Literacy Presentation and Lesson Plan
Okay, so I may not be getting any students to let forth a barbaric yawp just yet, but I presented my lesson on Wednesday and I think it went well. I'm not exactly Robin Williams, but I think I can get there. For my presentation, I utilized the literacy strategy of Text Impression. With this pre-reading strategy, you give the class a list of vocabulary words that you have gleaned from the upcoming reading (enough to give them a hint as to the content, without giving anything away), then ask them to craft a short descriptive passage about what they think you'll be covering. Once finished, you share several responses and then start the reading. The goal of the strategy is to generate interest and begin creating a greater sense of engagement with the text. As the students start the reading, they will keep the short passages in mind, constantly comparing their own guess with the actual text.
As mentioned, I think my presentation went well, despite a small hiccup with the order of things. However, I ran into a small problem by trying to have the students work on two lists and two descriptive passages at the same time. We were covering two separate texts, but I gave them both lists at the same time...this was a mistake. Even my college student classmates had trouble following what was expected of them with this strategy. When I repeat this lesson in the future, if I choose to cover two texts in one go, I will definitely split the lists up.
Literacy Strategy Lesson Plan
Literacy Strategy Concept Map
Literacy Strategy Presentation
John Henry Handout
Labels: concept map, lesson plan, literacy strategy
posted by Harry Smith @ 6:07 PM
1 Comments:
I'm glad that you're first lesson went well! I'm a current C&I student in Dr. Lycke's class and I found that my first teaching experience went similarily to yours. I had about the same hiccup you did. I gave the students mutiple things to work on at once and it was too much for them to handle. I should have split it up like you because I had a little trouble with it when I microtaught but I hoped for the best. Even hoping for the best did make it successful. I think things like this often happen to new teachers and we will just have to learn from our experiences.
I like the literacy strategy, Text Impression, and think its a good way to introduce students to a new lesson. I did a similar one where to this called the Tea Party. In this strategy, I gave the students each a line from a text from Emerson and they had to go around the class an explain to each student in their own words what their line meant. It gave the students an introduction to Transcendentalism (which is what I was teaching on) and allowed them to learn some of the ideals without actually knowing they were learning them. I really like the literacy strategy you used and think I'll use it when I teach again!
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