Teachers That Teach Podcast

In this week's episode, Louisa discusses how she incorporates "Movie Talk"™ into her classroom. "Movie Talk"™ is another way to keep the classroom engaged in a novel way. Louisa breaks down what an average Movie Talk™ day looks like for her, using just a simple 3-minute Darth Vader Volkswagen commercial.   Key Takeaways: [0:30] This week's podcast is all about "Movie Talk" ™! [0:40] How does Louisa incorporate movies into her classroom? [1:05] Louisa loves to use a commercial with Darth Vader in it. [1:35] The goal with this activity is to talk to the students, not to get to the end of the movie. [3:20] Louisa reestablishes meaning for the words the classroom has already worked on days prior before putting on the movie. [4:00] Louisa breaks down step-by-step how she uses the movie to help the students comprehend the input. [10:05] After about 20 minutes of describing what's in the movie and how it relates to the students, Louisa stops the movie before it gets to the end. [10:50] She uses the movie as a j