Topic: Assessment with Rubrics
Date: Wednesday, September 10th
Time: 17:00 hrs.
Place: Cátedra Alicia Goyena
Presenter: Profesora Margarita Domenech

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Discover Debate, a new English text for 5th year liceo students and teachers
Description:
Discover Debate walks students step by step through acquiring the necessary skills to think critically about issues, to participate in debates, and to use both in life outside of the classroom.
“Discover Debate is not about issues, it is about how we talk about issues.”
Structure of lessons:
* Discover: unit target skill introduced * Model: target skill presented * Language Focus: practice language * Controlled Practice: combine unit target skill and language * (...)

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Fulbrighters Elizabeth Hall, Marylin Rodriguez and Catherine Housholder are in Montevideo working at different levels
Catherine Housholder is working at IAVA and her mentor is Norma Diaz
Marylin Rodriguez will be working with those teachers that want to practise their English in the Teaching Forums (we will be setting place and time in a few days)
Elizabeth Hall is working some days at Inspeccion de Ingles and some others at the IPA
We are welcoming them and we hope they spend a great time in our (...)

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Discussion: Process and Principles, a new English text for 6th year liceo students and teachers
Description:
Discussion helps students acquire the necessary skills to share ideas and experiences, to think critically about various positions, and to make informed decisions.
Language Teaching Approach:
This text uses a communicative language approach that focuses its lessons on real-life situations. By integrating listening, writing and speaking activities, students have the opportunity to improve their English. Student not only use English in authentic situations but also learn very (...)

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Getting Ready for Speech
Description:
Getting Ready for Speech helps students acquire the language and presentation skills necessary to confidently give speeches.
Language Teaching Approach:
This beginning level text walks students step by step through the speech making and giving process. Lessons are task-based and allow students to gradually acquire the necessary language skills and confidence to give speeches in front of peers. By using language to communicate in authentic contexts, skills acquired are transferable to other courses and life outside of school.
Structure of Lessons: (...)

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Thirty English teachers from throughout the country gathered in Montevideo for a two day workshop July 29th and 30th. These teachers are candidates for the new mentor program that will support high school English teachers in each department. The program will create one or two PAD (Profesor Articulador Departamental) positions in each department. The PAD teachers will work directly with Shirley Romano, the Inspectora de Inglés, as well as high school English teachers in their respective departments. During the two day seminar, these teachers worked with Senior Specialist Spencer Salas from (...)

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Public Affairs Officer Robert Zimmerman and Cultural Affairs Specialist Verónica Perez-Urioste from the USA Embassy in Montevideo distributed new textbooks for each high school during a recent English workshop. The new books will help teachers develop and implement discussions and debates with their 5th and 6th year students. The new titles are: Discover Debate, Discussion, and Getting Ready for Speech.

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Lisa Price and Mark Ahn collaborated to write the new dialogue for 3rd year liceo students. You will find the dialogue along with introductory notes and hints attached.

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Teachers! Practice your English with Fulbrighter Marylin Rodriguez. Take advantage of this chance to discuss various topics of interest in this FREE forum.
Teaching English Forum Who: Liceo English Teachers
When: Mondays—19:00-20:30 (Inspección, 1º Piso) Tuesdays—10:00-11:30 and 16:00-17:30 (Cátedra) Thursdays—16:00-17:30 (Cátedra)
Classes will begin: AUGUST 18, 2008
Where: Cátedra: Pablo de María 1079 Inspección: Juncal 1395
How to Register: Reply to article on TEN website. Please include: Name, Liceo, prefered attendence time, e-mail (...)

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Spencer Salas spent time with various teacher groups during his 10 day visit to Montevideo. The documents attached were used in his talks about civic education and in-service teacher traning.

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Spencer Salas spent time with various teacher groups during his 10 day visit to Montevideo. The documents attached were used in his talks with pre-service teachers at CERP-Atlantida. The talks focused on discussion circles as a way to teach as well as the importance of dialogue and inquiry in the language classroom.

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Spencer Salas spent time with various teacher groups during his 10 day visit to Montevideo. The documents attached were used in his talks on sharing and responding in the classroom.

