This page is a link to current projects I started to bring English outside of the classroom.
Ongoing Projects
Granadino Book Club
Granadino Book Club Wiki
This book club is open to anyone. The focus is on reading challenging above-level novels chosen by members. We meet once a week and are constructing this wiki to continue the dialogue outside the boundaries of the physical/geographical limitations.
Books we're reading:
"Beloved" by Toni Morrison
"The Reader" by Bernhard Schlink
"Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov
"The Color Purple" by Alice Walker
"The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
The Brother's Karamazov" by Fyodor Doystoyevesky
Class Wikis
Each of my classes have a wiki dedicated to the subject matter being presented in class. I find this helpful for their discussions to be able to discuss and ask questions at their leisure. It also is used to form a unity of information for both the A and B classes.
12th Grade English Wiki
11th Grade English Wiki
English Table
English table is held during lunch. It's an optional activity that incorporates conversational English. The table is held with me 3 times during the 6 day cycle.
English Conversation Hour
This is an opportunity for students struggling in conversational English have a safe place to practice. We use activities and games to promote conversation. In the past we have learned how to make ice cream, screen print t-shirts and make cheesecake.
Fusion
Fusion is the Bilingual Spanish/English Granadino Student Run Newspaper. The students and I just started out newspaper this year. Our first printing comes out in January 2011.