tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49479456639520041692024-03-05T01:14:32.014-08:00ELT Poems by Chaouki M'kaddemMy Own Cogito:
I won't be able to think after death.
Thus, if I stop thinking, I'll pass away.
I won't be able to learn after death.
Thus, if I stop learning I'll die.
People will use the knowledge I taught.
Thus, I am an immortal teacher.
People will read what I wrote.
Thus, I am an immortal writer.
I have to keep on thinking and learning to live longer.
I have to keep on teaching and writing to live forever.
© Chaouki Mkaddem
Chaouki M'kaddemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12924357915559809677noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947945663952004169.post-81987533557024713802014-12-25T12:26:00.002-08:002014-12-25T12:26:25.606-08:00Optimizing Inclusion <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #003300; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Dear
teacher,</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span><br />
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #003300; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Students
with learning disabilities </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span><br />
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #003300; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Certainly
have considerable abilities</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span><br />
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #003300; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Inclusion
rakes up potentialities </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span><br />
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #003300; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">And
develops students’ qualities</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span><br />
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #003300; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">You need
to carry out some inquiries </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span><br />
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #003300; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">New
knowledge and competencies </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span><br />
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #003300; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Help you address
their disabilities </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span><br />
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #003300; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">And cater
for their needs and abilities</span></b><br />
<br />
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #003300; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Dear
teacher, </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span><br />
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #003300; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Any class
has mixed abilities</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span><br />
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #003300; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Varied
traits and cute sceneries</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span><br />
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #003300; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Different
needs and capacities</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span><br />
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #003300; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Multiple
intelligences and keys</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span><br />
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #003300; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Learning
styles and tendencies</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span><br />
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #003300; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Motivation
levels and energies</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span><br />
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #003300; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Differentiate
classroom activities</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span><br />
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #003300; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">To meet
these bittersweet realities</span></b><br />
<br />
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #003300; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Dear
teacher,</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span><br />
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #003300; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Manage
your classroom at best</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span><br />
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #003300; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Increase
motivation and interest</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span><br />
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #003300; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Season
activities with joy and zest</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span><br />
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #003300; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Be patient
even with the slowest</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span><br />
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #003300; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Use scaffolds
first and foremost</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span><br />
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #003300; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Differentiate
every activity and test</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span><br />
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #003300; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Incorporate
cooperative learning, </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span><br />
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #003300; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Project
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Chaouki M'kaddemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12924357915559809677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947945663952004169.post-46830270073238023612014-06-10T09:03:00.000-07:002014-06-10T09:03:44.818-07:00A Teacher Can Be a Peacemaker<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Dear teacher,<br />
