLANC
Mini-Conference UNC-Wilmington
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July 19 – 28, 2017 World
View Trip to Costa Rica & Nicaragua estimated $2,750* fee includes:
Round-trip airfare; 6-night home stay accommodations; 3-night hotel stay; All
meals in Costa Rica, as well as daily breakfast and one dinner in Nicaragua;
Ground transfers & transportation in Costa Rica and Nicaragua (per
itinerary); Entrance fees to cultural, historical sites and ecological sites; “Spanish for Educators” language
lessons; Activities and collaborations with local schools and colleges;
Services of local guide/translator; http://worldview.unc.edu/costa-rica-and-nicaragua-2017/
Study Abroad for Students
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CBYX StudyAbroad in Germany: The 2017-2018 CBYX application is now
available at http://www.usagermanyscholarship.org/apply-ciee/
Please note that our application due date this year is December 4, 2016.
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The Kennedy Lugar YES
Abroad program
is a U.S. government-sponsored program for high school students or recent
graduates to spend a year abroad – FOR FREE!!! Students live with host
families, study in a local school, etc. No prior language experience is necessary.
The program is to countries with significant Muslim populations: Morocco,
Jordan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Ghana, Turkey, Indonesia, Senegal,
Thailand, Philippines, India, and Malaysia. It’s a program where the U.S.
government helps you out later by showing you opportunities for college
scholarships and careers. Find out more at: http://www.yes-abroad.org/about/about-us
The deadline to apply is Dec. 1 (and
it’s not the kind of thing students can do at the last minute).
Pedagogy
Basics: What does Maestra Nesbitt
remind us about language learning? http://nesbittspanish.weebly.com/
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“Proficiency
and communication should be the goals of an effective program.” ACTFL
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“Comprehension
precedes production.” Gass, Van Patten, Benati
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“Students
acquire more easily when the affective filter is low.” Krashen
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“Proficiency
is achieved through compelling, contextualized, comprehensible input.”
Lightbrown & Spada, Krashen, Ellis,
Visuals
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Don’t Start Class
without Them:
o Videos with the sound turned off provide awesome moving
visuals (i.e. stories, movements, actions) with context! MovieTalk (as
presented by Andrew Rosene from CHS at Kick-Off) is a great technique for
language teaching and learning. Martina Bex explains the technique here https://martinabex.com/teacher-training/movietalk/
o MES-English has colored flashcard-style visuals on
multiple topics http://www.mes-english.com/flashcards/sports.php
o Free pictures with Pixabay: https://pixabay.com
o In Google docs, slides and draw, just click on Insert then Images. Any image you search from is usable copyright
free and editable.
TECH
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Yabla Resources –As you discover
resources in Yabla that match your classroom goals, proficiency level and
content, PLEASE share them so that they can be linked with our courses and thus
help all UCPS teachers integrate this listening comprehension practice into
their classes.. This will help all of us to 'mine' for good materials and quickly
disperse them to colleagues. Submit your discoveries at http://tinyurl.com/UCPSYABLA See what
others have shared at http://tinyurl.com/UCPSYABLAFAVS
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Storyboard That – Looking for a way for
your students to write an engaging story with attractive visuals? Try https://www.storyboardthat.com
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Syllabi in Canvas - Did you know that the
Syllabus in Canvas can be set-up such that anyone can see the syllabus? This is
a great feature for parents. If you are actively using Canvas, parents can also
see every assignment you create with its due date. Parents can support students
in getting work completed in Canvas.
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Writing on Google Docs
and PDFs on your SmartBoard – Have you had problems with ‘SmartInk”this year? Some
people haven’t been able to write on PDFs or Google Docs this year. Here is a
solution from MRMS/HS ITF Brittany Gendron. “A workaround is to use
SmartNotebook’s transparent view
(instead of using SmartInk). When you open SmartNotebook, it will pull up a
blank notebook page. You can then go to
View, Click onTransparent Background.
Click that and you can write on whatever is up on the computer (desktop, PDF,
etc.). This guide
from SMART and this video
demo (3min) are helpful.
