tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057784862632486139.post2019836386049313990..comments2023-11-03T04:49:42.477-04:00Comments on au soleil levant: au soleil levanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064160087622989411noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057784862632486139.post-62437818849128974892008-01-31T14:35:00.000-05:002008-01-31T14:35:00.000-05:00Leah, you are my teaching goddess. Thank you so m...Leah, you are my teaching goddess. Thank you so much for all of your tips, you have no idea how much they help!au soleil levanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11064160087622989411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057784862632486139.post-10908380975240642862008-01-31T08:45:00.000-05:002008-01-31T08:45:00.000-05:00Oh! I forgot one thing...about changing activitie...Oh! I forgot one thing...about changing activities. At my stage in '04, I got what I found to be really useful advice. The rule of 7. Never teach more than 7 words at a time and never have an activity be longer than 7 minutes. I like to change activities every 5-7 minutes even if it means the same sorts of games/activities that they've played before in other classes...I really find it to be true. Good luck!Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698816373406087611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057784862632486139.post-62145978536088040802008-01-31T08:42:00.000-05:002008-01-31T08:42:00.000-05:00Oh man, I can't seem to NOT comment on your blog t...Oh man, I can't seem to NOT comment on your blog these days! K, a few things-I'm glad to hear the star chart got them excited, but you're right, it's only a tool to help motivate them, it won't solve all your discipline problems. You can also manipulate how you work it and, for example, when kids are bad, write their names on the board as a warning and tell them, if they misbehave again, they will get no sticker or some other punishment(lines, kicked out of English class, a letter home to their parents etc) They won't be happy to have their name on the board at all. You can work it over one class, one week or even just as you go along keep track. <BR/><BR/>For ex:<BR/>Name=warning<BR/>NameX=no star<BR/>NameXX=lines<BR/>NameXXX=letter/kicked out of class<BR/><BR/>Or something like that anyways...<BR/><BR/>For the whole class, you can try what I said in another comment to get them to stop talking and if that doesn't work, you can make the entire class sit in silence for one full minute. This will seem like for-ev-er to them, but you have to make sure you tell them that if they start talking or misbehave, the minute starts all over again. The kids who behave will get really annoyed with the misbehavers and normally, you'll get a whole minute done and they will calm down.<BR/><BR/>I could write a freakin novel about the putting down vs praising techniques of France and the US, but I won't. Basically, I agree with most of what you have noticed. That's why they loooove English class and also why they can easily go hog-wild with you whereas the other teachers can get them to behave.<BR/><BR/>Ps-With the lines, make sure you explain to them what the lines mean in French if you're having them write in English because it will have a lot more meaning. Also, that was a good idea to put a sticker on those kids papers that were behaving because it's good positive reinforcement for them and also might encourage the bad apples to behave the next time.Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698816373406087611noreply@blogger.com