This is a compilation of mostly assignments, resources, and discussions from my MAT program here at Westminster that will help me as a teacher in the future.
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Education Question
How can I teach The Scarlet Letter to any one of the following types of learners: visual, intuitive, active, sensitive, visual, sequential, reflective, and global? Pick one and please give me a brief idea for a lesson plan or approach.
For Visual learners I would show them the movie "Easy A" about the scarlet letter. I would also have them talk about something that is made them feel like they were an outcast. I would have them cut out a letter of the thing that made them feel bad, such as 'B' for bullying, and have them wear it throughout the day. I would have them reflect on their experience and how people taught them, and then wright a journal entry on it. Hopefully this would involve all learning types.
In a reflective way you can have students talk about the way labeling makes people feel, and try and get them share emotions. Encourage them to really think about this and make it personal. Then have them come back to class with a written essay on their findings in their discussions with their peers and their own thoughts.
Active learner: Recreate the setting and asks Students to role play key scenes in the book. Then have students reflect on their role and discuss the sections of the books that they acted.
For active learners, I would have the students participate in group activities in which one student in each would be segregated from the rest of the group. Those students who are segregated would step out of the classroom while groups come up with something they will do to make them united (such as never touch a pencil, always say a certain word, always laugh at the end of a sentence, ect). The segregated students would then come back, and try to fit into this new "society". Have groups perform an activity. Afterward, have groups reflect on what it felt like to be segregated and so on.
For Visual learners I would show them the movie "Easy A" about the scarlet letter. I would also have them talk about something that is made them feel like they were an outcast. I would have them cut out a letter of the thing that made them feel bad, such as 'B' for bullying, and have them wear it throughout the day. I would have them reflect on their experience and how people taught them, and then wright a journal entry on it. Hopefully this would involve all learning types.
ReplyDeleteIn a reflective way you can have students talk about the way labeling makes people feel, and try and get them share emotions. Encourage them to really think about this and make it personal. Then have them come back to class with a written essay on their findings in their discussions with their peers and their own thoughts.
ReplyDeleteActive learner: Recreate the setting and asks Students to role play key scenes in the book. Then have students reflect on their role and discuss the sections of the books that they acted.
ReplyDeleteFor active learners, I would have the students participate in group activities in which one student in each would be segregated from the rest of the group. Those students who are segregated would step out of the classroom while groups come up with something they will do to make them united (such as never touch a pencil, always say a certain word, always laugh at the end of a sentence, ect). The segregated students would then come back, and try to fit into this new "society". Have groups perform an activity. Afterward, have groups reflect on what it felt like to be segregated and so on.
ReplyDeleteSequential + Visual Learner: I would draw out a plot diagram on the board to explain the story both visually and in sequential order.
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