Rebecca Blouwolff talks about her journey to becoming a teacher who uses thematic units, authentic resources and performance based assessments. Rebecca and Michelle's conversation offers interesting and relevant insight on the role of grammar, how Rebecca approaches it with her students, and the role of accuracy in language learning.  

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Bio:  

Rebecca Blouwolff has taught French at Wellesley Middle School in Massachusetts since 1998. She earned a B.A. magna cum laude in American Civilization and Judaic Studies at Brown University, and an M.Ed. in Teacher Leadership at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Rebecca fell in love with middle schoolers while serving as a Fulbright teaching scholar at a collège in Saint-Omer, France. She is a National Board Certified Teacher, 2019 MaFLA, NECTFL, and 2020 ACTFL Teacher of the Year, and certified MOPI tester. 

Mentions 

Mme Shepard - @LisaEShepard1 - Madame's Musing http://madameshepard.com/ 

OPI (Oral Proficiency Interview) Training 

Rebecca Blouwolff @MmeBlouwolff 

Danoto and Glisan - Essential Core Practices in Language Teaching 

Laura Terrill and (Donna Clementi)- Keys to Planning for Learning : Effective Curriculum, Unit and Lesson Design 

Tim Eagan @tjeag 

Barbara Barnett @Sra_Barnett