Thanks so much. I love the idea!



>From: "Kathryn Quinn" <tcqmom at adelphia.net>

>Reply-To: The Adult English Language Learners Discussion 

>List<englishlanguage at nifl.gov>

>To: "The Adult English Language Learners Discussion 

>List"<englishlanguage at nifl.gov>

>Subject: [EnglishLanguage 836] Re: meaningful activities 

>thataddresslearners'identities

>Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 11:02:40 -0500

>

>Anne:

>In my level 1 classes a few weeks into the class, I draw a stick figure

>woman in the center with lots of circles around the outside.  Across the 

>top

>I write "My name is Kathy Quinn."  Then I write simple sentences that we

>have looked at already.  "I am from.." I speak English"  I live in ...  "I

>am married.  "   "I have 2 children."  "I live with.."   "I teach English.

>"I am 56 years old.  "My birthday is.."  "I have blue eyes.'"  I have light

>brown hair."  Then I give them each a paper with an appropriate gender 

>stick

>figure and have them fill in a circle as we look at the sentence in my

>circle.  We talk about upper case and lower case letters as I and as they

>write.

>There are always a few circles left empty so I give them the chance to

>suggest other information we can include.  They usually suggest "I like..."

>Then we decide to write my story.  We number the sentences in the order we

>want to include them and on another large poster we write my story 

>together.

>I ask them to write their stories at home.  When they bring them in I have

>them read them to the class, always followed by generous applause.  

>Finally,

>I copy them and we put them in a book for everyone to read.  We add a class

>picture in the front.

>

>Kathryn Quinn

>Frederick Maryland

>

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