The Personalized Learning Adventure
Adding Student Choice in Homework
Why personalize language learning?
• Ultimately, success depends on whether students continue to integrate language into their lives
after they leave our class.
• Research shows that giving students autonomy and purpose in learning is highly motivating.
Resources:
Bethanie Carlson Drew ([email protected] and aventurasnuevas.wordpress.com)
• Option #1: Choose Your Own Adventure!
• View student handout with complete choices
at http://tinyurl.com/ChooseYOA
• Students submit their work at any point
during the week via a Google form:
• Lessons I’ve Learned :
• A wide variety of options is key!
• The best projects are often the ones students create for themselves...but they need
encouragement and guidance
• Presenting the projects in class opens up a variety of other possibilities, and helps to increase
motivation and excitement
• Feedback from students:
• I liked it because it showed how Spanish is used through everyday activities
• I didn’t like it that much, but that could be because I did not do many of the fun ones
• I liked that we could choose what we wanted to do. I didn't like that it was every week. Maybe you could give
people the option to do things that aren’t on that sheet, let them come up with their own activity.
• I liked how we had the freedom to pick whatever we wanted and it helped me learn a decent amount
• I liked how it encouraged me to experience Spanish outside of class, but I felt like I couldn't do some of the
adventures, so I was stuck with the same few.
Option #2: The Real World
• Adapted from Kara Parker and
Megan Johnston-Smith at
creativelanguageclass.com
• Thematic focus tailored to current
unit of study.
• Students select which options they
would like to complete. Still have
the option to create own project/
activity.2
• Post with eight sample choice-in-homework systems: http://bit.ly/1xEqPcf
• Sample report from a student:
Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell (musicuentos.com)• The latest update on the point-system choice-in-homework document: http://bit.ly/1oDIUr6
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Laura Sexton (sraspanglish.blogspot.com)
Name_____________________________ Class___________________________
Personal Goal #___
My current strengths as a Spanish learner (choose all that apply)___ Vocabulary recall & application ___ Pronunciation ___ Vocal inflection/pacing___ Grammar/sentence formation ___ Spelling ___ Making myself understood in writing ___ Making myself understood out loud ___ Interpreting written text ___ Interpreting conversation ___ Interpreting videos___ Interpreting music ___ Using cognates and context clues to interpret ___ Getting the main idea ___Picking up on details ___ Making connections with previous knowledge ___ Drawing cultural conclusions
Two skills I would like to work on and improve:
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What would you like to incorporate into your final personal goal?___ Books ___ Magazines ___ Music/singing ___ Dance___ Acting ___ Conversation ___ Visual arts ___ Social media___ Travel ___ Fashion ___ Family/friends ___ Local community___ TV/Movies ___ Sports ___ Science/technology ___ Nature___ History ___ Customs ___ Government ___ Social issues ___ Future goals (career/college) ___ Food--restaurants/shops ___ Food--cooking
OVERALL GOAL (Last step, due ________) Interpret Discuss Present
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Due ________ Step 1: select text select vocabulary define vocabulary rehearse in sections create script practice speaking revise/reflect summarize (overall/sections)
Due ________ Step 2: select text select vocabulary define vocabulary rehearse in sections create script practice speaking revise/reflect summarize (overall/sections)
Due ________Step 3: select text select vocabulary define vocabulary rehearse in sections create script practice speaking revise/reflect summarize (overall/sections) 4
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