Week 8

Week #8

     I thought it was a cool idea to go through all the different subject areas and do different reading strategies. It made class fun to get to do a bunch of mini lessons. I really enjoyed doing the art piece and then talking about the different characteristics of art through that. I could see this being used in a Language Arts class where you want to talk about mood. Or any other class that has incorporated a novel or reading to it. The students could discuss or even color/draw what they feel from a passage being read aloud of the book they are reading. Then they could describe their art and see what mood the passage is portraying. It could also help with writing because they could explore which words or phrases elicited these feelings. After they could make sure to use more of these words in their writings to elicit feelings and develop mood in their papers too.

     For the Social Studies presentation I thought it would be cool to even use this in a science class. I think often times the media, scientists, and other groups will present different ideas about a topic. For upper middle school it would be useful to use the four perspectives to analyze all the views of what really is going on. It also helps them to develop the ability to critically analyze the media they receive on a daily basis.

     For the Language Arts presentation it could also work for a science or Social Studies class where there is something that is a controversial topic and the students need to debate a side of it. I think it would be useful to even use the four perspectives strategy first so they are all aware of all the sides. Then the teacher could give them the opinion and evidence sheet to help them focus on one side o the argument.