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IMPROVING ENGLISH Ten Teaching Tools

IMPROVING ENGLISH Ten Teaching Tools. The English Department. The Empty Man. Post Its Galore!. Use Post-It notes to allow thinking and editing time ALWAYS get students to experiment with sequences – push their creative structuring of ideas and arguments. Windowsill Words.

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IMPROVING ENGLISH Ten Teaching Tools

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  1. IMPROVING ENGLISHTen TeachingTools The English Department

  2. The Empty Man.

  3. Post Its Galore! • Use Post-It notes to allow thinking and editing time • ALWAYS get students to experiment with sequences – push their creative structuring of ideas and arguments.

  4. Windowsill Words. Use the windowsill as a library of keywords for that lesson Encourage interaction and a variety of ways defining words Encourage collaboration to push and complicate definitions.

  5. The Four Bs (I don’t get it!) Encourage independence Don’t ask the teacher: Look at your B(ook) Look at the B(oard) Ask your B(uddy) Still unsure? Ask the B(oss)

  6. Hotter, Colder Chants. Pose questions that require thinking time Answer by saying hotter or colder to encourage thinking about better answers Allow students to feedback hotter/colder for extra collaboration Always push for the more complex (hotter) answers.

  7. Feedback: celebrate and qualify • WWW. EBI

  8. -Think Ink time - 30 seconds at least before you expect an answer-Ink/Pair/Share.

  9. Inner/Outer Groupings.

  10. Celebration of Students’ Work on all available Classroom Space.

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