Clip Description
In this clip you see my mini-lesson about how to pick our most "excellent" book. All students are at the publishing stage of their writing. I'm laying down all my different books out on the table and sharing my thought process about which book I should pick based on the rubric about the different kind of drawings and writing that they can do in their stories. I'm asking the students to base their choices on a rubric that shows that excellent books are ones that have letters, drawings with color, and letters, on every page.
Commentary
I think this mini-lesson went well. I was able to connect to the work they have been doing by saying that today it was time to do something called "publishing". My teaching focused on modeling the activity with my own writing and the students were actively involved as they helped me to pick out which of my pieces were "excellent".
Transcript
| CL: |
Ok? Y aqui tengo, a ha, y aqui tengo todas, todos mis libros. Aqui tengo el libro que estoy trabajando ahorita, aqui tengo un libro que ya he terminado, y tengo, mi trabajo es escoger cuales de estos libros es mi libro mas favorito, el libro mas excelente. Vamos a ver si es esto, tengo que pensar. Cual es mi libro favorito. Aqui voy a poner todos mis libros. Estoy pensando. Estoy pensando. ¿Que es pensar en ingles?
Ok? And here I have, uh huh, here I have all, all my books. Here I have the book I'm working on right now, here I have a book I've already finished, and I have, my job is to pick which of these books is my favorite book, the most excellent book. We're going to see if it's this one, I have to think, which is my favorite book? Here I'm going to put all of my books. I'm thinking. I'm thinking. What is thinking in English? |
| S1: | Think! |
| S2: | Think about it. |
| CL: |
Estoy pensando. Hm. Aqui tengo un libro. ¿Que piensan ustedes de este libro? Sería bien, o es que necesito mejorar, o excelente?
I'm thinking. Hm. Here I have a book. What do you all think of this book? Is it okay, or do I need to make it better, or excellent? |
| S: |
Mejorar.
Make it better. |
| CL: |
Mejorar. ¿Por que, Eucrely?
Make it better. Why, Eucrely? |
| S: |
Porque necesitas mas cosas.
Because you need more things. |
| S2: |
Porque no tiene pictures.
Because it doesn't have pictures. |
| CL: |
Ok, no tiene color, Necesito mas...
Okay, it has no color, I need more... |
| Ss: |
Colores...
Colors... |
| CL: |
Necesito mas color...
I need more color... |
| S: |
Y letras...
And letters... |
| CL: |
¿Y letras? No tiene muchas letras.
And letters? It doesn't have very many letters |
| S: |
¡Y dibujos!
And drawings! |
| S2: |
¡Sí, dibujos!
Yes, drawings! |
| CL: |
Hm. Vamos a ver, este libro. Este libro, ¿se acuerdan de este?
Hm. Let's see, this book. This book, do you remember this one? |
| Ss: | Uh huh! |
| S: |
Todos sabemos de que se trata.
We all know what that one's about. |
| CL: |
Sí. Cuando fui a Seattle.
Right, when I went to Seattle. |
| S: |
¿A Seattle?
To Seattle? |
| CL: |
Y aqui, uh-oh, pero ¿qué pasó?
And here, uh-oh, but, what happened? |
| Ss: | Crosstalk. |
| CL: |
Falta algo, ¿verdad? Falta algo. Vamos a mirar, yo estoy pensando que este libro... y a ver, a mi me gusta como Junior todavia esta bien sentadito. Estoy pensando entre este libro, y este libro, ¿ok? Porque este libro tiene dibujos excelentes, ¿verdad? Es cuando fui a Nueva York. Y tiene letras...
It's missing something, right? It's missing something. Let's look, I'm thinking that this book, let's see - I like how Junior is still sitting nicely. I'm thinking between this book, and this book, ok? Because this book has excellent pictures, right? It's when I went to New York. And it has letters... |
| S: |
Está bien.
It's good. |
| CL: |
Está bien. Pero tambien tengo este libro. Hm.
It's good. But I also have this book. Hm. |
| Ss: |
Bien, bien.
Good, good. |
| CL: |
Kati, Ojos aquí, Stefan, Kati...
Kati, eyes up here. Stefan, Kati... |
| S: |
¿Yo necesito dos?
Do I need two? |
| CL: |
No, está bien. No todos tienen que tener dos.
No, it's fine. Not everyone needs to have two |
| S: |
Está bien.
That's good. |
| CL: |
Esta tambien es excelente. Creo que voy a escoger este libro.
This one is also excellent. I think I'm going to pick this book. |
| S: |
¿Por qué?
Why? |
| CL: |
Porque me gusta mas que este. Porque es cuando fui a un rio, a nadar. ¿El rio (inaudible), verdad? Entonces este va a ser mi libro favorito, mi libro mas excelente. Entonces estes libros voy a poner aparte. Voy a ponerlos aparte. Y en este libro voy a poner este papelito que está en forma de una estrellita. ¿Ok? ¿Mira, Jonathan, ves?
Because I like it more than this one. Because it's when I went to a river, to swim. The river (inaudible), right? So this is going to be my favorite book, my most excellent book. Then these books I'm going to set aside. I'm going to set them aside. And on this book I'm going to put this little paper that's in the shape of a star. Ok? Look, Jonathan, do you see? |
| S: |
¿Por qué?
Why? |
| CL: |
Voy a agarrar una estrellita...
I'm going to get a little star... |
| S: |
Porque si que es excelente?
Because it's excellent? |
| CL: |
Voy a agarrar una estrellita y ponerlo en mi libro porque es el libro mas...
I'm going to get this little star and put it on my book because it's the most... |
| S: |
Excelente.
Excellent. |
| CL: |
Excelente, muy bien.
Excellent, very good. |
| S: | [inaudible] |
| CL: |
Ok. Aquí tengo mi libro mas excelente. Voy a ponerlo aqui, y despues, como tengo mas tiempo para trabajar, voy a trabajar en otro libro. ¿Ok? ¿Qué es otro libro?
Okay. Here I have my most excellent book. I'm going to put it here, and later, since I have more time to work, I'm going to work on another book. Ok? What's another book? |
| S: |
Un nuevo.
A new one. |
| CL: |
Nuevo, o, que todavia falta cosas. ¿Tengo que colorear este?
New, or one that's still missing things. Do I have to color this one? |
| Ss: |
Sí
Yes |
| CL: |
Sí, o puedo agarrar un Nuevo. ¿Ok?
Yes, or I could get a new one. |
