All teachers provide students with feedback and rubrics, but do students truly use these tools to improve proficiency? A few simple adjustments to instructional practices can yield huge improvements in students' understanding of their own learning. Come examine practical techniques to improve rubrics, implement feedback, manage your grading load, and increase student buy-in, leading to improved student performance. With effective feedback, student-friendly rubrics, and a classroom culture of reflection, every student will experience more growth!
In this interactive session, participants will explore strategies and tools to create meaningful, engaging learning experiences that build proficiency. Through real-world applications and authentic resources, the session will highlight high-leverage practices that boost student engagement and confidence. Topics include strategies that support student interactions in all 3 modes of communication through effective use of authentic resources. Participants will explore how an intentional and effective learning cycle meets students' needs and interests, encouraging learners to continue their language learning journey.
The Paris Summer Olympics are over, but not forgotten! Come explore how we might utilize the spectacle that was the 2024 Opening Ceremony in our French classrooms to connect our 21st-century students with centuries of French artistic and intellectual output as they were showcased in one ceremony intended for a world-wide audience.
This session will share assignments that tap into student creativity by first asking them to imagine modifications to an existing bande dessinée or other graphic text and then tasking them with creating their own original work combining images and text. These assignments can be used across a range of levels, with individuals or groups, as a short activity or longer project. Attendees will brainstorm possible variations. Sample assignment description, peer feedback form, and assessment rubric will be provided.
