Assignment 2: Content Area Small Group Presentations

Assignment 2 Description (from our syllabus):

Each student will bring in a text that they used for teaching during the practicum and present it to their small working groups. Each person will be designated a partner. You will teach the content of the text (the concepts and contexts) to your partner, emphasizing vocabulary and expressions that might be difficult for students to understand. You will also provide a visual aid in the form of an illustration, graphic organizer, chart, map, etc. This visual aid should be your own creation, even if based on another image (please cite source) and should NOT include the relevant vocabulary or descriptions. It will be used to facilitate rapid content teaching and longer retention of the material. Your partner will teach your text to the rest of the group using your visual, attempting to cover as much of the content and vocabulary as possible.

Notes on the Visual Aid: Your visual aid should help learners grasp the relationships between facts, concepts or ideas in your ‘text’. Possible visual aids include:

Illustrations, Images, Photos (your own)
Charts (4 column chart, KWL, quadrant), Maps
Graphic Organizers: Venn Diagrams, Concept/Mind Maps, Fishbone Map, Sociogram, Frayer Model