http://blog.heartsforteaching.comQuick BlogcastThu, 11 Mar 2010 16:49:10 GMThttp://blog.heartsforteaching.com/2010/03/08/embedded-or-extended--whats-the-difference.aspx#comment-2900361CarlaYou really are gifted! I appreciate all the stories you post, and the way you explain things. Thank you! If you do rework Michele's stories, do you think you would post them on your blog? It's so helpful, and entertaining!<br /><br />Tomorrow, I'm going to try an option 2 style embedded reading. That post gave me so much confidence. I can't wait to see how it turns out :-)http://blog.heartsforteaching.com/2010/03/08/embedded-or-extended--whats-the-difference.aspx#comment-2900361Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:47:11 GMThttp://blog.heartsforteaching.com/2010/03/08/embedded-or-extended--whats-the-difference.aspx#comment-2900331CarlaHi Laurie,<br />I love reading what you are doing with these readings. You really are gifted. Thank you for sharing! If you do rewrite Michele's stories, I'd love to see them. Do you think you'd post them on your blog?<br /><br />How do you pick your structures?<br /><br />I am going to try option an 2 style story creation/embedded reading tomorrow. That post gave me so much confidence.http://blog.heartsforteaching.com/2010/03/08/embedded-or-extended--whats-the-difference.aspx#comment-2900331Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:38:01 GMThttp://blog.heartsforteaching.com/2010/03/08/embedded-or-extended--whats-the-difference.aspx#comment-2897020Maria CochraneHi Laurie - and the way you 'do the reading'? do you have people translate one line/paragraph at a time? and then you discuss?<br />I've been having us read chorally in French..and then translate chorally in English -to mix it up...then I'll pause and ask Qs in TL...<br />I guess it doesn't matter as long as they get CI and can add details.<br />Thanks for following up with me - I think my first embedded reading was too long and too many details. I just took their details and wrote a longish story . Then I felt bogged down...it was too long to get through AND ask Qs about.http://blog.heartsforteaching.com/2010/03/08/embedded-or-extended--whats-the-difference.aspx#comment-2897020Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:04:46 GMThttp://blog.heartsforteaching.com/2010/03/08/embedded-or-extended--whats-the-difference.aspx#comment-2896890LaurieThat would be fun for me. :o) Send it on!!!<br /><br />with love,<br />Lauriehttp://blog.heartsforteaching.com/2010/03/08/embedded-or-extended--whats-the-difference.aspx#comment-2896890Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:10:53 GMThttp://blog.heartsforteaching.com/2010/03/08/embedded-or-extended--whats-the-difference.aspx#comment-2896814LaurieMichele..you are right...I have to get Skype! I would love to watch a class!<br /><br />Maria...have you tried an embedded reading yet? with their ideas? <br /><br />One of the things we are finding is that these readings are more interesting to kids, because they have contributed the outline and many of the details...and enjoy reading to find them. I'd be interested to know if it helps with your groups. <br /><br />So many kids have negative feelings about reading in L1 that it carries over to our classes...and they are reluctant to give it a chance. <br /><br />I'm also hoping that we can do more sharing about what does work well with the reading...we don't really have the background and training we need to do this. <br /><br />Having kids do the reading (or translating of the reading) outside of class is a great way to maximize class time for aural CI. My personal feeling (and that is all it is for what it is worth!) is that the reading in class is a great jump off for discussion...PQA...more aural CI.<br /><br />The best use of reading in class (again ...my own opinion) is to help students learn how to read in L2 independently....so that when are in a position to read outside of class that they have the confidence to do so. Now..having said that..if you have students who will not do the reading outside of class for any reason, then READ IN CLASS!! They will benefit from it!!<br /><br />That doesn't really answer your question...but it does make me realize that we need to share our strengths when it comes to everything in the classroom. So...if your kids enjoy/do well with reading...share your successes with us!!<br /><br />with love,<br />Lauriehttp://blog.heartsforteaching.com/2010/03/08/embedded-or-extended--whats-the-difference.aspx#comment-2896814Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:40:22 GMThttp://blog.heartsforteaching.com/2010/03/08/embedded-or-extended--whats-the-difference.aspx#comment-2896225MicheleThe reading IS a problem. Now I can see that if I took ideas from all the classes, I could do an embedded reading for them all. Until now, every class has been different--I teach a level 1, a level 1-2, and two level 2-AP classes, but one of the very mixed classes is a much "lower" group than the other. But in that group last week, when I told them that the third reading was for only the AP kids in the room, all the formerly low level 3 were trying to out-translate the AP kids. It was really funny and gave me a new way to subtly challenge them. <br /><br />So two weeks from now, when we're back from spring break and through the parent conference week, I will try out this new idea of combining three sets of stories. Maybe I'll have to send everything to you to combine.http://blog.heartsforteaching.com/2010/03/08/embedded-or-extended--whats-the-difference.aspx#comment-2896225Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:02:15 GMThttp://blog.heartsforteaching.com/2010/03/08/embedded-or-extended--whats-the-difference.aspx#comment-2896209MicheleBTW Laurie, I am going to steal parts of your story (you are a creative genius) for my parent class, because we did a whole thing on waking up early because we were starting to read chapter 2 in Poor Anna. I couldn't believe how quickly my adults got time and numbers, because of having to tell when they woke up. It was only their 5th Russian class.http://blog.heartsforteaching.com/2010/03/08/embedded-or-extended--whats-the-difference.aspx#comment-2896209Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:54:29 GMThttp://blog.heartsforteaching.com/2010/03/08/embedded-or-extended--whats-the-difference.aspx#comment-2896199LaurieHi Laura!<br /><br />Thank you for being part of our discussion/exploration!! You can approach this any way you'd like. It is definitely "greener" to LCD/Smartboard any section of the story. I have also printed 1 "packet" for every student, or evert 2 students (say 15 for a class of 30) and then reused them for every single class. (I have 3-4 sections of level 1 each year)<br /><br />I try to alternate...not all of my students do well reading off of a screen..especially those who need, or refuse to wear, glasses/contacts!!<br /><br />with love,<br />Lauriehttp://blog.heartsforteaching.com/2010/03/08/embedded-or-extended--whats-the-difference.aspx#comment-2896199Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:50:08 GMThttp://blog.heartsforteaching.com/2010/03/08/embedded-or-extended--whats-the-difference.aspx#comment-2896198MicheleI personally do the readings on the LCD. It seems like a lot of paper to me, too, though if I were a student, I'd want the actual piece of paper. If I want them to add to the story in small groups, I print it out on half sheets, double-spaced.http://blog.heartsforteaching.com/2010/03/08/embedded-or-extended--whats-the-difference.aspx#comment-2896198Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:50:01 GMThttp://blog.heartsforteaching.com/2010/03/08/embedded-or-extended--whats-the-difference.aspx#comment-2896101LauraHello Laurie,<br />I have been following the thread on this great idea of EBR you have shared with all. I am ready to start on this tomorrow. There is a practical aspect I don't quite get yet. Are you giving each student a hard copy of several pages per story? Or are you only giving them the paper copy of the final version and using the lcd for the initial readings?<br />It seems like a lot of paper to give each student a story composed of say 3-5 papers each.<br />Thank you so much for sharing.<br />Laurahttp://blog.heartsforteaching.com/2010/03/08/embedded-or-extended--whats-the-difference.aspx#comment-2896101Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:02:58 GMT