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Peer-Observation
Why? To develop and improve teaching, to provide feedback on various aspects of teaching and classroom management from a fellow teacher, and to foster collaboration and a team environment.
Research on Peer Observation: Many institutions of higher learning have done research on peer observation. Refer to the links below for more information on Peer Observation and sample forms for its execution.
1. Brief, one page evaluation tool. This tool encourages teachers to have pre and post-visit conferences and provide general criterion for classroom visits. See document for (...)

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Margarita Domenech gave a presentation Sept. 10 on ASSESSMENT WITH RUBRICS. The attached document gives detailed information on various types of assessment, rubrics, as well as references for further reading.

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NEW START DATE!
Teachers! Practice your English with Fulbrighter Marylin Rodriguez. Take advantage of this chance to discuss various topics of interest in this FREE forum.
Teaching English Forum
Who: Liceo English Teachers
When:
Tuesdays—10:00-11:30 and 16:00-17:30 (Cátedra)
Thursdays—16:00-17:30 (Cátedra)
Classes will begin: AUGUST 26, 2008
Where: Cátedra: Pablo de María 1079
How to Register: Reply to: inspeccioningles@gmail.com
Please put CONVERSATION FORUMS in the SUBJECT line.
Also, include: Name, Liceo, prefered attendence time, e-mail (...)

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NEW START DATE!
Teachers! Practice your English with Fulbrighter Marylin Rodriguez. Take advantage of this chance to discuss various topics of interest in this FREE forum.
Teaching English Forum
Who: Liceo English Teachers
When:
Tuesdays—10:00-11:30 and 16:00-17:30 (Cátedra)
Thursdays—16:00-17:30 (Cátedra)
Classes will begin: AUGUST 26, 2008
Where: Cátedra: Pablo de María 1079
How to Register: Reply to: inspeccioningles@gmail.com
Please put CONVERSATION FORUMS in the SUBJECT line.
Also, include: Name, Liceo, prefered attendence time, e-mail (...)

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Attention: TEACHERS IN THE NORTH OF URUGUAY
See the attached document for detailed information on workshops and training on the XO computers (Plan Ceibal). These workshops will be held in Salto from September 25-28.
Las inscripciones, la asistencia es libre y gratuita, pueden realizarse a través del siguiente formulario:
http://www.linuxsalto.org/?q=node/2

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Wikies
What is a Wiki? A collaborative web page that has various contributors or editors
What is particular about Wikies? They are easy to use and edit. Most Wikies use an icon based editing system that is user friendly. People can access information as well as add or edit text, graphics, and links.
How can you use Wikies in the classroom?
* To teach writing
* To teach technology
* To teach searching and researching skills
Famous Wiki site: www.wikipedia.org
More information about wikies: * http://gorogsguide.blogspot.com/2007/02/what-are-wikis.html
* (...)

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Olympic Games Project Teacher: Oscar Vairo
Attached is a PowerPoint presentation created by Oscar Vairo. His students researched the Olympic games and then gave oral presentations about various aspects of this world-wide event.

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Kelly Gardner, an English Language Fellow brought to Uruguay by the United States embassy, has recently begun working at the ANEP. Ms. Gardner has 8 years of experience teaching English to speakers of other languages in the state of Colorado. She has masters degrees in English as a Second Language and Hispanic Language and Culture. In addition, she has several years experience working as an instructional coach and as a master teacher in the Teacher Advancement Program, a program designed to facilitate collaboration and and mentoring to improve teacher performance. As master teacher, she (...)

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Kelly Gardner will be giving a presentation entitled Engaging Students Using Technology at the Alianza Cultural´s annual teacher development at on September 22. In this presentation she will discuss how teachers can easily use blogs, Eboard, podcasts, and You Tube video clips as a way to engage students while developing their English speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills.

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Despite the fact that collaboration has been shown to improve instruction among educators, teachers often work in isolation. The lack of sufficent time and the distances between teachers has made collaboration difficult among English teachers in Uruguay. Peer mentoring programs provide a solution to this problem. Experienced teachers are given the opportunity to visit and work with their peers. In doing this, they are able to give other teachers regular support in the classroom. Rather than formally evaluating teachers, peer mentors conduct informal observations of teachers and (...)

