Identifying my school difficulties

February 18

This is a segment of Freedom Writers movie. Teacher Erin wants to know more about her students' lives, so she plays the "line game". What have your strategies been  to know more about your pupils?

Enjoy it and do the exercise:

http://moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogspot.com/2010/04/freedom-writers-indirect-questions.html

PROJECT WORK

Based on the topics you have chosen for your projects, go to the link that is the most interesting for you:

Recycling

http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/home_family/go_green.html#cat20068

http://www.svswa.org/kids_recycling_projects.cfm

http://www.recyclinggarbage.net/

http://www.sjrecycles.org/residents/rec_garb.asp

http://ecoble.com/2008/03/12/10-unusually-creative-ways-to-recycle-ordinary-objects/

Bullying

http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/emotion/bullies.html

http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/school/poll_bullying.html#cat20067

Living with a single parent

http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/home_family/single_parents.html#cat20068

What is a divorce?

http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/home_family/divorce.html#cat20068

Drugs

http://kidshealth.org/kid/grow/index.html#cat20185

Violent games 

http://www.suite101.com/content/violent-games-teach-children-violence-a75973

http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1596677/violent_video_games_cause_aggression_among_children/

Sexual health

http://kidshealth.org/teen/sexual_health/

Reading aloud

http://seminarcourselicenciados3.blogspot.com/

http://www.readinga-z.com/
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr081.shtml

Task to do in class:

With your own words, describe what your topic is about