Comments on: “What Would You Tell Your Parents You Learned In Class This Month?” http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2009/10/04/what-would-you-tell-your-parents-you-learned-in-class-this-month/ ...For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:45:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Magical Mystical Teacher http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2009/10/04/what-would-you-tell-your-parents-you-learned-in-class-this-month/comment-page-1/#comment-6467 Magical Mystical Teacher Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:03:02 +0000 http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=5587#comment-6467 Your story warmed my heart! Thanks for sharing it. Your story warmed my heart! Thanks for sharing it.

]]> By: Darren Elliott http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2009/10/04/what-would-you-tell-your-parents-you-learned-in-class-this-month/comment-page-1/#comment-6395 Darren Elliott Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:19:38 +0000 http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=5587#comment-6395 It's fascinating and sometimes surprising to see what made an impact. We often assume that our students are following no only what we are doing, but also why we are doing it (in a particular order, in relationship to previous classes). Once you realise that this is not the case, you can choose whether to point it out or not! I do a plenary after pretty much every class, to see if they got out of the lesson what I tried to put in... sometimes they do, sometimes they don't, but those tangents can be useful too. It’s fascinating and sometimes surprising to see what made an impact. We often assume that our students are following no only what we are doing, but also why we are doing it (in a particular order, in relationship to previous classes). Once you realise that this is not the case, you can choose whether to point it out or not!

I do a plenary after pretty much every class, to see if they got out of the lesson what I tried to put in… sometimes they do, sometimes they don’t, but those tangents can be useful too.

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