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 work in progress
Number 1: Create a safe and culturally rich classroom environment where meaningful peer interactions take place in the target language.
Classroom video
Number 2: Use effective evaluation/assessment systems to measure students’ growth and development.
Proyecto de Paella from Deana Zorko on Vimeo.
This 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.
- Interpretive Communication: Students used stickies to post evidence of the themes they found in José Martí's Versos Sencillos
- Some websites used to prepare students for performance assessments:
Number 3: Strengthen students’ skills of initiative and self-direction to encouraging leadership and personal responsibility in their own learning while teaching all students to achieve regardless of their learning differences as they hone their personal productivity and accountability skills and increase their language proficiency and cultural knowledge.
Woven in: the integration of technology to meet the above objectives and to foster and encourage students’ global competence
- Summative Assessment: Essay Prep and Essay Example
- 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. This addresses written and oral presentational communication.
Written Student Sample
Student Oral Performance
El volcan.mp3
Examples of Feedback to Students
Daily warm up form
Warm up activities
Vocabulario 1 actividades del arte.pdf
Formative Art Assessment
Artistas prueba.pdf
Culture in & Beyond the Classroom
(Click arrow to see 2nd slide.)
Student Trip to Modern Art Museum in Madrid
Global Education Achievement Certificate
The environment and giving back
WAFLT eVoice-High Tech/Low Tech articles
http://www.waflt.org/category/enewsletter/high_tech_low_tech/
Fitchburg Star Article
p.9
http://www.fitchburgstar.com/content/fs1212
Madison Metropolitan School District Recognition
Office of Multilingual and Global Education Newsletter
https://multilingual.madison.k12.wi.us/node/193
WL Educators Notification
Reference Materials
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