teaching large classes with pizzaz
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“Do Now” Activity• Read the handout “Directions”
• Choose the one you think is the most important.
Teaching Large Classes
with PIZZAZ
Rae RobertsSenior English Language Fellow
What are the issues?1) In groups, make a list of what is
difficult about classroom managementYou have 8 min.
2) Move to another group’s list. Discuss suggestions for the other group. You have 7 minutes.
3) Explain your suggestions to the other group. You have 5 min per group.
What are the issues?• Not enough
–class time–student practice time
• speaking, listening, • reading, writing
–resources• Classroom management
redesign
Classroom managementHow to have more class time?
Start on time– do the mathHow many classes per year? 157 (3 trimesters)Take the 157 x 5 min =785 min785/60 (min) =13 hours10 min = 26 hours or 13 full classes
Attendance/Late arrivals
DO NOW activitiesStudent-lead activities:
Write day and date on boardWrite homework on the board
–Take attendance–Collecting homework–Movement into groups–Student lead song-lyrics on poster
–game boards/activity box/reading
Do now activitiesTeacher Provided activities -Thinking question related to today’s or a past lesson.
–Listening to music in English–Watching a short video in English
–Completing a task in the book–Speaking activity–Vocabulary review puzzles
http://www.puzzlemaker.com
http://bogglesworldesl.com/esl_games.htm
http://bogglesworldesl.com
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Contribute to the calm
Eliminating confusionClass routines and rules
Warmer reviews/quizzes/movement
Clear directions—WHY?Comprehension check directions
At or below level
“Do Now” Activity
• In your group- divide the reading handout “Directions”
• EACH person decides which ONE of their assigned directions is most important
Classroom management
How to have more class time?Eliminating confusion
Class routines and rules warmer reviews/quizzes/movement
Clear directions
Not enough? How to get more???• Student speaking practice- Do the
Math• How many minutes do you usually
use small groups (3-4 persons) in ONE class period? (120 min?)
• (Divide the minutes by 4) • Example: 16 min./4 =• How many minutes do you use pairs? (Divides the minutes by 2) example: 10 min/2 =
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• Let’s do the math.• How much time does 1 student
have?• Add the small group minutes to
the pair minutes.
How many minutes is one class?• Now-subtract the number of
minutes for groups and pairs: 120-(16+10)= 94
120?
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How much time do YOU have to practice your English in the class?
• EACH student has 9 minutes of oral practice.
• YOU have 94 minutes of oral practice!
•Yikes!
Lesson Plan audit• How can you make your activities
more student driven?– Think/pair/share– Pairs/groups—must produce a product– Information gap activities
How much time do teachers usually wait after asking a question?
How to get more student reading time ???• “Reading box” lending library• Reading clubs• Student created reading posters• Fast finishers activities or do now
activities.• Reader’s daily 1 minute report• Reader’s journals/list
How to get more student writing time ???• Do now activities• 1 sentence/paragraph
recommendations• Student driven newspaper• Peer reviewers• Student driven rubrics• Poetry contest• Posters
How to get more resources?
• Kids National Geographic (Kids.nationalgeographic.com) • Teen Ink (teenink.com)• Randall’s listening lab• (Esl-lab.com)• Ask students for recommendations/
– reading or website contributions
http://www.eslfast.com/supereasy/index.htm
http://www.kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids
teenink.com
http://www.teenink.com
• Your ideas and suggestions?
