Concept Map: The Secret Garden

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.7 Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).

I.       read the book

By reading the book, students will automically picture in their heads what they think is happening. They will be illustrating in their own head. The students will take turns reading aloud in class . This way students will be able to create their own view of the book while someone else is reading.

A.    pass out the book

B.    students take turns reading book aloud

1.    I will tell which student to read

II.     ask students what they thought the garden would look like

I will pass out paper to the students for them to answer on. I am having students write a page on what they thought the garden would look like. By writing it down, it is getting students to have to recall what they were illustrating in their own minds. I am using the garden because it is the easiest thing to specifically picture besides just saying the entire book.

A.    pass out paper for students to write on

B.    students will write on the paper what they envisioned the garden would look like

1.    students will have to recall from the reading what they thought the garden would look like

III.    watch the movie 

Students will watch the movie in class. I will just have the students stay in their normal seats during the movie. If a child has a circumstance where he/she cannot see the screen, then I will allow that student to move seats. The students will watch the movie to be able to see what other people imagined the garden to look like. I am thinking their perception of the garden will change due to actually seeing the garden compared to them imagining it themselves.

A.    students will watch the movie during the class period

1.    students will view the movie from their regular seats

B.    students will get to see what someone else thought the garden should look like

IV.    ask students to recall differences of the garden from the book to the movie

I will pass out paper for students to answer on. I will then instruct students to recall what they thought the garden would look like after reading the book. Then I will ask the same question but what they thought after seeing the movie. I will then have them examine how their perception changed after reading and viewing the movie, or if it did not change.

A.    pass out paper for students to write on

B.    instruct students to recall differences in how their perception of the garden changed and if it was a good change

1.    students will have to recall what they thought the garden looked like in the book and the movie

V.     write a page on what students think the garden looks like after seeing it in the movie

I will pass out paper to the students for them to answer on. I will then instruct them to write a page describing how they now view the garden after watching the movie. I am thinking their perception will have changed and I want them to be able to note that. Also, if their perception has not changed, I want them to be able to note that as well.

A.    pass out paper for students to write on

B.    students will write on the paper what they envisioned the garden would look like after seeing the actual garden in the movie

1.    students will have to recall what the garden looked like in the movie

John Hunter and the World Peace Game

I think if I were given the scenario he had, I might could do something really engaging for students that they would not really need my help at all. I do not know if I could come up with something so in depth as his. I think what he is doing is so great because I think a really good way to learn is just by doing and not having people tell you things, so the fact that he just sits out and lets the students have control of the game and class is really cool and a great way for students to learn things that might not have the chance to learn anyway else.

Common Core State Standards for ELA and Literacy

What is the purpose of the college and career readiness standards?
     To have our students more ready for college and careers after they graduate high schoool.
What are the benefits and challenges of the shift reading and writing non-fiction tests?
     I think benefits are that with non-fiction students will have actual knowledge from reading and writing, but then I think that it would be losing creativity and imagination within learning.
What are the benefits and challenges of having standards for Science, Social Studies, and technical subjects?
     I think those are equally important subject areas as all other areas so I do not see many challenges because I think any standards within those subjects will help students tremendously.

Use Arts Integration to Enhance Common Core

     The author of this post starts by stating two ways that teachers have gone about implenting the Common Core in specific classrooms. The first way stated was STEM and the second way was Arts Integration. This author argues that Arts Integration is the way to go because it makes the students more interested in learning and makes learning more enjoyable. The author goes through four sections that discuss this more in depth. The author then goes to state strategies to implement the Common Core through Arts Integration. The author then continues to argue that Arts Integration is the way to go because it was more enriching for the students as well as the teachers, giving a better and more fulfilling learning/teaching experience.
     I really enjoyed this article because I agree with the author because I enjoy the arts and think that they help with all types of learning. I think integrating the Common Core through Arts Integration is a great way because like the author of the article argues, it is a more enriching experience for all parties involved. The article doesn't really give much insight on how to do this though. It would have been better for teachers to actually implement through Arts Integration if there were information on how to do so, then that they just should implement that way.