[NIFL-ESL:10711] Re: Field trips with large classes

From: Anna Voellmecke (anna@orthodox.org)
Date: Thu Feb 03 2005 - 09:54:38 EST


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At 10:49 PM 2/2/2005, you wrote:

>I feel unsure about taking a field trip with a large
>group.

Are these adult students? If so, it will be easy to make expectations 
known. Are they teens or younger? Then you will have to limit their 
independent time. Tours give very good information and are used to working 
with groups. The museum may be able to give you materials that you could 
use to prepare worksheets before field trip day.

Put them into mixed language groups the day before the field trip. Have 
some little activity for them to do while they are there -- not something 
burdensome, but make it an assignment which will count for their daily 
grade. They could look for specific things (content) or write new words 
(you could focus on different parts of speech). You could require each 
group to compose a summary of the day. Make sure they still have some fun!

The possibilities are endless.

Good luck!

Anna V.



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