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Nuestr@ Web Project
Purpose of Project: Provide students of English with a place to express themselves in English, publish their work as well as share photos and events with peers.
*Liceo Nº5. Tacuarembó.
*Asignatura: Inglés.
*Nivel: Tercer año. Turno matutino y vespertino. Año 2008.
*Profesora responsable: Valeria Muñoz.
*Alumnos que participan: Todos los alumnos de 3º3, 3º4, 3º5, 3º7.
Attached you will find detailed information about the project.

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Oscar Vario, high school teacher of English, created a project based on the Olympic Games. Below you will find a brief explanation, rubric, and PowerPoint outlining the project, its goals, as well as results of both his and his students´ work.

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Fulbrighter Kristal Bivona who is working in La Plata, Argentina has created a bilingual writing workshop we would like to open up to Uruguayan teachers and students as well. Writers from North and South America are participating, and we invite you to check out the website for more information about this teaching tool.
http://tallerlaplata.blogspot.com

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Wikies
What is a Wiki? A collaborative web page that has various contributors or editors
What is particular about a Wiki? They are easy to use and edit. Most Wikies use an icon based editing system that is user friendly. People can access information as well as add or edit text, graphics, or links.
How can you use Wikies in the classroom?
* To teach writing
* To teach technology
* To teach searching and researching skills
Famous Wiki site: www.wikipedia.org
More information about wikies:
* http://gorogsguide.blogspot.com/2007/02/what-are-wikis.html
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A new classroom resource is avaliable for check out in the Inspección de Inglés.
Title: English Sketches
Content: 16 sketches and accompanying pre and post activities
Classroom Use:
*Words and Expressions: Use this pre-activity to expose students to vocabulary and phrases they will find in the sketch. *Preliminary Practice: Short, oral activities used to introduce the sketch.
*Sketch: Audio recording can be played first, followed by students studying, practicing, and performing the sketch.
*Follow-Up Activities: Ideas for further practice. Many times they are role-playing activities. (...)

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Longman Annual Teacher Education Conference
When: Saturday 11th October, 2008
Where: Sala de Ceremonias, Intendencia Municipal de Montevideo, 2nd floor
Schedule
08:30 - 09:00 registration
09:00 - 10:30 Pearson Longman Solutions & beyond (The Pearson Longman Team)
10:30 - 11:00 coffee break
11:00 - 12:30 Panel: Books, bytes & beyond (Magdalena Segredo, Gabriel Díaz, Edith Consolandich, Teresita Curbelo, Rosario Estrada. Moderator: Ady Marrero)
12:30 - 14:00 lunch break
14:00 - 15:15 Beyond the campaign: Read to Lead - Successful stories Aldo Rodríguez, Cecilia Baridón, Edda (...)

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Check out the attached article found at TeacherVision.com to see how Spanish has influenced the English language.
The article can be accessed at the following website as well: http://www.teachervision.fen.com/spanish-language/bilingual-education/ 6828.html?WT_mc_id=GS_2008-10-20_email&_R=1

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Check out this BBC article on Uruguayan beef. This could be a great opportunity to integrate authentic, relative texts into your classroom instruction!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7682670.stm

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Take a look at the acreditación courses that began with 3rd and 6th year students of English. Students throughout the country are taking advantage of the opportunity to earn a certificate indicating their level of English.

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A MESSAGE FROM THE US EMBASSY of URUGUAY
Estimados,
Me alegra comunicarles que se ha lanzado nuevamente el programa Jóvenes Embajadores 09.
Este programa de intercambio auspiciado por la Embajada de los Estados Unidos, otorga 8 becas para estudiantes de liceos públicos o UTU de entre 15 y 18 años para viajar a EE.UU. por dos semanas con todos los gastos pagos representando al Uruguay.
En el adjunto encontraran el afiche del programa y en la página web de la Embajada: http://uruguay.usembassy.gov podrán encontrar las bases del programa y las solicitudes de inscripción (a partir de mañana).
Hay (...)

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The Accreditación Course to be held by the Inspección de Inglés will take place on December 12-13 .
The LAST day to sign up for this course is FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2008.

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This article suggests teaching strategies which can be used in the classroom to meet the special needs of students with learning disabilities and addresses ways to identify students with learning disabilities and factors which interfere with the assessment of these disabilities.

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Attached you will find the diaogue script for 3rd year liceo students. Note: It has been saved in MS Word format.

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