English Website: Literature--"The Giver"
One way that I can envision using my website is as a tool and resource for students to prepare for and reflect on their reading. For instance, prior to reading the novel, “The Giver,” which my 8th graders are required to read, I would post a plot summary and important vocabulary for students on the website. The students would use the site as a resource to get background information about the story and to build their background knowledge about important vocabulary terms. After gaining the needed information from the website, students would participate in reflective and cooperative group mini-projects to synthesize and discuss the plot, their predictions for the novel, and their personal applications of the vocabulary terms.
After gaining and building background knowledge about the story, the students will begin reading the novel and use the website themselves to create additional web pages on the site. Their web pages will be in reference to how they analyze the events and themes within the story and written reflections. Students will work in groups to create their web pages and be able to choose from several project items that will help them to meet the unit goals of literary analysis. The students will be required to include graphics within their web pages.
After reading the novel, the students will also be required to read and reflect on the website information updated by their peers, review the important content and analysis of the novel, and take a final exam on the novel’s theme and how literary elements were applied within it.
Check out a sample of how this website would potentially be set up here.
Very nicely put together--I especially like the pictures you used.
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I read this book with my class, every class has loved it so far. Love the idea about naming the chapters might have to give that one a try this year.
ReplyDeleteI really like the approach of what you did. I like the fact that it is also really available for students to go back to and re-look at and that you used it to also to define the assignment. I am not the biggest "green" person in the world but the fact that your also not wasting paper and things and being a conscientious example to your students is cool too. In a lot of small ways there is not reason to add the additional cost unto an organization by simply wasting paper to represent the material that you just did through a free website. very cool and unique way of representing it. What is also cool too is that if another teacher wanted to use your site and assignment, say within your district (doesn't have to be) also now has access to your material. :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks all! Your feedback is very helpful :-)
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