Journey to a journey: Teaching…one step at a time
Deana Zorko
2015 Central States Teacher of the Year
Madison West High School
dzorko@madison.k12.wi.us
A learning framework for students...a journey in progress...
My full personal statement on the value of learning language and culture can be read here.
Number 1: Create a safe and culturally rich classroom environment where meaningful peer interactions take place in the target language.
Peer Interaction Tools
ClassTools.net
Chrome Google Apps and Extensions
Liberating Structures
Kagan ($)
Simultaneous Roundtable
Socratic Seminar-about poetry in English (easily adaptable to Spanish)
Peer Interaction Examples
Art
Art Activities
Daily warm up handout
Classroom video-Art
Thinglink
Self-Expression through Art
(Click arrow to see 2nd slide.)
Art and Literature
Unit Plan-Las medias rojas-Emilia Pardo Bazán
FRQs-Las medias rojas-Emilia Pardo Bazán
Interpretive Communication to peer interaction and formative assessments
Students use stickies to post evidence of the themes they found in José Martí's Versos Sencillos.
Padlet
Websites used to help enhance students' perspective, understanding, and use of comparisons as the lesson continued.
José Martí
Diego Rivera
Juan Luis Guerra
Number 2: Use effective evaluation/assessment systems to measure students’ growth and development.
Fair vs Equal poster
Assessments
Art
Artists Quiz-Interpretive
Conversations-Interpersonal
Culinary Arts
Student Performance-Presentational
Project
Rubric
This summative performance assessment is the culminating activity of a level 3 thematic unit based on understanding cultural perspectives related to the culinary arts in the Spanish speaking world.
Social Justice
Conversation- Artistas-Presentational/Interpersonal
Video-Artistas
Essay
Summative Assessment: Essay Prep and Essay Example-Presentational
Myths & Legends
Presentational communication example of a student created myth.
Proyecto pánico-ejemplo-conejos gigantes.mp3
Presentational Communication examples of student created legend. Legends included both a written portion and the reading of their legend in an oral recording. Students brainstormed possible natural occurrences for their topic and no topic could be repeated by multiple students.
Written Student Sample
Student Oral Performance
El volcan.mp3
Unit Plan-Mysteries and Legends
Number 3: Strengthen students’ skills of initiative and self-direction to encouraging leadership and personal responsibility in their own learning while supporting them to achieve regardless of learning differences as they hone personal productivity and accountability skills to increase language proficiency and cultural knowledge.
Kudos
Proficiency Goals
Pathway to Proficiency poster
Global Education Achievement Certificate
Student Trip to Modern Art Museum in Madrid
The environment and giving back-Student service
Costa Rica photos
WAFLT eVoice-High Tech/Low Tech articles
http://www.waflt.org/category/enewsletter/high_tech_low_tech/
Reference Materials
Unit Planning Template 1
Unit Planning Template 2
MMSD Guiding Principles for Grading
Common Core Quick Reference
West High School High Five
Costa's Levels of Questions
Bloom's Taxonomy
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