London

november 2024

a weekend in london

AB25

index

1- Context

6- Procedures

7- Materials

2- Class

8- Methodologies and Approaches

3- Key to Success

9- Assessment

4- The Role of Technology

10- Thanks

5- Aims

context

• SCHOOL: It is middle school with a Manager who is focused on providing technological instrument to the students, and continuous teachers training.

• AREA: The school is situated in the backcountry of Genoa.

• CULTURAL BACKGROUND: There is a gap among students who really enjoy English subject and students who are not interested in.

Class

CEFR LEVEL:

CLASS:

COMPOSITION

22 students of which 19 females, 3 males.

It's a 8th grade class.

Mostly A2, a couple of B1.

GENERAL BEHAVIOUR MOTIVATION:

TIME OF THE YEAR:

TIMING:

Half an hour.

SS are responsible but perky and get bored easily.

Second term.

Class

DIGITAL COMPETENCE:

HETEROGENEITY, HOMOGENEITY:

SENs and SPLDs:

SS often tend to form fixed group, but they have their own balance.

Used to training and tests online on several online platforms, either in class or at home.

2 SS with Dyslexia.

Class SETTING FOR GROUP WORK

PNSD L107/2015

#ACTION 7 INNOVATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS

KEYS TO SUCCESS

• 3 Basic Needs
• Working in ZPD
• Deep Processing
• Familiar Topics
• ITC Gradual Use
• Bring their own materials

• Differentiations in methods/times/ content/

process/materials/outputs

• Compensatory ITC Use
• Peer to Peer Tutoring

STUDENTS MOTIVATION

L.170/2010

LEARNER CENTRED

• Using personal ideas
• Creative outputs
• Continuous feedback

L.104/92

PERSONALISATION

INDIVIDUALIZATION

DIR.MIUR 27/12/2012

THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY

INCLUSION

ASSESSMENT

MOTIVATION

Flexible (time, need and situated place) Learning

Personalised Learning

Wider exposure to English

Social Learning

Authentic Language

Autonomy

Feedback

global aims-lifelong skills

European Lifelong Skills 2018

LEARNING TO LEARN COMPETENCES

MULTILINGUAL COMPETENCES

CULTURAL AWARENESS AND EXPRESSION

DIGITAL COMPETENCES

CITIZENSHIP COMPETENCE

KEY COMPETENCES FOR LIFELONG SKILLS 2018

global aims-descriptors

New descriptors from CEFR COMPANION 2018

CEFR 2020

PRODUCTION

RECEPTION

INTERACTION

MEDIATION

SPECIFIC AIMS & PRE-REQUISITES

New descriptors from CEFR COMPANION 2018

By the end of the lesson:

What they know/ they have performed:

SS will learn the main attractions and monuments of London. They will know the main habits of Londoners. They will be able how to use prepositions of place and how to ask for right directions to discover the city. SS will acquire vocabulary about travel and tourism.

• Simple Past
• Have been/Gone
• Present Perfect

DM 6528/07/2010

CEFR 2020

PROCEDURES

Let's get to work- DAY 1- 2 hours

Warm-up 5 MIN

Engage 5 MIN

Engage-Study 40 MIN

Study- Activate 20 MIN + 20 MIN + 10 MIN

Wrap- Up 5 MIN

Guess the subject of the Day (Wordle)

Youtube Video (A virtual tour in London)

Practise Englishlistening/ writing skills (British Council, Classroom)

Function Gaming Practice

Function Gaming Challenge

Time for feedback

T: Presenter Facilitator Guide Guide Facilitator Resumer SS: Players Active Rule-Builders Active Writers Self-observers

5 minutes activity-warm up

The Teacher gives some clues on how to guess the general theme of the day.

5 minutes activity-warm up

The Teacher prepares a word(CITY) connected to the theme of the day, and the students have to guess what the word is. This work as a warm up and as an alternative brainstorming on the words they know.

40 minutes activity-from engage to study

Phase 1

Phase 2

The teacher proposes a listening activity to improve this skill.

On classroom the students begin to write a sort of London guide tour.

20 minutes activity-from engage to study recap scheme and maps for sen

Phase 3

The class and the teacher review prepositions of place and the main differences about simple past and present perfect.

10 minutes activity-activate

Students reply, individually practicing what they have just learnt.

Teacher and students have immediate feedback.

10 minutes activity-activate (speaking)

The class is divided in two groups, but they answer the questions individually. They have immediate feedback.

5 minutes activity-activate (writing & speaking task)

The teacher explains the students that as a homework they will be asked to realise a tale where they have to explain how to reach one of their favourite highlights in London. The story will be recorded on Flipgrid after writing the whole script. Classmates will comment the videos if they found some mistakes.

5 minutes activity wrap-up

The teacher always provides the students a form to share their thoughts.

student's feedback

Students can give their feedback, leave their comments in a google form created by the teacher.

materials & activities

differentiation for sen

1. Wordle
2. Youtube Video
3. Quizzizz
4. Fortune Wheel
5. Book
6. Flipgrid

1. INCLUSIVE
2. INCLUSIVE!just for fun
3. MORE TIME
4. Presenter can be helped by peers
5. MINDMAP
6. INCLUSIVE! immersive reading

methodologies & approaches

Engage Study Activate

Learner as an Active Social Agent Technology as part of the learning process Changes in what we learn with how we learn where we learn

ESA

Technology Enhanced Avanced Learning Communicative Language teaching

LEARNER CENTRED

CTL

SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISM

TEAL

assessment

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT CONTINUOUS OBSERVATION

STUDENTS FEEDBACK

TEACHERS SELF ASSESSMENT on INCLUSION

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IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK (for both T and SS)

on MOTIVATION

on HOW THEY FEEL

on EFFECTIVENESS

continuous observation - 1

Every time a new subject is studied, students train on Quizizz and get immediate feedback. The teacher follow on the screen and can help them while thy are working.The results are visible and can be corrected on the IWB.

evaluation rubric group - task- 2

evaluation rubric group - writing - 3

teacher's self- assessment

HOW COULD IT BE CHANGED TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE NEXT TIME?

WAS THE ACTIVITY SUCCESSFUL?

WHAT DID THEY GET FROM IT?

DID THE STUDENTS ENJOY IT?

DO THEY LEARN ANYTHING FROM IT?

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