English Teachers’ Workshop Projects

By Chani Shklar and Patti Asor

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited , imagination encircles the world.

Albert Einstein

Why are projects important?

It gives the opportunity to let pupils be creative ,express themselves freely and use English authentically.

Projects:

Are a means to build vocabulary skills and reinforce the ones they have

Are a tool to motivate pupils to use English with a purpose

Include all four domains of language learning.

Offer the pupils the chance for decision-making in open-ended activities.

Are excellent tools for heterogeneous classes.

6) Take different learning styles into account.

Project- choose topic• Apply backward design

• Identify goals and match to topic

• Identify enabling skills

• Set evaluation criteria with pupils

• Set time frame

How To Present Project Work In Class

The pupils must know :

1) What the topic will be

2) What their choices are.

3) What is expected of them.

4) Deadline and rubrics.

Rubrics

* Write out clear instructions.

*Set clear scores for each part of the project.

Time Frame• Set dates for handing-in a

“sloppy copy”

• Help pupils revise their work

• Show pupils how to match content requirements to criteria for evaluation

• Pupils hand-in “polished product”:

written presentation

* Pupils present their work to the class

Every child is an artist.The problem is how to remain an artist when he grows up.