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Your Students Are Stressed. You Can Help Them is the headline of one of my recent Education Week columns, a guest post by Elise White Diaz.

Teachers can guide students out of survival mode and into readiness for learning.

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You Should Turn Students Into Detectives. Here’s How is the headline of one my recent Education Week columns.

The case for bringing inductive learning into your classroom.

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Toss That Notion. Educators Reflect on Their Changing Beliefs is the headline of one of my recent Education Week columns.

Experiences have taught educators not to cling too tightly to their approaches to schooling.

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I had students create a lot of slideshows and make a lot of presentations when I was in the classroom, though I often had them make posters, instead (you might be interested in The Best Resources For Teaching Students The Differences Between A Good & Bad Slide).

I was intrigued by this Edutopia article, which describes a living “slideshow,” where there is a narrator and, instead of static slides, classmates act them out.

It has some elements of a Tableau, which I experimented with a bit.

If I was still in the classroom, I’d give it a shot.  I’d guess it would have a 50/50 chance of either being a big hit or a big disaster.

     

Ten years ago I began this regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention.

You might also be interested in all my Best lists on teaching ELLs.

Also, check out A Collection Of My Best Resources On Teaching English Language Learners.

In addition, look for our latest book on teaching ELLs, The ELL Teacher’s Toolbox 2.0.

Here are this week’s choices:

Theoretical Perspectives on Phonics Instruction: A Systematic Literature Review in English as a Second Language (ESL)

I’m adding this post to The Best Ideas For Using Games In The ESL/EFL/ELL Classroom:

Lesson Plan: Technology. Using Gallery Walks to Bring B2 Tech Vocabulary to Life. is from Blog de Cristina. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Planning “Learning Stations” – Please Add More.

ELL students could watch these videos and then talk/write about what they saw:

 

 

 

 

I’m adding this video to The Best Ways To Use Photos In Lessons:

 

EAL adaptations: Poetry, Year 6 is from ELT Planning. I’m adding it to The Best World Poetry Day Resources – Help Me Find More.