Read this useful article by Elena Spathis on Edutopia.
In this non-traditional school year, even veteran teachers are experiencing flashbacks to their first days in the classroom. An eerie sense of déjà vu has taken over as teachers have started back at what seems like square one. We’re all newly navigating our hybrid or remote schedules, and have tried our best to make them work under unprecedented circumstances.
In my situation, adapting to a hybrid schedule of instruction took a great deal of brainstorming and revamping. I knew that teaching a language this year would be unlike anything I’d done before, and I also knew I had no choice but to get creative—doing what I’d always done in the classroom was no longer an option.
Because I would see all of my students in different formats and in a different order each week, I knew I needed to essentially create lessons that were all intertwined and interconnected. Hence, I started to plan activities that tapped into the interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational modes to hone students’ speaking, reading, listening, and writing skills. I simultaneously focused on technology tools that facilitated this approach.