Assignment #2 – Laban
Sarah did an excellent job teaching the lesson on Laban. She was very confident with the subject matter and seemed very excited to teach it. She did a great job following each step in the mini lesson outline. She gave both verbal and physical explanations. She took the time to pause and ask if the group members had any questions. She very carefully and systematically facilitated the process of filling in the graphic organizer. Group members were engaged throughout the entire lesson. Overall, excellent work!
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Assignment 2
Paul knocked it out of the park with this. The purpose of this graphic organizer is to visually demonstrate the idea of a character “foil”. By showing like an unlike traits, connecting them between the three characters, you spatially represent what sets them apart. It has the added benefit of clarifying and challenging our knowledge of how characters are constructed, and the need for specific vocabulary to accurately describe them; the difference between “intelligent” and “intellectual”, for example, I thought was an interesting case in understanding how subtle differences in meaning can make a very big difference. Hamlet and Fortinbras are both intelligent for example, but it would be inaccurate to describe Fortinbras as “intellectual”. Paul did an excellent job bearing this out, and the importance of teacher facilitation in this exercise. Obviously, this organizer should work with any text, but Hamlet was interesting in this case; I was surprised how well it worked, how much people were able to remember, despite everyone, including Paul, feeling very unfamiliar with Hamlet, not having read it in a decade or however long. I think the organizer helped with recall–although if I used this in a class I would probably expect a little more familiarity with the text from my students.
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SS11 – Kennan’s Long Telegram – Anthony P. (Shane L.)
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 the document. He presented the text in an interesting, fun and accessible manner, defining both key vocabulary and text format. After reading the opening paragraph aloud and explaining it, he expertly guided students towards completing the remainder of the document by clearly explaining the graphic organizer and how they should use it. Throughout, Anthony kept the rambunctious students on task, using a firm but friendly voice to convey the content.
Overall, the lesson was well-sequenced, clear and informative. Anthony showed expert knowledge in the subject area.
Kennan’s Long Telegram and Graphic Organizer – Kennan Long Telegram
Assignment #2 – Tableau Mini Lesson
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 especially good job of checking in with students to confirm understanding, and of providing specific and simplified definitions for any complex or technical theatre terms used during the lecture.
Lindsay’s energy and good humour had students thoroughly engaged with the physical exercise they participated in, which allowed them to both demonstrate and internalize their understanding of the 4 elements. Lindsay was kind and clear when giving constructive feedback to a student, making sure the whole group could learn from these moments. This physical practice, combined with the use of the graphic organizer, helped to solidify students’ understanding of the 4 elements in a memorable and organized way. Great work Lindsay!
Elements of Tableau – Literacy Assignment Text & Lesson Outline
Assignment #2. Different types of energy
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 teaching him the material, he gave excellent feedback so I modified the content so the lesson presented examples of different types of energy rather than all the different classes of potential and kinetic energy. Jacob gave the group the necessary information to lead them through the graphic organizer and encouraged the group to come up with examples of potential and kinetic energy to complete the organizer. Thank you Jacob for taking a on the difficult concept of energy and making it seem easy!
Physics -Energy Transformation Jeff/Nan
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 conversion between potential energy and kinetic energy.
During the presentation, Nan was clear on her points and had a good voice. Her demonstration on the PhET simulation clearly indicates that she had been practicing a lot for the presentation. People at the table were definitely engaged and I think she did a great short lesson. One of the constructive feedback I gave her was to allow specific time for students to write down the information on the graphic organizer. Overall, Nan tried very hard and successfully delivered the lesson.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Tgn5w7dD9QySuct0hcNrO5nJCfWTwqJu9AJRc3mGkiw/edit?usp=sharing
Text:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Li1Vq8XMGvGmelLhM2v5Gkv1UoPznB9vH2-KlJ3DSJs/edit?usp=sharing
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YF1gpx9isBkrMcu5gl4RDrjFAeNzXOyLYolMXp8H4tk/edit?usp=sharing
What is a March?
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 organizer that explored our background knowledge and followed up with a discussion about our individual ideas.
Link to March Style “Original Text” Listening Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyGziWBEzGI
Graphic Organizer: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iFlZ_o0MuWTnF_RHL7pCPl6LDV7fPCHUWYNTmC1jAAA/edit?usp=sharing
Assignment 2: Vocal Production (Jackie Nguyen/ Jay Michalak)
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 visually represent the 4 components of vocal production and as a tool to guide learning. Awesome job!
Vocal production power point:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kNM624ZFIhdavI4sflBT_kuJoWmcdjOVasJj-m3-tsI/edit?usp=sharing
Vocal Production Graphic organizer: Vocal Production Graphic Organizer
Vocal Production Original Text: Vocal Production original text
Assignment # 2: Mole Relationships
My partner, Amy Reese, did an excellent job of presenting the relationship between mass, volume, and # of particles to moles, a concept that students find quite challenging in Grade 11 Chemistry. She spoke clearly and confidently and had a good grasp of the focus of the mini-lesson. Amy made the analogy of moles being like a ‘central train station,’ which I think was quite effective.