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Video Observation Guides Definition: A worksheet or form which asks the students to follow along while watching a video. The guide will contain chronologically appearing information that may need to be noticed, verified or responded to. Purposes: To activate prior knowledge To provide background knowledge To increase comprehension To develop listening skills Step 1. Select an appropriate video that discusses your topic. Step 2. Create a worksheet that chronologically follows information in the video. The worksheet may contain: Summaries of each main point made in the video. List of information that you expect the student to remember. Cloze (fill-in-the-blank) sentences for the student to complete. Multiple choice questions about information mentioned in the video. NOTE: Any cloze or multiple choice options should contain partially or completely word-for- word questions. This will allow students to preview the information

Today is a special day for ENL/ESL teachers in Indiana because today is the 2018 INTESOL conference. Photo by  @ hajar_khalifa  (Twitter) I've been able to watch a number of informative sessions on teaching a unit over Human Rights, information gap games for task-based learning, and scaffolding complex texts. Here is a repository of valuable resources from the presentations. While this might not mean a lot to you now, I can help expand upon these resources later. In a way, that link is for me to help you. One resource in particular will be a focal point to a professional development presentation that I will be giving next week. It's a top 10 list of advice for general education teachers. As a preview, here is a list of tips that I will be discussing! 10) Greet the students! 9) Consider seating. 8) Use your objectives. 7) Write the words down. 6) Slow down. 5) Check for understanding. 4) Let them speak their own language! 3) Model it! 2) Communicate with fam