Category Archives: Assignment 2 Content Area Text Trade

Teaching my electronics students the properties of the breadboard seemed to be like pulling teeth. I am sympathetic to their case because the breadboard, although super handy, is not designed in an intuitive manner. With conductive strips running horizontally, vertically, … Continue reading →

Feedback for Jordan: Awesome job explaining the word bank and the picture Well done communicating what students needed to do and helping them along Loved the ‘turn to a partner and share your prediction with them’ I maybe would have … Continue reading →

Overall, I am very pleased about how my assignment was taught.  Almost everything was perfect.  I should have been more clear and had Sandy go through each line of the text and figure out the beat function syllables, rather than … Continue reading →

Within the five-minute time frame, Sarah did a great job of identifying some of the key themes that F. Scott Fitzgerald identifies throughout his novel. She mentioned that for some, The Great Gatsby might be a rather dry novel to discuss. With that, … Continue reading →

   Georgia did a great job at teaching the initial steps of a Dogfish Dissection. She gave context as to why we were looking at a dogfish and not a different type of fish. There were a few more terms … Continue reading →

The text that I brought was about the genre of humor and how it relates to short stories. The words I highlighted in the text are : Juxtaposition, irony, dramatic, parody, satire, trivial, surprises, exaggeration, puns, literary, situational. This is … Continue reading →

I brought in the concept of surface area for my Text Trade. Feedback for Calvin: Great presentation of information Logic and thorough explanation of the concept Nice expansion of the topic using a different example (cylinder) to demonstrate the idea … Continue reading →

Feedback for Brett: Good background information and relevance to the lesson and unit. Good breakdown of examples in the content. Good wrap up of the conclusion and main ideas. Relevance made aware, and good use of terminology.