Monday, August 1, 2011
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Strategies For Teaching Language Arts
Common strategies for teaching language arts:
1. Guided reading/literature circles
2. Reading comprehension (inferencing, questioning, summarizing, etc)
3. Writer's workshop (6 + 1 traits of writing)
1. Guided reading/literature circles
2. Reading comprehension (inferencing, questioning, summarizing, etc)
3. Writer's workshop (6 + 1 traits of writing)
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Letter Writing
Letter Writing As An Effective Form of Communication
Summary of Curricular Context: Letter writing is a very important real world skill. As a result of processes like texting and Facebook, students have become accustomed to a form of “slang” writing. Students are provided with a variety of writing opportunities however their writing often lacks formality. This is the problem that this learning experience will address. My potential solution to this problem is to introduce the students to various forms of letter writing and to allow ample opportunities for them to practice/develop their writing using these formats.
Students must have a foundation of knowledge in reading and writing, including a basic knowledge of the rules of capitalization, punctuation, and grammar. Students must have basic computer skills and be familiar with Microsoft Word. Students must also have experience working with peer evaluation.
Standard / Objectives for Unit or Lesson:
CC.8.W.4 Production and Distribution of Writing: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Lesson Goal: Students will be able to write a friendly letter using the traditional format (heading, greeting, body, and closing).
Enduring Understandings
Understand that letters can be used as a form of communication
Understand that various types of letters can be used in different situations
Understand that effective writing is a result of organization and planning
Essential Questions
What makes for effective communication?
Why is effective communication necessary in our lives?
Knowledge
Friendly letter format
Rules of capitalization and punctuation
Rules of grammar
Skills
Reading
Using a variety of sentences within writing
Writing clearly and cohesively
Peer editing
Summary of Curricular Context: Letter writing is a very important real world skill. As a result of processes like texting and Facebook, students have become accustomed to a form of “slang” writing. Students are provided with a variety of writing opportunities however their writing often lacks formality. This is the problem that this learning experience will address. My potential solution to this problem is to introduce the students to various forms of letter writing and to allow ample opportunities for them to practice/develop their writing using these formats.
Students must have a foundation of knowledge in reading and writing, including a basic knowledge of the rules of capitalization, punctuation, and grammar. Students must have basic computer skills and be familiar with Microsoft Word. Students must also have experience working with peer evaluation.
Standard / Objectives for Unit or Lesson:
CC.8.W.4 Production and Distribution of Writing: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Lesson Goal: Students will be able to write a friendly letter using the traditional format (heading, greeting, body, and closing).
Enduring Understandings
Understand that letters can be used as a form of communication
Understand that various types of letters can be used in different situations
Understand that effective writing is a result of organization and planning
Essential Questions
What makes for effective communication?
Why is effective communication necessary in our lives?
Knowledge
Friendly letter format
Rules of capitalization and punctuation
Rules of grammar
Skills
Reading
Using a variety of sentences within writing
Writing clearly and cohesively
Peer editing
Monday, July 11, 2011
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Teacher Identity: Mr. Holland's Opus
For those of you who have not seen this movie, Mr. Holland's Opus is a film that depicts the career of high school music teacher Glenn Holland. Mr. Holland left his career as a musical performer to become an educator. He quickly faces a great deal of oppression from other faculty members and resistance from some of the students. As a result of his stressful profession, Mr. Holland's home life begins suffer. I think that although Oregon is much different than inner city Chicago, some of the issues in this movie are one(s) that we can relate to.
The clip that I have chosen as my teacher identity piece is an excerpt from the movie when one of Mr. Holland's students has chosen to quit the clarinet after she experiences great frustration with the instrument. I am inspired at how Mr. Holland works with this student one on one and helps her to see music from a different perspective. In addition, he holds her to a high standard of performance all while encouraging her with positive feedback. He finds the musician in her that she wasn't able to see on her own.
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