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Tech Tips from PRHS ITF Darleen
Morris shared at the October 12 WL PD:
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Slideshow
templates that integrate with Google Slides or PowerPoint: http://www.slidescarnival.com
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Button
maker: https://dabuttonfactory.com
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Icons
for buttons: https://www.iconfinder.com
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Canvas user guide (VERY user friendly): https://guides.instructure.com/m/4152
R-Rated Films
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Approved UCPS R Rated
Foreign Films
https://docs.google.com/a/ucps.k12.nc.us/document/d/15Alc6ALydqn6_xwEZLzRf6hzDw_TiB86Gri3yBL_Auw/edit?usp=sharing
o Like Water for
Chocolate (Spanish)
o Lucie Aubrac (French)
o Das Boot (German)
o Comedian Harmonist
(German)
o Goodbye Lenin (German)
Chinese Resources
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The
Chinese Language Teaching Net of Pennsylvania has a number of Chinese resources
http://sites.psu.edu/calpercltnet/
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The
National Foreign Language Resource Center at the University of Hawaii makes
available unrehearsed, naturalistic video clips, ranging from less than one
minute to eight minutes in length. Six topics are represented: personal
information, commercial transactions, travel and leisure, health and sports,
food, and school. Filmed on location in Beijing, mostly at
Peking University, these naturalistic video clips offer valuable source
material for Chinese language teachers and learners at all levels. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEF55AD4B2F3F948C
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Foreign teacher self-introduction YouTube 1:09
minutes in Mandarin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXkv8IaSObo&list=PLEF55AD4B2F3F948C&index=25
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Interview
with middle school students in Beijing YouTube video 9:06 minutes in Mandarin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p-Cw595Hjk&index=26&list=PLEF55AD4B2F3F948C
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Interview
with primary school girls talking about classes YouTube video 2:14 minutes in
Mandarin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mSFGQI1AbU&list=PLEF55AD4B2F3F948C&index=31
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Interview
with little girl playing on Peking University campus YouTube 4:01 minutes in Mandarin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcJR2JfSpf0&list=PLEF55AD4B2F3F948C&index=18
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Interview
with Peking University groundskeeper YouTube 1:56 minutes in Mandarin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qIRSIl0TyA&index=19&list=PLEF55AD4B2F3F948C
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Interview
with mother and child on Peking University campus YouTube 1:06 minutes in
Mandarin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMTR5GI4GZg&index=21&list=PLEF55AD4B2F3F948C
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Another
Peking University student self-introduction (female) YouTube 0:53 minutes in
Mandarin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXInP9qGLTE&index=22&list=PLEF55AD4B2F3F948C
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Another
Peking University student self-introduction(male) YouTube 1:06 minutes in
Mandarin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OySQME3CCVg&list=PLEF55AD4B2F3F948C&index=24
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Peking
University student self-introduction (male) YouTube 0:51 minutes in Mandarin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OySQME3CCVg&list=PLEF55AD4B2F3F948C&index=24
French Resources
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The gastronomic meals of the French You Tube
video 9.42 Minutes in French https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nKBBb72J4k
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675 Tiered Activities – a binder full of
activities recommended by Christin Ohrel
http://www.teachersdiscovery.com/product/23538/french
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Cognate Frenzy en français http://www.teachersdiscovery.com/product/7940/french recommended by Christin Ohrel
German Resources
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GROW – German Resources on
the Web http://www.aatg.org/page/grow#.WBzaW2orL3g
Spanish Resources
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Yes, We Are
Latinos Reading, lesson, books and cultural topics in Spanish and English
complied by Alma Flor Ada and Isabel Campoy English: http://yeswearelatinos.com/ Spanish: http://www.sisomoslatinos.com/
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¿Qué es ser
latino?
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Nuestras raíces indígenas
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La inmigración Latina a EEUU
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Cuba y EEUU
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El orgullo
de ser Boricua: Puerto Rico
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De una isla
a un continente: La República Dominicana
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El ladino y
la identidad cultural de los judíos sefardíes
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Los
campesinos migrantes
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Las
profundas raíces africanas
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La
presencia china y japonesa en Hispanoamérica
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Hispanoamérica:
Fuente de biodiversidad
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Contribuciones
de la creciente cultura latina
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Día de los
muertos – Thank you for not making
this into a coloring activity. There is no time in our curriculum for
students to color just color skulls (calaveras) for Día de los muertos. What
can you do?
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Have students create a cartoon strip with characters that talk
about relevant sentences. (presentational writing)
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Have students act out a skit with relevant sentences.
(presentational speaking)
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Have students practice relevant questions and answers with a
partner. (interpersonal speaking)
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Some relevant sentences:
§
‘¿Celebras el Día de los muertos? ¿Cuándo
celebran el Día de los muertos? ¿Dónde celebran el Día de los muertos?
¿Celebran el día de los muertos en ___? (Practice location of Spanish-speaking countries on a map.)
