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Scaffolding Winter Holidays/Solstice

You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. Winter is the time of celebrations of light. Through comic strips, this scaffold will help students to recognise  the multi-cultural holidays historically created to help vanquish the fear surrounding the short days of the months (in the northern hemisphere), before and after the […]

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scaffolding academic language through visual differences (secondary)

Download PDF of scaffold here. You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here theory behind scaffold… Studies show that memorising academic language is ineffective in the long-term*. Students may be able to pass an exam they are studying for, but without having used the terms to analyse, compare, categorise, and defend

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Rainbow from the Ashes

You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. Forget food for the moment! Let’s get to the core of the holiday: assessing the year. Give your students the opportunity to develop their emotional intelligence and move forward proactively. This scaffold can be introduced any time, but it’s especially appropriate at Thanksgiving.

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Scaffolding Academic Language by Identifying Visual Differences (Secondary)

You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. Download PDF of scaffold here theory behind scaffold… Studies show that memorising academic language is ineffective in the long-term*. Students may be able to pass an exam they are studying for, but without having used the terms to analyse, compare, categorise, and defend

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Scaffolding with Irony (Secondary)

You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. Download PDF here. theory behind scaffold… Adding humour to a lesson is always a recipe for success. Humour changes the dynamic of the class and helps students to see their lessons with a different frame of mind. This scaffold uses irony – the

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Scaffolding Academic Language with ‘What’s Missing?’ (Secondary)

You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. Download PDF of scaffold here. theory behind scaffold… ‘Intelligence is not necessarily hereditary. Education can transform a child’ asserts Karl Witte*, a pioneer in blended learning. We have the tools, he says, to help our students to change the course of their academic

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