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| Title | FL Literature Circles conducted in English |
| Body | From: Joyce Dittrich, NBCT of Roanoke Country Schools on FLTEACH Sometime ago I had asked if anyone could recommend a story for both AP French and Spanish students. As a response to this request, several members were totally aghast that we might even consider working the stories in the target languages and discussed in English. A wonderful recommendation for a story was made and we locked into it: El hombre que plantaba arboles, by Jean Giono or L'hommme qui plantait des arbres. My colleague and I set up the work for our students following an awesome lesson plan by Dr. Sarah Jourdain. We incorporated literature circle discussion roles. The students worked on journals, the reading of the story and preparation for the circle outside of class. Each student had a series of tasks that used the target language. The circle was in English.Target date: everyone showed up and everyone was prepared. In our entire teaching careers (20+ years each) neither one of us had ever had such a wonderful experience. Students were thanking us for letting them do this. When told that many people thought it might not be the best practice to get the two languages together to discuss in the native language, their response was why it was so awesome. Their take on it was that they used the target language to read and appreciate the story and used their native language orally to share thoughts that they might not have been able to express in the tl but which were so eloquent in English. I could go on about the discoveries the students made! In addition, we are having a guest from the forest service to talk with our students and we are planting a tree in honor of the whole activity. There were so many connections that students made from this story to their lives. We are HSTW site and another vocational tie is strong: the importance of being happy in what you do in your life. Yes, we took a huge risk in creating this integrated lesson. It was so worth the time. I'd like to publicly thank the list member for the story suggestion and the link to Dr. Jourdain's site and of course, to thank Dr. Jordain. http://www.geocities.com/sarahjourdain/Giono-arbres.html |
| Source | Joyce Dittrich |
| Inputdate | 2004-03-19 15:19:00 |
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