Can you think of a lesson where became so involved in the task you forgot you were learning a language?

Are you thinking comfortably?

Increasing sophistication and challenge

Objectives
to establish principles of adding sophistication and challenge to language lessons to plan a lesson following these principles to learn how ICT can support/facilitate sophistication and challenge

Providing a (cognitive) challenge:

When You Reach Me By Rebecca Stead

A 12-year-old girl in New York tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space.

Compelling Contexts & Creativity:

Desert survival / Shipwreck context Popular culture: Dragons Den / X-factor / The Apprentice Create your Dream School / School from Hell Murder Mystery

If you were a sandwich what would you be?

Invent a mnemonic for POETRY writing frames

Emotional Challenge:
A Day in the life of Anne Frank (daily routine) Global issues: Where does our food/chocolate come from?

http://thwlanguages.posterous.com/claire-fazilleau
Jobs look at some statistics about equal opportunity I think this is unfair/fair/awful, because

Intellectual challenge 1

http://chrisharte.typepad.com/learner_evolution_chris_h/2012/02/those-simple-things.html

http://www.slideshare.net/icpj/links-manchester-9th-march-handout

Intellectual challenge 3 Assessment for Learning:

GCSE controlled assessment blog:

Using the sidebar as an AfL checklist:

Design a lesson with increased sophistication and challenge!

Try and make the most of

1. Compelling Context & Creativity

2. Emotional challenge (bigger picture/historical perspective)

3. Intellectual Challenge (same content, challenging way of practising it)

4. AfL opportunities (self- and peer assessment)