“The Whole School in Striped Pajamas” Filiz Besbelli&Hans Rai Chabra

OUTLINE OF THE WORKSHOP

• The pedagogy behind the program designed for Grade 10 students – scaffolding

• The aims and objectives of the English Curriculum

• The students’ schemata • Mini exercise (1)- reading the sample journals • Mini exercise (2) – writing a diary • Videos of the students • Questions & Answers

Scaffolding

Vygotsky

“role of teachers and others in supporting the learner’s development and providing support structures to get to that next stage or level” (Raymond, 2000, p. 176).

the goal of the educator when using the scaffolding teaching strategy is for the student to become an independent and self-regulating learner and problem solver (Hartman, 2002).

Scaffolding

Scaffolding • students learn best when they start

from what is already known and are assisted with scaffolding to work to the unknown

• Students are more motivated when they have an easy text with a task at their level of competence

The aims and objectives of the English Curriculum (2011-2012)• High School Prep Grade (12 hrs Main Course,

10 hrs Skills)

1st Semester: Readers

2nd Semester: Holes, The River Boy• 9th Grade (4 hrs Literature, 3 hrs Writing)

1st Semester: The Outsiders, The Giver

2nd Semester: Animal Farm, Pigman

The aims and objectives of the English Curriculum (2011-2012)Cont. • 10th Grade (4 hours Literature, 2 hrs Writing)

1st Semester: Hero’s Cycle & short stories, War anthology, BBC series on The Diary of Anne Frank, The Boy in the Striped PajamasProject: WWII Powerpoint presentation

2nd Semester: Things Fall Apart, 3 films on South Africa (Cry the Beloved Country, Cry Freedom, Invictus), Roald Dahl anthology

Project: MLA paper on a sub-Saharan African country

Building Schemata

The learners have

been given a lecture on WWII read short stories about WWII from different

perspectives….(From the Anthology of WWII) listened to a piece called “Give!” by Anne Frank watched the BBC documentary of Anne Frank’s

Diary done research on an aspect WWII and done a

presentation

Mini exercise (1)- reading the sample journals (15 Mins)• We need 4 groups to work with this exercise • 2 groups to read and analyze Diary A• 2 groups to read and analyze Diary B• As a group discuss what your entry is about• Each Diary A group will pair up with a Diary B

group• Then discuss which Diary is more impressive

and what happens in the book• As a combined group report to all of us

A

B

Mini exercise (2) – writing a diary • READ THE EXCERPT IN YOUR BOOKLET

AND WRITE A SHORT ENTRY FROM BRUNO’s PERSPECTIVE (15 Minutes)

Videos of the students

• Our students İpek and Melis will share their opinions about the program and the project

Thank you for sharing the experience • Questions are welcome

Contact information

• Filiz Besbelli – filizbesbelli@sezin.k12.tr

• Hans Rai Chabra - hanschabra@hotmail.com