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A 2: It's Raining Comprehensible Input! Maximizing Classroom Communication via "INPUT
FLOOD"
Presenter(s): Jason Fritze, NBCT, Laguna Beach Unified
School District |
FLOOD the classroom
with Comprehensible Input and your students will maximize language acquisition at ALL levels and eagerly demonstrate their
gains on standards-based assessments. Experience and practice methods & strategies that provide the ideal weather conditions
for language acquisition, allowing your students to grow, blossom and communicate with joy and ease.
Appropriate Level: All
Language Focus: All Languages
Major Focus: Methods
Maximum
Number: 30 |
C 3: Cuestiones éticas
Presenter(s):
Deborah B. Forster, Redondo Union High School |
Teachers will be shown how to implement this thematic unit, Cuestiones
éticas, designed especially to address all the new components of the AP Spanish Language Exam. The presentation will
address all areas included in the new examination format: aural/oral skills, reading comprehension, grammar and composition.
Participants in the workshop will receive all materials presented as well as suggestions for implementation.
Major Focus: AP/IB / Special Emphasis: No Child Left Behind
Appropriate
Level(s): Secondary, College/University Language Focus: Spanish Maximum
Number: 40
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C 4: The Collaborative Classroom: Personalized Instruction and Strategies that Engage All Learners Presenter(s): Cynthia Leathers, Redondo Union High
School |
Looking for ways to make your classroom more wonderful than wild?
This workshop offers a variety of methods to teach and inspire as well as deal with the many demands of the world language
classroom of the 21st Century. Activities and strategies presented will range from basic classroom management to personalized
guided practice to engaging ways to assess student proficiency. Hands-on and collaborative activities will allow teachers
to grapple with the always challenging issues of homework, daily comprehensible input, keeping reluctant learners engaged
and assessment.
Major Focus: Methods / Special Emphasis: New Teachers (1 - 3 yrs.)
Appropriate Level(s): Secondary Language Focus: All Languages Maximum Number: 50
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D 3: Argentina, ¡Vivid la cultura!
Presenter(s): Diana Muñoz, Redondo Union High School |
Bringing culture into a Spanish for Spanish Speaker class not only
supports the new State Standards but it also engages and motivates students to learn more about their cultural roots and native
language. This session will provide participants with an array of listening, reading, writing, speaking and cultural activities
that you and your students will love.
Major Focus: Culture / Special Emphasis: Heritage
Speakers
Appropriate Level(s): Secondary Language Focus: Spanish Maximum Number: 50
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D 4: AP Preparation - It Starts with Level One! Presenter(s): Shari Kaulig & Lynda Fine, Los Alamitos High School |
A carefully articulated program will prepare students for success
in Advanced Placement. Beginning with level one, students can practice the skills needed for AP through personally relevant
and interesting classroom activities.
Major Focus: Curriculum/Articulation
Appropriate Level(s): Secondary, College/University Language Focus: French,
Spanish Maximum Number: 40
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E 1: De toros y tablaos: Spanish & Flamenco Dance and Bullfighting Presenter(s): Tina Matic, Oxford Academy |
Explore the Spanish arts of bullfighting and dance! Learn about
the corrida de toros through an authentic, dynamic, and detailed multimedia presentation, then master the moves of
the Sevillanas and Rumba Flamenca quickly and easily, to enjoy and share these cultural treasures with your students! NCLB
focus: cross-curricular connections and classroom management techniques.
Major Focus:
Culture / Special Emphasis: No Child Left Behind
Appropriate Level(s): All Language
Focus: Spanish Maximum Number: 50
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E 9: The Wild & Wonderful World of Guided Practice: COACH Activities and Strategies for Every
Language Class Presenter(s):
Robin Edwards, Lakewood High School; Tina Livingstone, El Dorado High School |
Keep all language learners engaged with a variety of motivational
guided practices that increase interest in language learning. Templates and instructions will be provided during the session.
Participants will be taught how to customize these activities to their own book, vocabulary and classroom. Come participate
in a true hands-on workshop.
Major Focus: Methods
Appropriate
Level(s): All Language Focus: All Languages Maximum Number:
50
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