LLED 361 Dr. J. Robertson (921/928)

Amanda presented my lesson on the nitrogen cycle and the phosphorus cycle in an engaging way that showed her understanding and enthusiasm on this topic. She paced her presentation well and explained the usage of the graphic organizer in a clear way. The group members were able to follow her lesson and complete the simple compare and contrast diagram.

Nitrogen Cycle PowerPoint slides

Venn Diagram for Nitrogen Cycle and Phosphorous Cycle

Example Text

Characterization Graphic Organizer

Kirsten presented my lesson and graphic organizer with enthusiam and eloquence. She began by expertly explaining the literary device of characterization along with its two types: direct and indirect. She read the example text to the group clearly and gave examples of each type of characterization. She was able to correctly identify examples of both types, and encouraged others in the group to do the same in order to fill out the graphic organizer.

Attached is the characterization graphic organizer that I created in my practicum for use for the novel Tuck Everlasting in English 8 and a text I found for this activity.

Lauren did a fantastic job of taking my mini-demo and making it her own. She facilitated group participation by having each classmate try to demonstrate a step using their hands and making the motions they thought would be correlated with the image and instructions. She collaborated with me to decide on the best method to introduce the graphic organizer and we established that having students look at the images first and try to order them would be a suitable preview activity to the content. They then checked their order alongside the written instructions and Lauren led them through the steps altogether.

Janna was able to explain the concepts and elements required for our group member who are non-French speaking. She provided coherent and logical explanations that made it seamless for the group members to learn both how to conjugate travel-related verbs into the imperative form and then to construct the phrases themselves. Janna provided great feedback during our peer meetings, which helped me in constructing a graphic organizer that including all of the key components and steps for non-French speaking students.

Below is my original text with which I was working (this is from the Communi-Quête 1  Textbook), as well as my graphic organizer template and “answer key” that included expected responses:

Nicole Rocha – Graphic Organizer

Jenna did a very good job at introducing the author Elie Wiesel to our group. She first gave them biographical information in English and had them filled in the graphic organizer. Then she made them watch the short biography I made in French. She stopped regularly to see if everybody was following and translated the content beautifully. I was amazed by her French skills!

Here is the original video I made: Wiesel

Here is an example of my graphic organizer: