I thought Cher did a wonderful job presenting her lesson. I think it could be useful in the classroom teachings of genre, dialogue punctuation, and synonyms. The collaboration aspect of the lesson made it very unique. Good Job!
Yes! Am am so excited because after teaching in a closet for the past four years, I think I am getting wall space next year. I love the idea of interactive wall decor and plan to use it to help my kids move (now that we CAN!).
I love the wall space as well. After reading all the wonderful things in the women's restroom (Ellis, 2nd floor), I'm excited to see what my students might write.
Teaching different perspectives about, say, Cinderella or any Disney flick is EXCITING in the 5th grade! We absolutely should be challenging the false notion of "norms" in society as early as possible (and with humor too). I want you to know that in many of my circles challenging those cultural artifacts is meaningful in many many ways. Whole courses are built around it. So, in teaching this, you prepare kids well!
I am amazed at the material I often find myself reviewing in a freshmen comp class just to see my own sons working on the same issues in Elementary--for example, we work on "signal phrases" for research papers in ENG151. I challenge students to use "articulates," "questions," "emphasizes," et cetera, in rhetorical ways when quoting research instead of the beat-me-brainless "says." Ack.
I so am grateful to this Institute for keeping us all in dialogue!
Cher, Lots of good ideas from your demo, but my personal favorite was the changing of the genre' from play to narrative, which is what we did in our group. I know students would gain alot of vocabulary and chain together a given story plot in new ways. Terrific job.
Thank you- I hope when I actually teach it to a group of 5th graders it goes 1/2 as well!
ReplyDeleteI really want to try the idea of having a place on the wall to put collections of examples up for reference.
ReplyDeleteYes! Am am so excited because after teaching in a closet for the past four years, I think I am getting wall space next year. I love the idea of interactive wall decor and plan to use it to help my kids move (now that we CAN!).
ReplyDeleteI love the wall space as well. After reading all the wonderful things in the women's restroom (Ellis, 2nd floor), I'm excited to see what my students might write.
ReplyDeleteTeaching different perspectives about, say, Cinderella or any Disney flick is EXCITING in the 5th grade! We absolutely should be challenging the false notion of "norms" in society as early as possible (and with humor too). I want you to know that in many of my circles challenging those cultural artifacts is meaningful in many many ways. Whole courses are built around it. So, in teaching this, you prepare kids well!
ReplyDeleteI am amazed at the material I often find myself reviewing in a freshmen comp class just to see my own sons working on the same issues in Elementary--for example, we work on "signal phrases" for research papers in ENG151. I challenge students to use "articulates," "questions," "emphasizes," et cetera, in rhetorical ways when quoting research instead of the beat-me-brainless "says." Ack.
I so am grateful to this Institute for keeping us all in dialogue!
Cher, Lots of good ideas from your demo, but my personal favorite was the changing of the genre' from play to narrative, which is what we did in our group. I know students would gain alot of vocabulary and chain together a given story plot in new ways. Terrific job.
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