Peace is the key to vitality in any school community<br />
Where there is the potential for conflicts and hostility <br />
Detecting dormant volcanoes is an urgent necessity<br />
Alas, schools can't afford experts. What a bitter reality!<br />
Thank God you are there! You are a precious commodity<br />
<br />
Dear teacher,<br />
A person in your position is gifted with true intuition<br />
You are adept at dealing with colleague sand children<br />
You have a talent for social interactions and persuasion<br />
And classroom management is your forte and inclination<br />
Never doubt your flair for conflict resolution and prevention<br />
<br />
Dear teacher,<br />
Be an example of duty and common goal devotion<br />
Be a model of self-control and emotional regulation <br />
Manage your clashing interests through negotiation<br />
Assess options to reach mutually suitable solutions<br />
Build co-operative and supportive working relations<br />
<br />
Dear teacher,<br />
Another positive problem solving strategy is mediation<br />
Have disputing parties talk and exchange information<br />
Let them reflect on what they feel about the situation<br />
Forget about blame; invite them to think of a solution<br />
Remember, parents make kids; you make generations<br />
<br />
© Chaouki M’kaddem<br />
June 10th, 2014</div>
Chaouki M'kaddemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12924357915559809677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947945663952004169.post-36896168239069862182013-12-26T13:46:00.000-08:002013-12-28T13:50:20.781-08:00 Chess As Content<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Focusing solely on structure and form<br />
Brings no good but a storm<br />
That drowns learners' motivation<br />
Suffocates any source of inspiration<br />
Increases inhibition and frustration<br />
Impedes language learning progress<br />
Causes failure to perform and express<br />
Oneself in target language with success<br />
<br />
Dear teacher,<br />
Think of first language acquisition<br />
Its environment and conditions<br />
Create similar situations and context<br />
To enable learners acquire at best<br />
Integrate language and content instruction<br />
Prompt interaction and meaning construction<br />
Develop interpersonal language competency<br />
Along with cognitive academic proficiency<br />
<br />
Dear teacher,<br />
Apart from academic subjects as content<br />
Recreation is an area of interest<br />
Among learners' hobbies I made my quest<br />
As leisure activities incite them to do best<br />
Hey! The most optimal I can suggest<br />
Promote target language through chess<br />
As it is fun and free from stress<br />
So rich that vouches for learning progress<br />
<br />
Dear teacher,<br />
Chess is an optimal tool<br />
For the effective learning goal<br />
Gives learners mastery and control<br />
To learn the language as a whole<br />
Through integration and experience<br />
Total physical response and graphics<br />
Cooperative and task-based learning<br />
A journey from low to high order thinking<br />
<br />
Dear teacher,<br />
Nothing to fear, just give it a go<br />
Here are some tips you may follow<br />
Through L1 teach them how<br />
Get your ducks in a row<br />
Then switch to L2 and start the show<br />
Enhance what they already saw<br />
Introduce what they didn't know<br />
And use inference when doing so</span><br />
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Chaouki M'kaddemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12924357915559809677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947945663952004169.post-85046573706152075992013-08-10T16:34:00.001-07:002013-11-06T15:38:47.333-08:00Be An Interactive Teacher!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>Dear teacher,</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>It's the early twenty-first century</b><br />
<b>Time to check your teaching inventory</b><br />
<b>So as to adapt a rich variety</b><br />
<b>Of classroom roles to share the territory</b><br />
<b>With learners and afford them mastery</b><br />
<b>Of their own learning and discovery</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>Dear teacher,</b><br />
<b>Say adieu to autocracy and welcome democracy</b><br />
<b>Overwhelm learners with much interest and courtesy</b><br />
<b>Create classroom dynamics with great efficiency</b><br />
<b>And perform an array of roles with high proficiency</b><br />
<b>To empower learners to achieve the intended competency</b><br />
<b>And use the target language with accuracy and fluency</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>Dear teacher,</b><br />
<b>Get rid of the way you were taught</b><br />
<b>To get off to a flying start</b><br />
<b>Facilitate learning and avoid learning by heart</b><br />
<b>No more prevailing instructions, use directions instead</b><br />
<b>Make your guidance and assistance a work of art</b><br />
<b>And make the learning on students' part</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>Dear teacher,</b><br />
<b>We live in the information technology age</b><br />
<b>Time to be a tech-savvy to update your page</b><br />
<b>And time for learners to take the stage</b><br />
<b>Forget about being the only source of knowledge</b><br />
<b>And create productive learning environments to engage</b><br />
<b>Learners to develop skills needed in the workplace</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>© Chaouki Mkaddem</b><br />
<b>June 13th, 2013</b></div>
Chaouki M'kaddemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12924357915559809677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947945663952004169.post-56815958093299852762013-08-10T16:33:00.000-07:002013-11-06T15:39:01.784-08:00Know Your Learners!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>Dear teacher,</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>Piaget, Vygotsky and Bruner</b><br />
<b>Refuted any speculative rumor</b><br />
<b>Presuming the teacher is the knowledge owner</b><br />
<b>And the child is a passive acquirer</b><br />
<b>They sought deep inside the learner,</b><br />
<b>Assembled an empirical picture</b><br />
<b>To help motivate the language teacher</b><br />
<b>To be an excellent classroom practitioner</b><br />
<b>And assume the role of a facilitator</b><br />
<b>The former proved the learner</b><br />
<b>To be an active individual and thinker</b><br />
<b>A discoverer and meaning constructor </b><br />
<b>The second had inspired the latter </b><br />
<b>They both emphasized the child’s social nature</b><br />
<b>That is tied to a society and a rich culture</b><br />