¿Los cubanos celebran el Día de los muertos? (Practice nationalities)
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Cognate
Frenzy Game - http://www.teachersdiscovery.com/product/7938/spanish You could easily make your own. Thanks to Christin Ohrel
for the tip.
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How to
Import Spanish 1 Blended Resources https://goo.gl/MOsq8N Thanks to PDHS ITF
Darleen Morris for this Google Slide explanation
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Spanish 1 -
3 Soy yo unit by Kara
Jacobs and Maestra Nesbitt
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Includes
the popular song Bomba Estéreo Soy yo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxWxXncl53U&feature=player_embedded
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After watching the video, you and your students can put a summary
together in simple Spanish sentence by sentence in ‘textivate’ (an amazing site
for language learners: $5 per month) http://www.textivate.com/1in3.php?id=bowjn1&show=1
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a PowerPoint of teaching slides https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/165nHImtlZyyxd9BDy43jQsf6XrrvNI2j2c_Ztq5dt4A/edit#slide=id.p
,
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See how Maestra Nesbitt has used the song:
§ Song lyrics http://nesbittspanish2.weebly.com/uploads/8/4/4/8/8448527/soy_yo.bomba_estereo_letra_pdf.pdf
§
Song lyrics with visuals http://nesbittspanish2.weebly.com/uploads/8/4/4/8/8448527/picture_lyrics.pdf
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Vocabulary in pictures http://nesbittspanish2.weebly.com/uploads/8/4/4/8/8448527/vocabulario_in_pictures.pdf
Note the phone of how her students are putting the song together in order with
the picture-vocab cards
§ Artículo acerca del conjunto musical Bomba Estéreo de
Colombia http://nesbittspanish2.weebly.com/uploads/8/4/4/8/8448527/background_information.soy_yo_song_and_video.pdf
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Follow the topic on Twitter in Spanish #AsiSoyYo
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Thanks to Julie Carrazco at SVMS for sharing http://reflecciones-kj.blogspot.com/2016/09/soy-yo-for-spanish-1.html
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Spanish 1 - AccuWeather com Weather Video Latin
American Spanish Forecast – Good visuals of Mexico, Central America and the
Caribbean, city names and temperatures in the 20s and 30s. YouTube video 1:15
minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnkxP9Q4new Could be used effectively with Movie Talk
pedagogy where classroom teacher uses comprehensible Spanish while the video’s
volume is turned off.
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Spanish 1: gestos
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Etc…
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Spanish 1 – 2
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Using the movie La Misma
Luna in Spanish 1 en español http://reflecciones-kj.blogspot.com/2016/11/inmigracion-en-espanol-1.html?m=1
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Examen - La Misma Luna / Inmigración / The Other Side - New Spanish 1https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sCwfYfCG4eT00uBUdVlQBVmEDaZMyL5Z097tbRybMfA/edit
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Medical Spanish 1
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Gestos –
¡Ay! ¡Como me duele la garganta! http://lecture.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~cueda/gakusyu/gestos/arc-center.php?key=66a
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Spanish 2 – La rutina unit by Maestra Nesbitt http://nesbittspanish2.weebly.com/daily-routine.html
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Spanish 2 - Las mañanas en mi casa – Para
práctica o para prueba. Hecho por Alejandra Elliott PDF https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4bm95u_yYfZeTl6dnRxOXdZbTg and
Google Doc https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ziWg4MPwchmKEKyBjxBGHjFyzrkNHx7P2ak9GiZ8Q2A/edit
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Spanish 3 – Los artistas famosos Gracias
a Fernando Flores que ha creado y compartido una actividad para sus estudiantes
en que van por grupos de 3 a 6 para buscar información acerca de varios
artistas famosos del mundo hispanohablante. Los muchachos tienen que usar un
teléfono con una aplicación para leer los códigos QR que están en distintas
paredes de la escuela.
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Estos son
los códigos que ustedes pueden imprimir y usar https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-LTusNVuzbIAbrCctfeEebmowSEiP2ZJzDiFfN_gzmY/edit
. Usando un teléfono celular por grupo, los estudiantes encuentran un enlace
con información biográfica en español.
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Las fuentes
principales son http://www.quien.net/ y http://www.buscabiografias.com/
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Los estudiantes
se sacan una foto en cada lugar donde encuentran un QRcode y después de leer
sobre cada artista agregan la información necesaria en una hoja Google para
entregar https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oFIOzhn52D1bvKv8_64s6off4HaUcn_F3uo4CTRxI8g/edit#heading=h.gjdgxs
