CommunicationSpringSummer... - Ontario Modern Language ...

OMLTA/AOPLVL’ÉCRITUREAfter a solid month of oral practice of our routines, I gave the students pencils and journals and askedthem to write a paragraph about themselves using the rehearsed language of the dialogue we had beenpracticing. I removed all the sentence strips and anchor charts. I told them that spelling was not myconcern. Their focus was on correct sentence structure and content. I told them «tu peux le dire, alorstu peux l‟écrire».Do you know what happened? THEY ALL WROTE A PARAGRAPH IN FRENCH by themselves!!!!!!!! Even my students with IEPs and the four English Language Learners who barely speak anyEnglish. Their sentences were complete, all the components were there and I couldn‟t be prouder of mystudents!The students will now be working on their summative projects, where they will create a skit using theselearned language structures to make a video!STUDENT REFLECTIONSI had students write their responses on a large sticky note and then I taped the feedbackto a Bristol board and posted it on the French bulletin board inside the school.J’apprends le Français1. How does learning French in this new way (through dialogues) make you feel?2. How does understanding “if you can say it, you can write it” apply to your life?3. Have you been presented with a situation where you have used what you have learned in French classthis year? What happened? How did you feel? How was it useful? In what other situations do you think youwill use what you have learned? How do you think it will be useful?My Observations: This works! I am now organizing my Long Range Plans with this model as my guide andmy base. If you can say it, you can write it: I am a believer!