<b>And within the ZPD can be an effective grasper</b><br />
<b>Through interactions with a more knowledgeable partner</b><br />
<b>Like a caregiver scaffolding a toddler</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>© Chaouki Mkaddem</b><br />
<b>June 1st, 2013</b></div>
Chaouki M'kaddemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12924357915559809677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947945663952004169.post-91368517048771007002013-08-10T16:30:00.003-07:002013-11-06T15:39:18.913-08:00World Cultures Within Kids’ Reach<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>Dear language teacher,</b><br />
<b>Young learners are known for malleability</b><br />
<b>And zeal to quench their curiosity</b><br />
<b>So as to grasp life aspects and any novelty</b><br />
<b>Why not seize such a golden opportunity</b><br />
<b>And make their future free from hostility?</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>Dear language teacher,</b><br />
<b>It is mainly your responsibility</b><br />
<b>To offer young learners the immunity</b><br />
<b>To stereotypes, prejudice and bigotry</b><br />
<b>By exposing them to a selected variety</b><br />
<b>Of other people’s culture and society</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>Dear language teacher,</b><br />
<b>Enrich every class with an extra activity</b><br />
<b>About cultural aspects of a different community</b><br />
<b>Be careful! Select your items with sincerity</b><br />
<b>And mind those concealing duplicity</b><br />
<b>To avoid any backfire or tendency to animosity</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>Dear language teacher,</b><br />
<b>When it comes to techniques and methodology</b><br />
<b>Do some readings to broaden your creativity</b><br />
<b>Then adjust them to match learner specificity</b><br />
<b>Make use of twenty-first century technology</b><br />
<b>To manage motivating hands-on activity</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>© Chaouki M’kaddem</b><br />
<b>October 4th, 2012</b></div>
Chaouki M'kaddemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12924357915559809677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947945663952004169.post-57143936592115339742013-08-10T16:28:00.000-07:002013-11-06T15:40:26.373-08:00Crucial Years<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Dear teacher,</b><br />
<br />
<b>When it comes to teaching teenagers</b><br />
<br />
<b>Never deem them absurd or strangers</b><br />
<br />
<b>They are wandering at crossroads</b><br />
<br />
<b>And undergoing changing behaviors</b><br />
<br />
<b>To find themselves in their own sculptures </b><br />
<br />
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<br />
<b>Dear teacher,</b><br />
<br />
<b>Adolescence is a developmental phase</b><br />
<br />
<b>Teens are vulnerable these crucial days </b><br />
<br />
<b>Busying themselves clearing up the haze</b><br />
<br />
<b>Relying on their own to elbow their ways</b><br />
<br />
<b>Be patient! it is but a temporarily craze </b><br />
<br />
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<b>Dear Teacher,</b><br />
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<b>Dealing with teens is ne’er humdrum</b><br />
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<b>They are curious and adventuresome</b><br />
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<b>They seek autonomy and freedom</b><br />
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<b>In their kingdom you are welcome</b><br />
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<b>If you understand their own anthem</b><br />
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<b>Dear teacher,</b><br />
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<b>Tailor your activities to engage them</b><br />
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<b>Let them feel important and awesome</b><br />
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<b>Evince interest in their lives and realm</b><br />
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<b>Carefully, allow them to be at the helm</b><br />
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<b>Together, you can indite a lovely poem</b><br />
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<b>© Chaouki M’kaddem</b><br />
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<b>January 12th, 2013</b></div>
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Chaouki M'kaddemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12924357915559809677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947945663952004169.post-64883795459859770912013-08-10T16:24:00.003-07:002013-11-06T15:40:56.640-08:00You Are the Kids’ Best Companion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>Dear teacher,</b><br />
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<b>Young learners eagerly tend to thrive</b><br />
<b>Into a foreign language they need to dive</b><br />
<b>They are naturally zealous, curious, energetic, and alive</b><br />
<b>And sometimes are hyper and loud as if in a beehive</b><br />
<b>You should scaffold them all along the drive,</b><br />
<b>Provide them with adequate tools to survive</b><br />
<b>And consider the appropriate ways you should contrive</b><br />
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<b>Dear teacher,</b><br />
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<b>Young learners are fragile and vulnerable</b><br />
<b>With affection and care you should handle</b><br />
<b>With them into language learning you will travel</b><br />
<b>To stroll around their world that is not ample</b><br />
<b>But cozy, overwhelming and still humble</b><br />
<b>Use your magic to make them twinkle</b><br />
<b>And make their learning setting real and meaningful</b><br />
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<b>Dear Teacher,</b><br />
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<b>Young learners are individuals with different smarts</b><br />
<b>Some use their brains, others prefer to see their targets</b><br />
<b>Some favor auditory styles, others fancy kinesthetic arts</b><br />
<b>Consider these differences when designing lesson parts</b><br />
<b>And make your objectives clear as if playing darts</b><br />
<b>Engage them in activities and assign purposeful projects</b><br />
<b>Make of their performance a shiny surface that reflects</b><br />
<b>Your successful mission to embrace those sweet hearts</b><br />
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<b>© Chaouki M’kaddem</b><br />
<b>February 7, 2012</b></div>
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