Cheminement Pédagogique Particulier
The Routine

I have recycled this routine format from my practicum IV's cooperating teacher. Having a routine that is supported by interactive visuals helps my CPP students stay focused and engaged. The routine's activities are short and familiar enough that students can build the courage to volunteer participation.

Another short subroutine, this activity allows students to practice days, months, numbers and weather related vocabulary. Students have rapidly learned to use all of these concepts organically by applying them through a fun, interactive activity.

This activity provides students with cultural knowledge and exposes them to the great repertoire of anglophone music. I make sure the songs I choose are fun, catchy and with words that are easy to understand. I also choose to use an animated video with the song playing in the background. I also link the song to the theme of the lesson or LES unit. After that, I have a conversation with students about things they saw in the song. This also represents a good opportunity for them to reinvest previously seen vocabulary.

This subroutine provides students with expressions that can be used as functional language. The expressions are always easy to understand and fun to use. Students are given time to understand and process the words before they are given the three potential answers. They get to raise their hand and vote for their answer. Finally, there is always a visual to help students conceptualize the expression.

With CPP students it is important to drill grammatical notions often and also come back to previously seen ones to make sure they are properly assimilated. As such, my routine also includes an activity which quizzes the students' knowledge of previously seen grammatical notions. Again, this activity is highly visual with bright, contrasting colours, and often incorporates elements of multimodality.

To close off the routine, I also have a short interactive lesson which solidifies the ongoing grammatical notion being covered. Students raise their hands to answer questions as they arise on screen throughout the video's playback. They volunteer an answer and I write it on screen. The interactive lesson checks the answer and the video continues if it's correct. If it isn't correct, I give the chance to another student to provide the correct answer. The game-like interactivity provided by this activity ensures that students can practice and the notion seen in the previous activity.