![]() Digitized historical documents are wonderful assets to the open curriculum, but are rarely editable and therefore hard to loop into a classroom-friendly curriculum. Many commercially produced digital textbooks and resources are licenced for use in only one classroom, school, or district at a time. According to the Department of Education, all OERs must be three things: digitized, free, and editable. As great assignments grow in their reach, though, it is hard to keep the personalization that individual teachers bring to the table from getting lost in translation.Īs educators continue sharing with wider audiences, it will be important to figure out how teacher-generated resources will be received into the world of Open Educational Resources (OERs). Digital platforms have use beyond just ease of editing, though: They are helping teachers bring their best ideas and materials to audiences much larger than the tight-knit communities of copy rooms and teacher’s lounges. As the years passed and my larder of teaching materials grew fat, I started sharing digital copies of my tried-and-true materials with newer teachers over Google Drive, where they could easily edit to fit their needs and developing teaching styles. ![]() I tailored what I found in these treasure troves to fit my own style of teaching and the needs of my specific classes. In my first year teaching, I was saved by the binders upon binders of activities, quizzes, and other tools that seasoned teachers shared with me. Whether it is a homework assignment, a rubric, or a classroom game, teachers build a lot of their curricula on shared materials, authored and tested by experienced peers. These are sweet stories that build on teachers’ well-deserved reputations for sharing with students, but teachers’ work also thrives on the amount of behind-the-scenes sharing they do with one another. If you have difficulty downloading the materials see the download section of the Help page.A time-honored nugget of the political stump speech is the anecdote about the teacher who brings breakfast for a hungry student in need, or maybe the one who purchases supplies out-of-pocket for an underfunded classroom. The plans and worksheets are downloadable and in pdf format. Worksheets: exercises which can be printed out for use in class.įor more storytelling ideas see ' Once upon a time' by John Morgan & Mario Rinvolucri: Cambridge University Press (1984). Lesson plan: guide for teacher on procedure including answers to tasks. To develop the ability to understand and accurately use a range of narrative tenses.To develop the ability to tell a story fluently.The lesson also includes a grammatical focus session that aims to develop understanding of the meaning and form of narrative tenses. It starts with fluency practice and works towards developing accuracy. ![]() The lesson is based on an idea from 'Once Upon a time' by John Morgan & Mario Rinvolucri. ![]() This lesson is aimed at developing the ability to tell stories or anecdotes. Narrative, telling stories and anecdotes forms an important part of our everyday communication. ![]()
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