Tonight I am thinking more and more about how to encourage students to write. On the list for next year is WordPress accounts for all students and Depts. Also, I have been thinking more about the use of ‘in character,’ opportunities. Part of the inspiration come from EducationGoveUK a spoof Twitter account responding to educationalist on Twitter in character.
I quite like the idea of a forum or Twitter conversation where student(s) respond in character. For example, take the characters from Romeo and Juliet and reposition them into a modern day issue, let say alcohol at a party, . Do the students know their characters well enough to play out the modern drama?
Hey,
Something i have done in the past inc,
when a student hands me a late slip with something along the lines of ‘I over slept’ or ‘Missed bus’
rejecting it as not being a good enough reason to miss my lesson.
i then get them to write it out again, with a much better reason for missing my lesson.
A personal favourite was they stopped to save people from an over turned train that had been hit by a herd of Rhino