differentiation pdf

Differentiationusing a student’s interests to your advantage

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Which Statement Is True?

All students do really well in language class

Not all students do really well in language

class

A Successful and Unsuccessful Language

Student

Characteristics of a Successful Language

Student

Turn to your neighbor

and create a list

Characteristics of an Unsuccessful Language

Student

Turn to your neighbor

and create a list

Which Statement Is True?

All students want to do well in school

Not all students want to do well in school

Time To Vote

1. All students want to do

well in school

2. Not all students want to

do well in school

My Belief

My BeliefAll students want to do well

My BeliefAll students want to do well

Some students find it easy to do well in school

Some students find it difficult to do well in school

What type of Student were You?

1. Doing well in school was a easy for

me

2. Doing well in school was not

always easy for me

Student Interests

Create a list of student interests

Should teachers cater to

student’s interests

Why

orwhy not?

SimulationYou are stuck on an island in the middle of the ocean. To get off the island you must teach your students the following words in Mandarin:

•Strawberry•Blueberry•Apple •Pineapple•Banana•Orange

Your students

Silly Stella Laughing Lan

Ying

Joyful Joni Victorious

Vanessa

Cartoons

(Draw one)

Interests:

•Clothes

•Jewelry

•Games

Interests:

•Acting

•Jokes

•Dinosaurs

Interests:

•Art

•Comics

•Writing

Interests:

•Technology

•Music

•Sports

Technology and Language

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