{"id":1357,"date":"2017-07-20T08:24:57","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T12:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madameshepard.com\/?p=1357"},"modified":"2018-06-29T20:15:38","modified_gmt":"2018-06-30T00:15:38","slug":"musings-on-unit-planning-designing-the-interpersonal-tasks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madameshepard.com\/?p=1357","title":{"rendered":"Musings on Unit Planning: Designing the Interpersonal Tasks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/madameshepard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/conversation-1262311_960_720.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1356\" src=\"https:\/\/madameshepard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/conversation-1262311_960_720-300x267.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"147\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madameshepard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/conversation-1262311_960_720-300x267.png 300w, https:\/\/madameshepard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/conversation-1262311_960_720-768x684.png 768w, https:\/\/madameshepard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/conversation-1262311_960_720-624x556.png 624w, https:\/\/madameshepard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/conversation-1262311_960_720.png 808w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a>As described in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/madameshepard.com\/?p=1345\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recent post <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on unit design, I generally introduce an interpersonal task after the interpretive task in the lessons I create. Over the years I\u2019ve been fortunate to have attended multiple workshops on communicative speaking activities presented by brilliant educators from whom I\u2019ve borrowed the following ideas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Novice Activities<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because learners at this level are highly dependent on memorized language, I incorporate a lot of interpersonal activities that will help them commit vocabulary and structures to memory through lots of meaningful repetition. Although I don\u2019t assign a vocabulary list to memorize or assess vocabulary out of context, I do provide students at this level with a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1eVfxWc2hbNH1BHXeStoL1M50qtYM8BvbGZDopd93POk\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">resource guide<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to scaffold these tasks. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1LGLWDre2g4x64G8YWNZ4NkSD-t7oj4wSoF0iczX42I0\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matching<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> As this example from a lesson on daily routines shows, this activity requires students to take turns describing pictures in order to determine which picture on their partner\u2019s paper matches each of their own. ( I usually have the students prepare a grid on a separate sheet of paper to record the matches, so that I can reuse the picture papers.) This is what a sample conversation might look like:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>Partner A:<\/b> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#1. C\u2019est un gar\u00e7on. Il fait ses devoirs.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Partner B: <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Il a beaucoup de livres?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Partner A<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Non, il fait des maths.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Partner B: <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Il mange son crayon?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Partner A:<\/b> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oui, il mange son crayon. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Partner B:<\/b> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">C\u2019est lettre A. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Both students will write <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> next to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#1<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on their papers)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The students tend to really enjoy this activity and usually remain on task as I circulate to provide oral feedback on their conversations. As a follow-up formative assessment, I sometimes select a few of the pictures to describe to the students, who write the number or letter of each picture that I describe.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1mIZZ1zXWCdBUsZRQcRTULjizkOyr3XZhdgJp0skJuQY\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guess Who<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In this activity one student selects an identity from the page without telling their partner whom they have chosen. \u00a0Their partner then asks yes\/no questions in order to use the process of elimination to determine their partner\u2019s identity. \u00a0The students then switch roles. \u00a0\u00a0Here\u2019s a sample conversation:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>Partner A: <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tu prends le petit d\u00e9jeuner?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Partner B: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ui, je prends le petit d\u00e9jeuner.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Partner A: <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tu te l\u00e8ves?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Partner B:<\/b> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Non, je ne me l\u00e8ve pas.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Partner A: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">T<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">u t\u2019habilles?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Partner B: <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Non, je ne m\u2019habille pas.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Partner A: <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tu te r\u00e9veilles?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Partner B: <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oui, je me r\u00e9veille.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Conversation continues until partner A has used the process of elimination to determine their partner\u2019s identity.) I suggest requiring the students to ask at last 8 questions before they guess an identity. As a follow-up formative assessment, I sometimes select an identity and ask several true\/false questions. Use the same clipart as I included in the resource guide so that there is no confusion about what activity the pictures are depicting.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/10qijG9NdaNeWqaOoMrOr2CET3z00_34clx4D-rLKES0\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Same\/Different <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although this activity looks similar to the Matching one, it is quite different. \u00a0The object of this one is to determine, starting with #1, whether your partner has the same or a different picture. \u00a0The students then write <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">M\u00eame<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diff\u00e9rent<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on their paper. It\u2019s important to let the students know that their pictures will be quite similar and that they\u2019ll need to ask several questions before making up their minds whether the pictures are the same or different. Here\u2019s a sample conversation:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>Partner A: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ur mon #1 il y a une lune et des chauve-souris.