Team+15

Team 15
Member Names: Team ECHO... Echo... echo...

Wednesday
Design Studio: Reflect on your content and pedagogy With your Partner reflect on the following questions:

What content areas do you teach? Kathy: English grammar, oral, written, entrance examination preparation David: 7th and 8th grade oral and written English

What content strengths do you have? Kathy: grammar, ability to organize David: native speaker, degree in writing

What content do you find difficult to teach? Kathy:sentence structure; motivating uninterested students David: ESL grammar, classroom management

What do you consider your role to be as a teacher? Kathy: actress, guide David: role model, leader, conduit for knowledge

What instructional methods do you use as a teacher? Kathy: task-based learning David: frequent questions, real-world language use, inspirational images, story-based content

What are some of the persistent problems you encounter in your instruction? Kathy: communication, free use of English David: classroom management issues, slowness in generating curriculum

With your partner, identify possible areas of overlap. Kathy: David:


 * Reflection Notes:**

Thursday
Guiding Questions I. What is the compelling question you would like your students to answer? Do you have any sub-questions to engage students?

compelling question: How do you show respect to older people? sub question: How do other cultures show respect to older people?

II. How are new literacies featured in your compelling question?

1. Students will view a select group of websites that present information about showing respect to those older than you. 2. Students will 'Skype' a self-created demonstration play to a peer class in a different country. The content of the play will be an example of how their culture shows respect to older people.

III. How will you organize or group your students for the PBI?

teams of 5 or less

IV. What prior knowledge do your students need to have to complete this PBI lesson? What lesson(s) would come before the PBI?

Previous lessons: Tell them a famous children's story Explain the elements of the story: Characters, Plot, Setting, Moral Analyze the characters and their decisions. Give a lesson about how we show respect to older people and focus on English vocabulary related to this subject and play a related game. Homework assignment: for lower levels, draw some pictures related to the topic and write single word titles for the pictures. For higher grades, download some pictures related to the topic and write a short essay.

V. How will you scaffold and support your students' gathering and analyzing of information? How will you monitor this process?

--**view selected websites** with related content (for younger elementary school students who are not able to search the internet on their own, these must be selected for them, or even printed out). --have them **write down the vocabulary** words they will need so they can have them available when creating their own plays

VI. How will you scaffold and support your students' creative synthesis of information in their PBI product? How will you monitor this process?

--provide costumes and props --provide story ideas and guidance as they create their skits --have the technology and Skype appointment prepared ahead of time (computer with camera, microphone, audience, Skype appointment) --after Skyping with the other class, compare and contrast what they presented about the topic with what they presented to that other class

VII. What intellectual elements in students' PBI product will be evaluated. What forms of assessments will you use (e.g. rubrics, checklist, etc).

VIII. What technology tools will students use in creation and sharing of their PBI product?


 * Reflection Notes:**

PBI Compelling Question:
What is a good moral and how can you create a story to explain it to others?