Adding humour to a lesson is always a recipe for success. Humour changes the dynamic of the class and helps students to see their lessons with a different frame of mind. This scaffold uses irony – the highest form of humour – to help make potentially dry material more inviting and accessible.
Adding humour to a lesson is always a recipe for success. Humour changes the dynamic of the class and helps students to see their lessons with a different frame of mind. This scaffold uses irony – the highest form of humour – to help make potentially dry material more inviting and accessible.
You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. A popular form of scaffolding is brainstorming or mindmapping, which is a form of assessing students’ past knowledge of any given topic. However, it is far from ideal as it tests students in a public manner, potentially embarrassing them. Further, only one student […]
You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of this scaffold here. theory behind scaffold… We’ve planned an incredibly dynamic lesson. We have techniques to lasso (quickly gather) our students into the circle-time area. We have calmed them down with one of our tried-and-true methods. Now what? Why do we still have to spend […]
You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. Language awareness is important for language learners at any age. This does not mean that we need to isolate grammar teaching, but rather intentionally incorporate and reinforce appropriate grammatical structures in content classes. As educators, we need to draw student attention to key […]
Oops, Restricted Content We are sorry but this post is restricted to folks that have purchased this page. Scaffolding with Irony (Higher Education) Add to cart Adding humour to a lesson is always a recipe for success. Humour changes the dynamic of the class and helps students to see their lessons with a different frame […]
