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ACTIVITIES & RELATED MATERIALS
Above: I created this Canva template for a Readers Response activity completed by AP Prep Comp 9 freshmen during their Lit Circles unit. This unit resembled a collection of five "book clubs" with 3-4 students reading each book. The unit focused on identity as well as diction and tone, which the activity above incorporates.
This activity was created for a mini lesson on Intersectionality. During this "Palm Reading" activity, students traced their hands and chose five aspects of their identities from the slide on the bottom left. They then made connections between the identity aspect (as modeled on the right) to see how their experiences were unique due to the intersections of aspects of their identity. In my example, I shared personal things about my own identity because I could not expect that of my students unless I set a precedent.
For the activity on the right I made use of the Miro Board browser to ask students to work together and create a shared resource. They were divided into groups of five and each group was assigned a colored square. Students then posted notes under the questions and prompts I created.
The Star Wars activity was never used in the classroom, but it is a testament to my desire to incorporate pop culture into the curriculum. Much like the first activity on this page, activities like these brings contemporary topics into the conversation, which often helps students relate to and be interested in the content.
When modifying the original archetypes lesson provided to me, my goal was to create a presentation with the most common archetypes as well as a note sheet that would be more helpful then overwhelming. I decided on a form of grid notes in which students could write 1-3 words after a word-associate-like exchange following each slide. After all, as Carl Jung explained, archetypes express our "collective unconscious". The students responded very well to this style of note-taking, even calling out archetypes in the media, myths, etc.
JOURNALS
Journal prompts are quick, easy ways to inspire students to practice creative writing. Below are some of my favorite journal prompts I created for the AP Prep Comp 9 class. I thoroughly enjoyed presenting these to the class and hearing them laugh and brianstorm aloud. Students frequently commented at how outlandish and fun my prompts for them were.
In your study of outer space, you have discovered a new planet! Thanks to new and improved space travel technology, you will be able to be the first person to visit this planet. Describe what you see there, who/what you meet, what the environment is like, etc.
If you had the opportunity to pull off the greatest, unharmful heist, where would you break into and what would be your tactic? (a chocolate factory? Meryl Streep’s house to steal her cupcakes? Build-a-bear Workshop?)
You are the proud owner of the brand new Museum of…. well, that’s up to you! What exhibits will your museum feature? What will it look like? (example: the Museum of Sandwich Toppings, featuring its new exhibit, Sandwich Cheeses: This’ll Taste Gouda)
Greetings Dragon Racer! You have entered your dragon in the annual racing championship. Unfortunately, your dragon has gotten aggressively sick, so you have to write an email to the headmaster and explain your dragon’s illness. Use proper email format!
PRESENTATIONS
The featured presentations were learning guides for the lessons at hand. The way I try to organize the day, presentation is seldom more than a small piece of the lesson, serving as a helpful visual but not as a dependable element.
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