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for your country mentioned above followed by the access code.
2. Keep your microphone and speakers muted in the classroom to
avoid hearing an echo during the call.
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About the Class
This is just to tell you that In this session we’ll explore the power of collaborative learning using a few simple poems as our starting point. We’ll do some activities together, develop some additional possibilities, and then Chuck will invite you and your students to participate in a collaborative online project in which we’ll build a database of recorded poetry. To prepare for this session please read Chuck's latest iTDi Blog post "Invitation Standing: Bringing Poetry To The Classroom" at the following link http://itdi.pro/blog/2014/07/11/movement-rhyme-and-rhythm-in-elt-chuck/ #flyhighwithiTDi
PRE-TASK DISCUSSION QUESTIONS and TASKS
(if you are are working to get a certificate and Professional Development Credit Hours from http://iTDi.pro please answer at least three of the discussion questions and do one of the tasks)
1) What things might English language learners learn from using English language poetry in the classroom?
2) Have you ever used any poetry in your classes? Why or why not?
3) What's your favorite poem in English. Please link to it online if possible or else type the poem out in your answer. Then say why it's your favorite. What do you like about it? How does it speak to you?
4) Write a few sentences about the following poem "Gratitude to Old Teachers. What's it about? What does it make you think about? Who do you think about when you read it? What does a frozen lake, water, and the stillness have to do with teaching and learning? Anything?
Gratitude to Old Teachers - Robert Bly
When we stride or stroll across the frozen lake,
We place our feet where they have never been.
We walk upon the unwalked. But we are uneasy.
Who is down there but our old teachers?
Water that once could take no human weight-
We were students then-holds up our feet,
And goes on ahead of us for a mile.
Beneath us the teachers, and around us the stillness.
5) What is a poem? How is a poem different from prose?
TASKS
1) Explore the videos at The Favorite Poem Project http://www.favoritepoem.org Choose one you like and write a few sentences explaining what you like about it.
2) Read Chuck's iTDi blog post on using poetry in the classroom at http://itdi.pro/blog/2014/07/11/movement-rhyme-and-rhythm-in-elt-chuck/ and leave a comment at the bottom of that post.
CHUCK SANDY believes that education has the power to change the world: one student, one teacher, one classroom at a time. He’s is a cofounder and director of the International Teacher Development Institute (iTDi) at http://iTDi.pro He’s also a teacher trainer, essayist, poet, and author of several coursebooks such as the just published Passages 3rd Edition series from Cambridge University Press which he wrote with Jack C.Richards. His most recent book which he coauthored with Dorothy Zemach is English For Scammers, a guide to writing effective business emails which can be found on Amazon at http://bit.ly/englishforscammers Read Chuck's most recent essays about education on the iTDi Blog at http://itdi.pro/blog/author/chuck/ and follow him on Twitter at @chucksandy and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ChuckSandy He'll be so happy to connect with you in all the ways you can.
Language of instruction:
English
Keywords: education, communicative language teaching (clt), teaching tools
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