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Dare to Differentiate!
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Multilevel class scenario• Has this happened to you? Ms. Angelo has her class of 30 complete an
exercise in the book that has them write the present continuous form of the base verb. After 2 minutes 10 Ss have finished the activity quickly and they start talking to each other. There conversation is in Spanish and not about the topic. Other Ss have barely started. They are having trouble and she goes to assist them.
• What is the challenge this teacher is facing?
Factors to consider• Different educational background• Different literacy levels• Different levels of English
Our reality as EFL teachers• Every EFL class is multilevel to some
degree. • Some classes levels are much more
exaggerated than others.
• Is there a solution?
Of course!• Differentiation
• Can you plan 2 different lessons? This is differentiation, but it is hugely time consuming.
What is differentiation?
• It is using certain strategies and organizing activities in your lesson so that all students of varying levels are able to succeed.
• It is the choices you make that make the activities, etc. accessible to all your Ss.
Which one includes more Ss?
Class discussion on hobbies
Class discussion on hobbies
Teacher asks a question and the Ss answer(10min.)
Teacher writes a question on the boardSs write an answer and then check their answers with a partner(5min.)Teacher asks a question and the Ss answer(5min.)
Strategies• Tiered activities(routes of access)• Multilevel Activities• Flexible Grouping - Mixed ability and same
ability pairing and grouping techniques• Task based learning(projects)• More scaffolding• Modified activities• Flexible assignments
Tiered ActivityThe teacher manipulates an activity so that it is
achievable and challenging for each level. • Present continuous• A. 1. Fill in the blank• B. 1. Fill in the blank 2. check with a partner• C. 1. Fill in the blank 2. check with a partner
3. Switch the verb in the sentence that will
still keep the meaning of the sentence. Ex. She is playing football. walking
• *• *I want to make clear that I’m not asking
you to teach them LESS, just give the lower level Ss more support/scaffolding and the higher level Ss room to expand.
My objective
• SWBAT change a sentence from positive to negative in present tense by comparing pictures in a pair activity.
• Douglas Reeves describes this as “not uniformity of work, but similarity of proficiency."
• The idea is that students can gain proficiency even when completing different types of assignments or a different number of assignments (one big project vs. five smaller assignments).
SWBAT write a 6 line adjective poem
• Challenge: you know that a certain group of your Ss will fly through this and another group will have trouble thinking of adjectives.
Courage Courage is invisible
Is invisible, temporary Is invisible, temporary, misunderstood Is invisible,temporary,misunderstood,discouraged
Courage
Multilevel Activities
• Same activity, but it allows Ss to go at their own pace or contribute what they can.
Speaking/Listening
SWBAT describe someone putting on their clothes using the present continuous while watching a video.
Writing
• Dialogue Journals
Dialogue Journals• Dear Ms. Emma,How are you? Today
I’m very excited because I had a presentcionn en the class of english and it was great!
Ruth
Dear Ruth, I’m doing great! I’m
so happy for you that your English presentation went so well! What was it about?
Emma
Emma, today I go to school ,
but forgot my homeowrk.
Luisa
Luisa, I’m sorry that you
forgot your homework. Did you tell the teacher?
Emma
Dear Teacher Karin, Today was a very bad day.
My father was crying to day because of the death of my mother last year. I miss her, too. I went to my grandmother’s house. Everyone was sad there, too. Thank you for the English class, Miss Karin. I love it!
Yessenia
• Dear Yessenia,
Comic strips
Flexible Grouping
• Same ability pairs/groups• Mixed ability pairs/groups
Mixed grouping- speaking
• Show a picture and in groups the “lower level” student will answer the questions(“Yes, she is wearing a hat”.)
Professions
Newspaper Template- multilevel writing
Multilevel Grouping- speaking•
• Video – robbery – role play• – write dialogue• – one student is “low level”• - everyone has to speak 5 lines
Flexiblehomework• Flexible Assignments:
• After reading a story:a. Write a diary entry as the main characterb. Write what the character would be like if
they lived in present day Guatemalac. Draw and write captions for a comic of a
day in the life of the main character
Student comment“ “I enjoyed having a choice of what
project to do. It allowed me to focus on things that I thought were interesting, and thus I did a better job and worked harder on my project because it was less of a chore. I also think the choices were diverse enough that it allowed for a variety of people to be successful.”
Reading – Jigsaw – Tiered Assigment
• Fiction Story• Adapt the first part for the lower level
students• Use a jigsaw activity