Monday, April 8th, Day 138 Returning from a much needed Spring Break, which means . . . . 1.) Card Talk (Feriae Vernales – “Spring Break”) What? Again? Yes! Now no longer in the future tense, but now in the past tense (sadly, Spring Break has come and gone). The Card Talk was even better, …
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A Year in F7 – Week 30
Monday, March 25th, Day 133 StoryListening/Narrate and Draw/Storytelling: “Tres Porcelli” (The Three Little Pigs) 1.) Storytelling/Narrate and Draw: So, not every day can be a success, right? I tried very hard to tell the story of the Three Little Pigs, drawing the pictures along with the story, and ask the students questions about what would …
A Year in F7 – Week 29
This stretch before spring break is always difficult. We are in the fourth quarter now, and I am experiencing that phenomenon where the days are short but the class periods are long. This time of year there is a lot of wandering attention, a lot of side conversations, a lot of blurting, a lot of …
A Year in F7 – Week 28
Monday, March 11th, Day 123 1.) Discussion/One Word Image a.) Character creation (physical characteristics/preferences/fears/talents) b.) Problem: use generic problems first, then specific NOTA BENE: I have found that discussing the characters possible problems briefly in English is way more efficient and clear that trying to stay in the TL. After we settle on two or …
A Year in F7 -Week 27
Monday, March 4, Day 119 Calendar Talk – “Ides of March” To prepare the student for the Ides of March, I made the password for the next two weeks: “cave Idus Martias” Prep Time: 10 minutes Interrogatio/discipulus illustris – Theme “expers” A twist on the student interview. I asked the students to fill me in …
A Year in F7 – Week 26
MONDAY, February 25th, Day 114 OWI – Character creation (animal) Reflection: I chose “animal” as the category because Wednesday’s Watch and Discuss/Movie Talk activity involves an animal, and the class character could be used in an alternate version of the story. I followed Mike Peto’s character creation sequence, and included brain breaks whenever I felt …
A Year in F7: Week 25
Monday, February 18th President’s Day – No School. Tuesday, February 19th, Day 110 1.) One Word Image (OWI) Reflection: I’m trying this again in order to get better at creating an entire character in a short amount of time (15 minutes of so). I did this by asking more questions about personality, rather than …
A Year in F7 – Week 24
Monday, February 11th, Day 105 1.) Card Talk/Picturae Verae et Falsae: Quid egisti biduo? (what did you do on the weekend?) We had a long weekend, and students seemed eager to talk about it; therefore, I had the students draw two pictures: one depicts Prep Time: 0 minutes 2.) Picture Talk: Pictura Vera/Pictura Falsa After …
A Year in F7 – Week 23
Monday, February 4th – Day 103 1.) Storytelling/Storyasking (using Rory’s Story Cube and One Upon a Time storytelling cards) Students turned over the cards to provide options for characters, locations, objects, and emotions. I use Rory’s Story Cubes to provide options for actions (I have the blue Action sect). I found both of these resources …
A Year in F7 – Week 22
Monday, January 28th, Day 99 1.) Picture Talk Still image captures from the short film “Piper” (Talk and Discuss to continue) Prep Time: 10 minutes 2.) MovieTalk/Talk and Discuss This is based based on the short Pixar film “Piper” Prep Time: 15 minutes 3.) Ridiculum! using the MovieTalk text Prep Time: 5 minutes 4.) Quick …
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