tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764517747466990977.post8502038440852767759..comments2023-10-22T02:14:54.898-07:00Comments on A Writer's Life: Owls promptSherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05101707912607755656noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764517747466990977.post-24846014939639561612007-08-01T12:34:00.000-07:002007-08-01T12:34:00.000-07:00Hello Sherry,Lens 1: AffectWatching you teach, I ...Hello Sherry,<BR/><BR/>Lens 1: Affect<BR/>Watching you teach, I now see why it is so important for a teacher to be an expert in his/her field. You have an expansive knowledge of literary devices and writers’ craft, and it is evident that you have much to teach your class. This feeling kept me engaged because I wanted to learn from you. <BR/><BR/>Lens 2: Best Practices<BR/>I noticed several best practices woven throughout the lesson. Before reading, students reviewed several literary devices through nursery rhymes/ songs: metaphor, rhetorical question, etc. This activated prior knowledge and connected to the lesson. A few new devices were taught and linked to a concrete object—candy!! (I’m not sure if you’ve heard of the terms: jackdaws or artifacts, but they are interchangeable terms used to describe your candy connection. By connecting learning to an object, it then becomes symbolic of the learning and can be collected and used to jog memory at a later date to recall the learning more easily. There’s lots of research on that topic, which I’ll bet you already knew. ) After the reading students were given an opportunity to discuss as they were writing in response to the reading.<BR/><BR/>Lens 3: Standards<BR/>Thanks for adding the AP standards to your lesson plan; it was very thoughtful.<BR/><BR/>Lens 4: Extensions and Adaptations<BR/>You have reminded me of the power of jackdaws, which I will share with my staff this year. Also, you have illustrated many craft devices that I haven’t know, which intermediate students can incorporate, like parallelism and asyndeton.<BR/>Lens 5: Questions arisen.<BR/>I’m wondering what models you provide your students to help them compose essays. Are there some exemplary models out there? <BR/>Thank you, Sherry. I really enjoyed learning from you today.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09825688643602287072noreply@blogger.com