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Partner B: <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moi aussi. Est-ce que la lune est derri\u00e8re les chauve-sours?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Partner A:<\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Oui, la lune est derri\u00e8re les chauve-souris. Tu as combien de chauve-souris?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Partner B: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">J<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019ai 10 chauve-souris. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Partner A: <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">J\u2019ai 12 chauve-souris. Alors, c\u2019est diff\u00e9rent.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suggestions:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Placing the handouts in page protectors allows the students to use dry erase markers to cross out pictures as they match them (Matching) or eliminate them (Guess Who).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I usually change activities as soon as the first pair finishes the Matching and Same\/Different Activity&#8211;it is not necessary for everyone to finish. \u00a0The students can play the Guess Who game several times in a row, however. <\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1mEVV-4X7mfublD0dthP7xznoxGMIhSIOQq2bxA3JIw8\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pair Crossword Puzzles<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In this activity, each partner is given a crossword puzzle with either the vertical or the horizontal responses filled in. The students then circumlocute in order to help their partner complete his\/her puzzle. Although I use this activity more often with intermediates, this one worked with my Novice Mids because of the relatively formulaic phrases that could be used to circumlocute. \u00a0Here is a sample conversation:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Partner A: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#1, c\u2019est le mois avant octobre. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Partner B: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ah, septembre. #2, c\u2019est le num\u00e9ro entre quatorze et seize. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1wXIjwCk-o-HfF6W88uhtFy-JNpry6l7CYJu6PlsJLQI\/edit?usp=sharing\">here<\/a> for <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">directions<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on using puzzlemaker.com to create these activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1f8NoHS2PpEsUgWVfMWLplXKiBiOkxa3_awrZL0dVNq0\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scaffolded Discussion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.In addition to the games described above, I have the students practice a lot of interviews to prepare them for their IPA. In this example,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ve scaffolded the task by providing both the questions and possible responses. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1jtwKO5Dz9VmKDW6u9M0gubP4KHe0Us4GoP8XuwCOFzQ\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friendship Circle<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In this example, the students will check the statements that describe their typical morning activities and then ask their partners whether they do each activity they have checked. After their partner responds, both students will write a sentence in the appropriate section of the diagram. (I find that the students can write more neatly in this modified form of Venn diagram.) Note: The students should be reminded NOT to ask a question about the activities they haven\u2019t checked, as there is no place in the diagram to note activities that neither partner has done. The recovering grammarian in me loves this activity as it gives the students an opportunity to use the 1st person singular, 2nd person singular (in the questions), 3rd person singular AND the 1st person plural form of the verbs! <\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/12edi6MyPd5eVzXgelv0j9whjimILGPQ-HKKREp_0-Zs\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speed-friending<\/span><\/a><b>. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For this activity I have the students arrange their desks in two long rows, facing each other. \u00a0They then have 3 minutes to ask the person in front of them the questions they have written down (as well as answer the questions they\u2019re asked). When the timer goes off, everybody in <\/span><b>one of the rows <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">moves one seat to the right (the last student goes to the beginning of the line). They then ask their next partner the same questions and note their responses. \u00a0After 3 minutes, the same students move another seat to the right (the other row never moves). \u00a0I find that the repetition really helps the students start to internalize the questions (a difficult structure) in preparation for the IPA. \u00a0They are also often excited to do the follow-up presentational writing where they ask to stay with the student with whom they had the most in common.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Intermediate Activities<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b> Venn or Top Hat Diagrams <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With these learners, who are now able to create with the language, I often integrate interpretive and interpersonal tasks. In <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1iCr_F_TyZGx1VfJDzlslX6lO4bPHpOOKYC-0LwZg4Ug\/edit?usp=sharing\">this <\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">example<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, one partner read an article about same-sex marriage in France and the other about the same topic in Canada.They then discussed what they had read in order to compare same-sex marriage in the two countries in a Top Hat diagram. Similarly, in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1a4YqNy14wxK3jR0P0jWA3Qzn_lNkDl8jTqBGjOEE8hw\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this activity<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, each partner read an article about Chandeleur and filled in the first graphic organizer with relevant details. \u00a0The students then discussed their notes in order to compare the details given in each article and fill in the Top Hat diagram. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b> Role Plays <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As with the graphic organizers, I find that incorporating role plays is an effective way to integrate interpretive and interpersonal communication. Assigning roles allows students to synthesize what they learn from written and recorded sources while at the same time developing their interpersonal communication skills. \u00a0In <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1wjh8DwnxfOd95hqZMklhKsbg4QX6uh9wFXGgUSDMZJs\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this example<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the students performed role plays based on hypothetical situations from a film we watched in class. