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ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE DEPARTMENT Vision To nurture our students into critical thinkers, confident communicators and compassionate decision-makers. COLLABORATIVE INNOVATORS . COMPASSIONATE LEADERS
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE DEPARTMENT Mission To provide quality instruction that actively engages students in perspective-taking and decision-making, cultivating an appreciation and respect for diversity. COLLABORATIVE INNOVATORS . COMPASSIONATE LEADERS
A glimpse into the learning of EL & Lit @ Edgefield COLLABORATIVE INNOVATORS . COMPASSIONATE LEADERS
Use of technology in the EL & Lit classroom: COLLABORATIVE INNOVATORS . COMPASSIONATE LEADERS
Use of technology in the EL & Lit classroom: Digital Escape Room COLLABORATIVE INNOVATORS . COMPASSIONATE LEADERS
3 2 Use of technology in the EL & Lit classroom: Newsela App - Differentiated instruction for reading comprehension Newsela extracts articles from major news outlets and rewrites each article at different levels for readers. Students can choose a text at a level that would be readable for them as well as provide them an appropriate level of academic challenge . Teachers can assist students on which levels students should read according to their proficiency and challenge them to move up to the next level when they are ready. Annotation Tools Newsela allows readers to annotate, highlight in different colours and save the articles. Specific reading tasks like identifying topic sentences and main ideas, and details in paragraphs can be easily done using this feature, which increases student engagement.
Expanding your creativity in the EL classroom 3 2 Artful Storytelling Students worked in pairs to write a story. They then used the online platform Storybird to create their own digital picture book by selecting relevant pictures which best describe their stories!
Expanding creativity: Set design to understand your Lit text COLLABORATIVE INNOVATORS . COMPASSIONATE LEADERS
Expanding creativity: Set design to understand your Lit text COLLABORATIVE INNOVATORS . COMPASSIONATE LEADERS
Application in learning: Creating magazines to reflect theme COLLABORATIVE INNOVATORS . COMPASSIONATE LEADERS
Using Sketchnote to make thinking visible COLLABORATIVE INNOVATORS . COMPASSIONATE LEADERS
Authentic Learning: Interacting with authors themselves COLLABORATIVE INNOVATORS . COMPASSIONATE LEADERS
Authentic Learning: Interacting with authors themselves COLLABORATIVE INNOVATORS . COMPASSIONATE LEADERS
Authentic Learning: Interacting with authors themselves COLLABORATIVE INNOVATORS . COMPASSIONATE LEADERS
Authentic Learning: Interacting with authors themselves COLLABORATIVE INNOVATORS . COMPASSIONATE LEADERS
Authentic Learning: Learning from writers themselves COLLABORATIVE INNOVATORS . COMPASSIONATE LEADERS
Use of Tech in the EL & Lit Classroom
Apps used in the EL & Lit Classroom
Use of Tech in the EL & Lit Classroom
Making your thinking visible
Apps used in the EL & Lit Classroom
Use of Tech in the EL & Lit Classroom
Apps used in the EL & Lit Classroom
Apps used in the EL & Lit Classroom
Bilingualism and READ@Edgefield “ The limits of my language mean the limits of my world” Ludwig Wittgenstein
Read@Edgefield Reading Excellence Award Reading Excellence Award nd Runner Up 2 nd Runner Up Students sharing their favourite books during Students sharing their favourite books during morning assembly morning assembly COLLABORATIVE INNOVATORS . COMPASSIONATE LEADERS
Broadcasting@Edgefield Students are given Students are given opportunities to be opportunities to be newscasters, reporting newscasters, reporting current affairs and latest current affairs and latest trends in Singapore and trends in Singapore and around the world around the world COLLABORATIVE INNOVATORS . COMPASSIONATE LEADERS
Creative Writing Workshop Writing workshop conducted by local and Writing workshop conducted by local and international writers international writers COLLABORATIVE INNOVATORS . COMPASSIONATE LEADERS
Debates Students actively participating in debates in class and Students actively participating in debates in class and at the National Schools Literature Festival at the National Schools Literature Festival COLLABORATIVE INNOVATORS . COMPASSIONATE LEADERS
Alternative Assessment- Class Debate Students engage in authentic learning as moderators, Students engage in authentic learning as moderators, debaters, script planners/writers and critical audience. debaters, script planners/writers and critical audience. COLLABORATIVE INNOVATORS . COMPASSIONATE LEADERS
Alternative Assessment: Performance Poetry Year 2 students actively involved in Year 2 students actively involved in Performance Poetry Performance Poetry COLLABORATIVE INNOVATORS . COMPASSIONATE LEADERS
Alternative Assessment: Literature Trail Year 3 students completing the Year 3 students completing the Literature Trail challenges Literature Trail challenges COLLABORATIVE INNOVATORS . COMPASSIONATE LEADERS
Alternative Assessment: Staged Productions Students collaborate to stage a video production of an extract from Merchant of Venice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= qruDesSJsdE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g AnRbusF6mY COLLABORATIVE INNOVATORS . COMPASSIONATE LEADERS
Potential Development Programme Future Problem-Solving Programme (FPSP) FPSP trains students’ critical thinking skills and tests their creativity. Students use problem-solving strategies to explore challenges and propose action plans for community and global issues. In 2018, Teffania Clarissa Anabel of 3 Everest received 2 nd placing in scenario writing. In 2019, Nevan Lim Zhen Yu of 3 Euler came in 6th placing. COLLABORATIVE INNOVATORS . COMPASSIONATE LEADERS
Potential Development: Scenario Writing An Excerpt from our Jadon and FPSP Scenario Writing Finalist Nevan learning "I'm telling you, I saw someone there," Maxwell vetting insisted. "Captain, no one was in the greenhouse writing last night, it was probably just a nightmare," Zinoviev replied. "I know what I saw! I swear techniques someone was there..." Maxwell asserted but to during no avail. "Alright, let's say it was real, who could coaching it have been?" Hudson said calmly, trying to de- sessions. escalate the situation. "I don't know... a stowaway perhaps, like on the Orion a couple of years ago". "That's impossible, we've been on this ship for four months if there was a stowaway here, we would have caught them by now", Zinoviev argued. In a burst of exasperation, Maxwell decided to drop the subject. - Nevan Lim Zhen Yu, 3 Euler COLLABORATIVE INNOVATORS . COMPASSIONATE LEADERS
Potential Development Programme ⮚ YMCA P lain E nglish S peaking A wards ⮚ The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition ⮚ N ational S chools L iterature F estival COLLABORATIVE INNOVATORS . COMPASSIONATE LEADERS
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