1. Freedom within Structure: How to Compose an Engaged Language Lesson and Class Dawn Wink September 23, 2013 Annual Conference for Teachers of English 2013 ELT Going Through Changes El Domínico Americano Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

2. Two Truths, One Lie

3. When you think of an engaged class, what does this look like? What is happening?

4. What well do: Concepts for composing an engaging, interactive, rigorous class/presentation/workshop. Specific strategies and activities

5. Concepts

6. One evening I walked into class and announced, Tonight we re going to talk about structure, well aware that I was stirring up a hornet s nest … I wanted to show structure not as restrictive, pharisaic law, but as a means of freedom. ~ Madeleine L Engle, A Circle of Quiet, p. 123 Freedom Within Structure

14. Pass the Paper

15. Think/Pair/Share

16. Mingle/Cocktail 1.Student-generated 2.Teacher-guided

17. Conversation Line

18. Conversation Circle

19. Graphic Organizers

21. Quickwrite

22. Teaching with Stones & Glass

23. New idea/learning for each stone.

24. Essential idea youll take away from today.

26. X X _ Pair/Share ________ _Concepts_______ X X _Pass the Paper___ X X _Pair/Share______ _Strategies________ X X _Mingle__________ X X _Conversation Line_ X X _Conversation Circle XX _ Graphic Org.____ _Teaching with Stones/Glass_______ X X _Essence of Ideas_ X X __Pair/Share____

27. _____________ X X _______________ ____________ X X _______________ X X ________________ ____________ X X ________________

28. Pass the Paper Think/Pair/Share Conversation Line Conversation Circle Mingle Individual Writing Graphic Organizers Quickwrite

29. Share your plans and ideas with your partner.

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