Deb Blaz

Completely in French but with some animations to help understanding. A brief bio of King and then of Leopold Senghor followed by Senghor's famous poem about being a "person of color" (great to teach/review colors) and then some pics of stamps from Francophone countries honoring King, to show he is known worldwide.

Have students practice 9 seasonal vocab words

Using the graphic, students sit down and look through the book and other materials and come up with their own list of what will be on the test AND they have to evaluate/rank how important each topic is, as well as star (mark with a star) the one or two things they most want to review. Not only can they not sit passively for this, they have to use higher-order thinking skills (Bloom's) I don't get angry because they are tuning me out (I don't have to lecture them, prepare long lists, etc.) I can