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Standard #6: Assessment
Standard #6: Assessment
The teacher understands and uses multiple methods of assessment to engage learners in their own growth, to monitor learner progress, and to guide the teacher’s and learner’s decision making.
Formative - Written Exit Tickets
Formative - Written Exit Tickets
In preparation for an essay on character foils which targeted identifying contrasting character traits and using the specific CER (Claim, Evidence, Reasoning) composition format. These exit tickets were assigned throughout the reading of the text to teach and reinforce the skills of making a claim, finding textual evidence, and defending that evidence with reasoning.
Responses to this exit ticket informed which parts of the CER format students needed additional support.
Exit Ticket: Okonkwo vs Obierika
Exit Ticket: Okonkwo vs Obierika
Part 1: Read Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe chapter 8
Part 2: Create a chart that compares Okonkwo's character traits to Obierika's
Part 3: Write a 4-6 sentence response to this prompt
"If the Oracle said that my son should be killed I would neither dispute it nor be the one to do it" (67)
Based on this quote, CONSIDER how Obierika's views are different from Okonkwo's.
In your 4-6 sentence response, include
A claim
Evidence
Explanation of your evidence
I provided these sentence frames for students to use as they wrote their paragraphs:
Claim: Okonkwo's views are different from Obierika's because...
Evidence: On page , Obierika says... (or paraphrased text evidence)
Explanation: This proves that he is different because...
Obierika would..... but Okonkwo would....
Summative - Informative Speech
Summative - Informative Speech
This was a project assignment for a College Speech course. Students worked on 4-5 speeches over the course of the semester. It is a multi-step process for which students have lots of work time in class. Students mostly move at their own pace through the steps with some instruction, guidance, and lots of feedback.
informative speech.docxInformative Speech Organizer.pdfSource Sheet Template.docxStudent Outline Template.docxcollege speech informative speech delivery rubric (1).pdfStandard #7: Planning for Instruction
Standard #7: Planning for Instruction
The teacher plans instruction that supports every student in meeting rigorous learning goals by drawing upon knowledge of content areas, curriculum, cross- disciplinary skills, and pedagogy, as well as knowledge of learners and the community context.
Learning Segment - What makes an effective public speaker?
Learning Segment - What makes an effective public speaker?
These three lessons come from a learning segment on establishing the skills it takes to be an effective speaker in a 7th grade Communications class. In these lessons, a variety of instructional strategies are used in order to meet students where they learn best. The variety of modalities, especially with energetic 7th graders, matched the energy of kinesthetic learners. Students started by identifying their own habits and concerns when it comes to public speaking, then brainstorming the qualities of a good public speaker. They went on to establish the success criteria for the actual assignment, then to begin practicing those skills, followed by evaluating example speeches. These activities helped students have ownership over the skills they will be graded on. Physical movement helps students invest in the activities with their whole bodies and evaluating a speaker helps them determine for themselves what they should strive for. And collaboration throughout continues to develop their communication skills.
Communications Plan 09-20.docxCommunications Plan 09-22.docxCommunications Plan 09-23.docxStandard #8: Instructional Strategies
Standard #8: Instructional Strategies
The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage learners to develop deep understanding of content areas and their connections, and to build skills to apply knowledge in meaningful ways.
Theatre Unit Plan-combined.pdfIntro to Theatre
Intro to Theatre
Unit Plan
Unit Plan
This unit plan, created as my final project for Special Methods, includes 10 lessons for teaching the basics of theatre as a discipline and empowers students to become theatre critics themselves.
Adaptations: Narrative Study
Adaptations: Narrative Study
Unit Plan
Unit Plan
As my final for General Methods of Secondary Ed, this unit plan for 9th grade English includes 5 lessons on what makes a "classic" written specifically for the needs of my practicum classroom.
Unit Plan pdf.pdfPage updated
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