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1cr_TOW1ue08zH2wNIVXPUZWP8GNz-cVaMxNyzs5rR0c\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These role plays<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> based on a Petit Nicolas story, allowed the students to retell the story they read from a different point of view. \u00a0I also find that creating roles when assigning <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1FJMN-BqSW_1qjpkLWq9hXHrwZSwA3w8FI5wPh9kfvww\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">debates<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provides a more authentic context for the discussion.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b> Interviews <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several different contexts lend themselves to various interviews in my Intermediate classes. \u00a0In some cases, the students compare their actual opinions and experiences, using a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/12AaiDQMEJv73DzVxnonW4ci_duoFhzc0gwrfkBKn28I\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">graphic organizer.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> On other occasions, I integrate interpretive and interpersonal communication by having students ask their partner questions whose answers are found in a text that only the partner has. \u00a0As in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1yiHBJBm3VlCVDDrS54HSeLrtL1bQF1kLViPCtS4mcVA\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this example<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, I write the prompts in English so that the students are required to negotiate meaning in order to get the information they need to complete the task. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><b> Pair Crossword Puzzles <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following the same process as the Novice example given above, I create an A\/B version of a crossword puzzle that the students circumlocute to fill in. \u00a0This activity works great to review a story, as the students will use details\/vocabulary from the story when giving clues, as well as for non-fiction themes. This activity is also a great way to practice relative pronouns (which can be encouraged by providing sentence starters such as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1cSKxNTEKnFK5HeDZEXWac6PxDg4IItUzR8z5XmfiQBM\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">these<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.) My students <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">really<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> enjoy these puzzles. As a matter of fact, a student last year asked if she and her partner could take their puzzles home and finish them on the bus \u201cjust for fun.\u201d When time permits I sometimes follow up this activity with a $100,000 Pyramid game in which I project a slide with 5 of the words and pairs of students from two different teams take turns describing as many of the words as they can in one minute. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><b> Interactive Word Wall <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While I\u2019ve used the above-mentioned activities for several years, some professional development on critical thinking skills this year yielded several strategies that I plan to add to my teacher toolbox. \u00a0In fact, I incorporated one such strategy, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1UVgswO9qIPujKFVojV0HnYF_JnWOliWy-NOELygR1fE\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interactive Word Wall<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> last year. Although this activity does not exactly meet the criteria for interpersonal communication (there is little negotiation of meaning), its implementation did provide a context for authentic speech in my combined Level 4\/5 class. \u00a0For this activity, I created a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">set of cards by printing the document on card stock and cutting out the words.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The rest of the cards had either single or double-sided arrows. \u00a0Each group of four students was given a set of cards and they took turns taking a word card and using an arrow card to connect it to another word, explaining the relationship between the two ideas in the target language. (Although the presenter used larger cards so that the whole class worked on one word wall, I wanted to involve more students by having them work in small groups.) \u00a0I was somewhat nervous about implementing this strategy for the first time, as I wasn\u2019t sure how best to choose the terms, but the students were able to find connections for all of the randomly-chosen words I included. Here\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1UuXQck7PmrovsdUtQ3QL2lMm7A_47GYqQFbzdO8NeE4\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a picture<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of one of the webs and here\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/84900192\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a video<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> explaining its implementation. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><b> Six Hats <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I will implement this strategy for the first time in my introductory French \u2158 unit on family relationships. \u00a0Each student will be given one of the six cards in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1u1wVSOzqaZY6bx5-_CssG_dpn2OWhVvY-Da-rQbAscg\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this document<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (no one will be given the blue hat at this point) and will \u201cwear\u201d this hat when read an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/12U266aXdOKDGFyCcqbclFvicnkb625S3YBES0ZaOw2s\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">article <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">about adoption. They will then discuss the article from the point of view of their hat. I created <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1AGxN2QP1shD8uVmzOkOos6zxcYqMW1-sbCLA0EEvA3s\/edit?usp=sharing\">this <\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">graphic organizer<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> so that the students could take notes about their group members\u2019 responses. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><b> Bracketology.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> As an introduction to this family unit, I\u2019ll give each student a copy of this <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1eZRYUWckD3rSg4o8xt3a1qU6UNlziqS5o7NxkfkU1V8\/edit?usp=sharing\">bracket<\/a>\u00a0.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each group will fill in the first column of 8 rectangles with their ideas about the characteristics of a good parent. \u00a0They will then discuss these characteristics in pairs in order to choose which of these 4 are the most important. \u00a0After narrowing down their list they will further discuss in order to choose the 2 most important qualities, and then finally the single most important quality. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019d love to add more variety to my interpersonal activities, so please share some of your favorites!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As described in a recent post on unit design, I generally introduce an interpersonal task after the interpretive task in the lessons I create. 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