Posts that is. I like to read each chapter and then write something on the Blog. Lumping them together well, lumps it all together. And yes Kevin, I do sit at my computer all weekend and do homework.
I think the most important question that we can ask our students and ourselves, is what does it matter? Why are we going to read/watch something? Why should the students know this? What is the need? These are all in the scope of "What does it matter?" and we may have to answer this question if the principal asks it.
This is one question we should be able to answer before starting any lesson. Students, on the other hand, should be privy to this answer up front. It gives them reasons to pay attention, not text or write notes, and understand why we are teaching them the materials.
I liked chapter five and found many useful tools that I could use in my class. I think these two books are the most useful I have ever bought. Ever dollar was well spent.
~Stan
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I agree with the "Why does it matter?" Just the other day in my practicum a girl asked why they had to do vocabulary (the typical kind from a workbook) and my teacher didn't have a response to her question - as in, she couldn't answer it and told her student something to the effect of "I don't know." Clearly, another reason why the student didn't think vocabulary was necessary to her. This really made me want to teach vocabulary as demonstrated in our books and show students why it matters to them.
I also think we could demonstrate how having a vast vocabulary will help them. Ask them a question such as, "Anyone ever have a friend who has used a big word incorrectly, and instead of sounding intelligent, they get the opposite reaction?"
~Stan
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