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My project dissemination for EDCI 515.
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=Mary's Remix of Lenore Keeshing-Tobias' poem, I Grew Up. =

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This year I have a .1 ELL assignment at Eke Me-Xi Alternate School located on the Tsulquate Reserve. I work on English literacy skills with students in a large group setting--it is truly one of the highlights of my week.

In March we worked on creating our own remixes of Lenore Keeshing-Tobias' poem I Grew Up, some may recognize the poem from the 2008 ELA provincial exam. In the past, I would read it aloud with students, discuss the imagery and answer the multiple choice questions from the sample exam-- so 19th century! :) I love what students created using the Haiku Deck app! I learned about the app through #etmooc and thought I would try it out with my ELL students. It is a great digital storytelling tool.

Students worked on writing/weaving their own words and experiences into Keeshing-Tobias' repeated lines. Then they wrote down places/images to capture. iPads or their own phones in hand, they walked around their communities and took photos. Pictures could easily be uploaded from students' facebook accounts or emailed to the iPads from their cellphones. Students enjoyed taking photos and quickly realized that many pictures of the same place but from different angles provided them a unique perspective and more choice once they returned to school to upload the images. Haiku Deck also has a built in search for images feature-- two students uploaded berry picking images as it not berry season yet. The cherry blossoms out right now on Tsulquate though. The visual poem shown here was created by Mary who commented today "I never really noticed those cherry trees until I went out and took pictures where my gran's house used to be."

Today at Eke Me-Xi, my colleague Leah and I were commenting on how engaging this assignment was for students. We think a number of factors were at play:
 * technology
 * Keeshing-Tobias' repetitive lines and her poem were scaffolds for success during the writing process
 *  connection to place and personal experiences

 Lesson Plan

 Collaborative Reading Quiz for Whale Rider Ch 2-4

 Sample written responses for students to assess--Advice & Praise

Characterization using Glogster

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Symbolic Meaning of Flowers chart

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