When I finally get to graduate in 6 thousand years (which is the approximate time I will be attending UT it seems like), I plan on teaching high school level language arts. For the newsletter that I did, I was working with grade eleven students on the standard of reading applications in literary text. Within the standard, I was having the students focus on the benchmark of analyzing and evaluating the five elements (eg. plot, character, setting, point of view, and theme) in literary text.
The activity that I simulated with my students for the newsletter was I had them read the first book of the graphic novel series BONE, by Jeff Smith. I then had them create a newsletter using the five elements to explain what each element meant and to explain the element as it pertained to the story. This activity represents a learner-centered activity that they could construct meaning from regarding the benchmark that I was using, while using word processing because they had to use word processing to express that they knew what each element meant and how to analyze the different elements within a story that they had read.
Kelsey,
ReplyDeleteThis activity using word processing to have students participate in an activity that would both engage them and also require them to work with the concepts you want them to understand is an excellent idea on how we can have students construct meaning. - CB