1. Middle School Teachers Kuwait Day 2 Mary Lou McCloskey www.mlmcc.comwww.mlmcc.com Strategies for Teaching English Language to Middle School Learners

2. 1. COMMUNITY BUILDERS

3. STIR THE CLASS

4. Wordsplash (Strategy #38)

5. Ways to say “Hello” Word- splash (Strategy #38)

6. WordSplash from Tagul.com

7. Wordsplash Strategy #38 Wordsplash tools: Make Word Mosaic: http://www.imagechef.com/ic/word_mosaic/ Make Word Mosaic: http://www.imagechef.com/ic/word_mosaic/ Wordsift: www.wordsift.comwww.wordsift.com Word it Out: www.worditout.comwww.worditout.com Wordle: www.wordle.com

8. Stir the Class 1.Write 3 things about the topic. 2.“Walk” - Walk around the classroom. 3.“Freeze” – form group of 3 and share ideas. 4.Alternate “Walk” and “Freeze” 5.Review: Word Sort (Strategy #37)

9. More Community Builders to Come Things in Common ( Go To, p. 30) 3 Truths, 1 Lie ( Go To, p. 30 ) Team Names Go-To Strategies: http://www.cal.org/content/download/1906/22 045/file/go-to-strategies.pdf

10. THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEARNER

11. The Nature of the Middle School Child From child to young adult in 3 years – changes Doesn’t settle for long or stop to think – variety, learning and planning strategies Moving toward higher-order thinking – can do projects

12. Developmental Needs

16. moral – they are idealistic and want to have an impact on making the world a better place.

17. 4. Principles for Teaching Learners of English (and Practice Examples)

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19. 19 * Offer learners enjoyable, active roles in the learning experience

26. 26 * Help students develop and practice language through collaboration

28. 1. Create a card sequence of paired words, numbers, pictures, definitions, etc. Try to have one for each child. 2. Pass them out. 3. Ask who has the first card. 4. Ask and answer till you get to the end. 5. Trade cards and play again.