Week 7

Week #7

     The first activity we did was a one minute book report where each group went around and gave a summary of the book in one minute. They had to talk for the entire minute and try to make it so others would be interested in reading the book. I think this activity would be good in any subject because it requires students to summarize what they have read, watched, or talked about. It also has students practice persuasive speech if they are trying to convince others to read their book. At the end we could ask questions to any of the groups which allows the other students to gain more information if they want it. Overall I would use this activity for any group work because I feel it is a quick way to see what the students have understood.
     I enjoyed having roles for literature circles too because it gave us a purpose for reading the book. It also gave us structure during our time in the lit circles instead of simply having students talk about a book. I liked having students do vocab, art, and connecting because they give students a deeper understanding of the book. I think it is cool to see what students have connected with for a book because most likely they will always be different because each student has different experiences.
     I really liked the energizer activity where we had half the class be famous people and then the other half be reporters. I could see this activity being used in a history class where the students could act as a historical figure they have been studying. Then the other students would have to guess who they were. This would test their knowledge of the person since they would have to act like them and know enough about them to successfully portray them. The reporters would also have to know about all the historical figures since they would have to guess them.
     I am curious to see the content area literacy presentations because I think they will be helpful to learn many new strategies. I know as an ESL minor that we focus a lot on how to bring literacy skills into the other content areas so I think it will be fun to learn more I can use. For EL we talk about how teachers should have language objectives and it would be cool if teachers also had reading strategy objectives for their lessons when they include them. This way the teacher could more easily assess how the student was doing with the new strategy they have been working on.