Catch the Wave
Active Learning for New Junior Cycle English
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-7171-5947-5 (ISBN)
Description
A Lively and Engaging blend of contemporary and classic material constructed around the key skills of the new Junior Cycle.
Provides Connectivity in Learning: each core literary excerpt integrates the four key connections building student awareness and broadening understanding
ARTS ? ORAL ? GRAMMAR ? MEDIA
Cross-curricular learning emphasised throughout
Activates English: includes a variety of active and collaborative learning experiences
THINK, TALK, WRITE ? DISCUSS, DEBATE, DECIDE ? PAIR, SHARE, EXPAND
Provides a student-centred and personal approach to learning
Journal Entries connect the student's own life experience to the lesson
Extracts reflect the experiences, concerns and demands of teenage life
Personal choices encouraged through options for assignments, project workshops and independent reading
Focuses on creativity to promote students' identity and voice
Examination Practice and Skills section gives a clear understanding of examination grading
Each chapter provides students with an exam-style question followed by a structure for assessment for learning
Encourages engagement with technology and media
Media Connection uses case studies to develop awareness of media issues
Digital Technology Workshops develop practical skills and promote the use of digital technology in learning and literacy
Writing Workshops: Promote writing as a process, with particular emphasis on creativity and techniques which develop personal writing skills
Project Process: Engage students with step-by-step learning about research and project work while also promoting
Provides Connectivity in Learning: each core literary excerpt integrates the four key connections building student awareness and broadening understanding
ARTS ? ORAL ? GRAMMAR ? MEDIA
Cross-curricular learning emphasised throughout
Activates English: includes a variety of active and collaborative learning experiences
THINK, TALK, WRITE ? DISCUSS, DEBATE, DECIDE ? PAIR, SHARE, EXPAND
Provides a student-centred and personal approach to learning
Journal Entries connect the student's own life experience to the lesson
Extracts reflect the experiences, concerns and demands of teenage life
Personal choices encouraged through options for assignments, project workshops and independent reading
Focuses on creativity to promote students' identity and voice
Examination Practice and Skills section gives a clear understanding of examination grading
Each chapter provides students with an exam-style question followed by a structure for assessment for learning
Encourages engagement with technology and media
Media Connection uses case studies to develop awareness of media issues
Digital Technology Workshops develop practical skills and promote the use of digital technology in learning and literacy
Writing Workshops: Promote writing as a process, with particular emphasis on creativity and techniques which develop personal writing skills
Project Process: Engage students with step-by-step learning about research and project work while also promoting
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Dublin
Ireland
Publishing group
Gill
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Dimensions
Height: 277 mm
Width: 219 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7171-5947-5 (9780717159475)
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Valerie Vaughan is an experienced teacher of English in Castletroy College, Limerick and has taught all levels of English from Junior Cert Foundation to Leaving Cert Higher Level. She has taught using the active learning approach at second level in the US implementing and adapting many of the approaches to learning currently being promoted by the new Junior Cycle such as assessment for learning and experiential learning. She created and teaches a module on Mass Media for Transition Year and has taught in Limerick Tutorial College focusing on examination performance and developing examination skills and techniques.