Month: October 2023

Personalization through Drawing Details (and Retells)

By Eric Richards Instructional Consulting, LLC / October 24, 2023 /

This activity is an excellent way to personalize a text/story and give students ownership of it. In this activity, students are not only supported in their engagement with the language, but they also get the benefits of repetition of the vocabulary and structures. What is more, they even get the benefits of drawing, including memory…

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Listen, Draw, and Discuss

By Eric Richards Instructional Consulting, LLC / October 23, 2023 /

This activity is similar to Read, Draw and Discuss, however it has a twist. You’ll notice that it is “Listen” and not “Read” in the title. It is an excellent way to scaffold support for listening comprehension with students. In this activity, students are not only supported in their engagement with listening and comprehending the…

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Read, Draw, and Discuss

By Eric Richards Instructional Consulting, LLC / October 10, 2023 /

The following post is courtesy of Keith Toda. He teaches Latin at Parkview High School, a public school in Lilburn, GA. He teaches with four other Latin teachers in one of the largest Latin programs in the nation (USA). I highly recommend that you bookmark his blog and come back to it. There is truly…

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Drawing a Beneficial Conclusion

By Eric Richards Instructional Consulting, LLC / October 1, 2023 /

A recently posted on an activity called “Read, Draw, and Discuss“. After incorporating this activity, I started incorporating whiteboards and drawing more often in my classes at all levels. (I will post more on how I incorporated them later. So, check back!) I originally did it, because my students enjoy it and are more engaged…

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