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Engaging English Lessons and Digital Tools
Sarah Findlater
Today’s Journey
Poetry
Creative Writing
Class Novel
Digital Tools
PoetryPowerful approaches to poetry
My Favourite Poetry Activities
Word jumbleWord cloudActing actionsOnion approachVisual responseRole play poetry
• Poetry essay train• Performance poetry
Freeze frame poetry
Creative WritingCaptivating approached the creative writing
My Favourite Creative Writing Activities
DramaDrawing Story DiceBook flickFree writingPerspectives
• Consequences• Audio / visuals
Poem crunch / word cloudTeacher thought talk writingWriting train association game
The Class NovelCreative approaches to the class novel
My Favourite Class Novel Activities
DramaFamily TreeForm SwitchQuote QuestVisual NotesMicro Analysis
• Text Crunching• Character Bodies
Visual OrganisersCreating Comprehension Alternate Ending / ChapterChapter Titles Tension / Ripple ChartsContext Virtual Trip - LitTrips & 360 Tours
Digital ToolsCreative approaches to the class novel
Class BloggingOne Class BlogTask SettingCollaborationReferenceChallengesBlogging NetworkStudent ownershipReal audienceCraftingParental engagement
Task Setti
ng
Challenges
Collaboratio
n
You TubeUpload videosCreate PlaylistsDepartment CollaborationStudent RevisionResource SharingStudent InvolvementCommentsPrivate sharing
Play lists
Upload Videos
Student Revisi
on
EdmodoFakebookQuizzesPollsAssignmentsMark bookUpdatesMarking Dialogue
Student Portf
olio
Task Feedback
Teacher M
arkbook
Google DriveOverview of classCollaborationLive MarkingIWB SharingChat facilityRevision historyAny device
Live M
arking
Revision H
istory
Chat Facil
ity
Digital Stuff I’m Having Fun With
Class Dojo – www.classdojo.com
Blogger – www.blogger.com
You Tube – www.youtube.com
Explain Everything – www.explaineverything.com
Google Docs – www.google.com
Dropbox – www.dropbox.com
Socratic – www.socratic.com
No Red Ink - www.noredink.com
Office 365 – http://office.microsoft.com/en.gb/
Digital Leaders – www.SSAT.co.uk
Study Blue – www.studyblue.com
Survey Monkey – www.surveymonkey.com
Screenr – www.screenr.com
Onenote – http://office.microsoft/en-gb/onenote