TE+802+08+November+21

=TE 802 - November 21, 2008=

Preparing for class:

 * Have you posted your inquiry project introduction on ANGEL?
 * Have you notified Anny that your unit plan is posted and provided feedback to your partner on the wiki (if applicable)?
 * Have you chosen a day to videotape your teaching?
 * Please bring a sample worksheet (leftover from last class)
 * If you are working with a partner on the inquiry project, please post your name and your partner's name here (at the top of the page) http://languagelinks2006.wikispaces.com/Inquiry+Project+Ideas+TE+802-08
 * Have you read the agenda and added anything to it?

1:20 - 1:40 - Swap Shop
Please post your idea in an appropriate place on the Wiki and paste the link next to your name. - http://languagelinks2006.wikispaces.com/file/view/battleship.pdf - http://languagelinks2006.wikispaces.com/file/view/RoundGame.pdf
 * Erich
 * Mara


 * Chelsea Spanish_HealthFitness
 * Amy Famous People weekly information

2:00 - 2:10 - Break

 * Pick up graded assignments

//**Teaching Grammar Effectively, Creating Compelling Worksheets, and Comprehending the Teenage Brain . . . (and other mysteries)**//
Choose one group, but materials and information will be available for everybody.
 * **Effective Grammar Teaching**
 * spaces.isu.edu.tw/upload/18518/PAPERS/dualfocus.pdf
 * http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/larsen01.html
 * [|Teaching Grammar]


 * **Creating Compelling Worksheets**
 * [[file:motivation and worksheets.ppt]]
 * Using your worksheets, how could you jazz them up by incorporating collaboration, competition, choice, context or movement, music, and movies?

>> www.cacte.org/media/EDocs/Keith_Jacobus_pres.ppt >> http://www.slideshare.net/bdyck/teenbrain/ >> brainlab.psych.qc.cuny.edu/hhenkell/pdfs/brain.ppt >> http://www.nmsa.org/Publications/MiddleSchoolJournal/September2002/Article10/tabid/418/Default.aspx
 * **Comprehending the Teenage Brain: Motivation, Learning, and Teaching Implications**
 * http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/21379-the-amazing-brain-the-role-of-the-amygdala-video.htm

3:00 - 3:05 - Announcements

 * Next steps on the Inquiry Project
 * Self-videotaping Assignment - Due by December 5 (Bring hard copy of the assignment to class)
 * Be sure you have posted on the discussion boards at least six different weeks.
 * Dec. 12 - Final Exam day - Inquiry Project Presentations
 * Gratitude thread

3:05 - 3:30 - Issue Presentations
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 * Sarah
 * Katie L.