Melanie van Ansem

English teacher at Rangitoto College. Working on a Masters of Professional Studies in Teaching at the University of Auckland.

[Melanie van Ansem @melanievanansem]

@RaewynDonnell That is an amazing blogpost! So great to have everything in one place. Had such a great time at conference too #engchatnz

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PLZ RT Want to move your whole dept or school along the future focussed journey? http://t.co/p4ywfZBiFr #edchatNZ

[Melanie van Ansem @melanievanansem]

@chasingalyx I can teach you the basics :-) Or I have heard about http://t.co/5QzHZfR3s5 on K Road

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@shakespearenut that's great! Being a big school, I don't know him though :-) loved your presentation yesterday

[Melanie van Ansem @melanievanansem]

We need to have, at the forefront of our mind, a strong sense of why we teach English #capitalletters2015 #engchatnz

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@callumkayak I was definitely employing that strategy this afternoon.

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@Jackbillie35 That's okay - my school doesn't have a requirement of how to track the evidence so I'm happy to make my own template

[Melanie van Ansem @melanievanansem]

@Jackbillie35 That sounds great. I am assuming there is a template that someone has set up that you are all using?

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How are you all documenting evidence for the RTCs? Google docs with links? Blogs? other great ideas? Trying to consolidate #edchatnz

[Melanie van Ansem @melanievanansem]

#engchatnz - have to sign off for tonight. Very tired after heaps of marking! Thanks for the awesome PD everyone

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@ariaporo22 Yes, talk with other tchrs. What skills do they need us to cover in English and which non-curric skills can all teach #engchatnz

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A3. Just thinking about ss doing group work - I have to teach every class how to have discussions in groups and work as a team. #engchatnz

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A3. We need to be conscious of teaching the skills rather than teaching to the assessments. And to ensure we do this throughout #engchatnz

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@impy11 Absolutely. My year 13s are struggling with this at the moment! #engchatnz

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A2. From an English subject perspective, being able to read and write at a high level - but also key competencies #engchhatnz

[Melanie van Ansem @melanievanansem]

Hi everyone, Melanie from Auckland #engchatnz

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PLZ RT Ready for #edchatNZ tonight? With @ginippi as devil's advocate and @MissDtheTeacher as moderator. 8:30pm NZST

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A4 asking I wonder questions at the start of a lesson and then exploring what we all think it could mean #engchatnz

[Philippa Nicoll Antipas @AKeenReader]

A4: keep a running Shared Google Doc of all the questions learners want to know #EngChatNZ