Category Archives: Assignment 2: Content-Area Text Trade

Sig-Figs Sophia did a wonderful job explaining significant figures! This is a challenging math/science lesson which she successfully communicated to peers who were not familiar with the topic! She also reworked the graphic organizer a little bit to make it … Continue reading →

For this short introduction to the Cold War, Anthony was able to effectively guide students through an abbreviated reading of George Kennan’s Long Telegram. He began by sufficiently assessing the students’ background knowledge and aptly set the historical context for … Continue reading →

Lindsay did an excellent job leading our group through an engaging mini lesson on the 4 Elements of Tableau. She gave a clear, concise mini lecture on each element, providing engaging and instructive visual demonstrations for each. Lindsay did an … Continue reading →

I asked Jacob to teach a mini lesson on the differences between potential and kinetic energy. He was totally up for the challenge and did a great job presenting the concept to the group. During the session when I was … Continue reading →

Nan did a fantastic job presenting the material. We worked together on improving the graphics organizer. Nan was fast to spots the points where students from non-science background might need front loading with. We created an introductory lesson on the … Continue reading →

Jovana did a great job of taking us through an engaging mini-lesson on the style: march. She got us moving and shared informative visuals, listening examples, and personal connections to the style. Jovana led the group through a simple graphic … Continue reading →

Jay did an excellent job presenting the lesson on vocal production. He was dynamic, energetic, and skillfully used analogies and modelling to help scaffold the academic language and concepts around vocal production. He also effectively used the graphic organizer to … Continue reading →

Simran did an outstanding job presenting on her topic. I was impressed with the level of detail she contributed to her handouts, although she could have included some visuals in her materials to improve the level of engagement. Otherwise, I … Continue reading →