This document outlines various strategies for enhancing classroom engagement and learning through creative methods such as music, poetry, and group discussions. It emphasizes the importance of a supportive environment and includes specific activities like writing workshops and grammar lessons using songs. The document also highlights the benefits of cooperative learning and motivates participation through presentations and interactive projects.

1. KINNERET GIRVITZ KEREN FRAYMAN English from a Different Angle ETAI - 2010

2. Getting Started “ The White Rabbit put on his spectacles. "Where shall I begin, please your Majesty?" he asked. "Begin at the beginning," the King said gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop." (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter 12 ) ” Agenda Environment in the classroom -Classroom setup -Hebrew in the classroom? -Answers or prompts? -Group work and peer feedback

3. “ How can I know what I think ‘till I see what I say?” _E.M.Forester Process Warm up Exercise – pen to paper Responding to a text: -word association -poem or story -picture Peer sharing and feedback Teacher / staff response and participation Rules Writing is mandatory No evaluative responses (Thank you) You are required to share only what you have written Thinking and Writing Workshop Incorporating Reading, Writing, and Speaking in the first 10 minutes of every lesson

4. The Bird The bird you captured is dead. I told you it would die But you would not learn From my telling. You wanted To cage a bird in your hands And learn to fly. Listen again. You must not handle birds. They cannot fly through your fingers. You are not a nest And a feather is Not made of blood and bone. Only words Can fly for you like birds On the wall of the sun. A bird is a poem That talks of the end of cages. By Patrick Lane

5. The Benefits of Using Music in the Classroom “ Music is the electrical soil in which the sprit lives, thinks and invents.” –Ludwig van Beethoven http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mURZQNpKiLQ&feature=related Certain music creates a welcoming atmosphere Effects the student’s attitude and motivation Facilitates creativity and encourages personal reflection Songs, poems and raps will improve memory through rhyme, rhythm and melody. Music stabilizes mental, physical and emotional rhythms which helps the student focus* *Music and Learning by Chris Boyd Brewer

6. Music in the classroom cont. A Grammar Lesson Ex: Using music to teach grammar: Hypothetical Situations –Second Conditional Real Life Situations – Present Perfect Simple and Reported Speech Grammar Games and Competitions Fiddler on the Roof to teach the Second Conditional: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBHZFYpQ6nc

7. Cooperative Controversy* Prepare positions Present positions Open discussion Perspective reversal Synthesis The Benefits to a regular debate include: Emphasis on listening and responding in turn Role reversal Synthesis of ideas to form a policy proposal Exercise before: Connectors Exercise after: Opinion essays * Johnson, D. W., & Johnson, R. T. (1989). Cooperation and competition: Theory and research . Edina, MN: Interaction Book Company .

8. Motivating Finales Reading: Book project presentations and feast Current events - Haiti Book reviews Spelling: Spelling bee contest Presentation Skills Speech contest Improvisation and drama games (The School Play) Pop Culture From The Simpsons to Lady Gaga

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