Using Recap as an Integration Activity
In this clip, Michèle Palmieri-Colatriano, ESL teacher at La Dauversière primary school (CSPI), explains how and why she uses Recap as an integration activity at the end of a LES.
Michèle uses the texts written by the MEES Ask an Expert – Bedbugs for Intensive ESL and adapts them into an LES. Students become experts on bedbugs to answer specific questions in the form of a letter, as well as to think critically about scientific information. At the end, they record their answers in the app called Recap. This document is used to help formulate the right question in this specific activity.
Recap is an easy video response multiplatform tool that can be used to allow students to answer reflection questions about:
- What they learned.
- What they liked.
- What strategies they used in the learning sequence.
- What questions still remain.
- How they feel about the task.
- How will they proceed.
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Demonstrating Understanding with Padlet
In this clip, Roxanne Paquette, an Intensive ESL teacher from Louis-de-Gonzague elementary school (CSDM), explains how she integrates Padlet as an activity to verify student understanding after reading texts.
Padlet is an online multiplatform tool that creates a virtual wall where teachers and students can collaborate and reflect on a variety of topics. They can also share videos, links, images and sounds. It’s even possible to record a comment directly in a post and draw something.
Do you want to know how you can use it in class? You can watch this quick tutorial explaining how to activate students’ prior knowledge with the Entry Ticket activity using Padlet. Note that it can be used for different pedagogical intentions but setting up the activity remains the same.
Writing and Producing a Wacky News Report
In this clip, Nadia Laurendeau explains to her students how to write and produce their text (a wacky news report) using the Tellagami app.
Because Tellagami is no longer supported with the new version of iOS (on iPads), we are proposing other tools in the LES to create the news report such as Vokiand My Talking Avatar (for tablets and computers) .
In collaboration with Sandra Laine, consultant, Service national du RÉCIT, domaine des langues
Model for Students
LES Wacky News Report
Once Upon a Time - Writing and Producing an Animated Story
This project was created by Joey Simard-Bolduc from the CSS de Portneuf.
Through the exploration of the characteristics of a fairy tales, students learn the steps of a narrative story: setup, conflict, challenges, climax and resolution.
Students write a narrative story and animate it with the Toontastic 3D app (Android), Scratch, Scratch Jr or other animation tools.
(optional) Students can also use Ozobots to demonstrate their understanding by planning a sequence of actions that represent the important events of a chosen story.
Use the Overview to view the sequence and the Presentation in class with students. Use the links in the 2 documents to access student documents.
Adapt all the documents to your needs.
*Note: Toontastic was used in the original project but it is not available in the Apple App Store anymore. We added suggestions in order to use the sequence with other digital tools.
Once Upon a Time - TG - Animated Stories
Once Upon a Time - Overview
Using Mentimeter as a Hook and For Reviewing Vocabulary
In this video, we see how and why Nadia Laurendeau, an ESL teacher at CSMV, uses a collaborative word cloud, with the Mentimeter tool, to review vocabulary with her Grade 4 students. She also wanted to hook them to the topic that they will work on in class.
Mentimeter is an online tool that creates interactive presentations. There are a variety of activities that can be used in class such as the collaborative word cloud, multiple-choice questions, open-ended questions, etc.
Do you want to know how you can use it in class? You can watch this quick tutorial explaining how to activate students’ prior knowledge with Mentimer. Note that it can be used for different purposes but setting up the activity remains the same.
A Survivor’s Journal
In this learning situation, we want to make students aware of different survival stories that have occurred in real life. They will develop empathy while reacting to different situations in authentic contexts. Throughout the project, they will enhance their reflective thinking and communication skills.
In team, students will write a survival story (journal/diary) where they have to imagine themselves having gone through a difficult survival situation. Their survival instincts, emotions and feelings will be portrayed as well as the sequence of events and the solutions to the problems encountered.
In the clip, you will see students recording their journal using the online tool Recap. Since, it as shut down, you could do this project with any video recording tool: camera app on a tablet, Flipgrid(similar to Recap), etc.
SB - Survivor’s Journal
Example for Students
Project Overview
C1 Rubric
Create a promotional clip about a resort using Adobe Spark Video
In this clip, Caroline Saint-Louis, a secondary ESL teacher from Massey-Vanier high school (CSVDC), explains how she used Adobe Spark Video to have her students create a promotional video of a resort.
The Resort Project
With a partner, students will decide on a resort that they you would want to visit. They will be using the Adobe Spark Video application in order to create a video that will promote a resort and make it irresistible to visit!
SB_Resort_Project
Project Overview
Using a Collaborative Word Cloud with Mentimeter
In this video, we present how you can use a collaborative word cloud to activate prior knowledge with Mentimeter.
Reviewing Grammar Using Quiz Tools
In this clip, Nadia Laurendeau, an ESL teacher at the Samuel-De Champlain Elementary School (CSMV), explains how she uses Quizziz (a quiz tool) to review grammar with her students.
Quizizz is a free multiplatform tool that is used to create quizzes in class or at home. There are a variety of quiz tools that exist such as: Plickers, Kahoot, Socrative, Google Form or O365 Forms, etc. The choice of the tool depends on your preference, your pedagogical intention and the technology available in class.
Do you want to have more ideas to integrate survey tools in class? You can consult the Engage Students with Interactive Videos and Surveys presentation.
Writing and Producing a Narrated Video of a Poem Using Adobe Spark Video
In this clip, Annie Perreault, a secondary ESL teacher at Jean-Jacques Bertrand High School (CSVDC), explains how her students write poetry and record a narration of their poem using Adobe Spark Video.
Students write their poem according to a specific structure. They can use an online resource called Rhyme Zone to help them in their writing.
When ready, students record their poem using Adobe Spark Video and find images that would support their text.
When completed, the productions are shared and watched in the classroom. It is a great opportunity to provide constructive feedback to their peers.