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Sunday, July 15, 2007

Teaching Demonstration Response Protocols

We will be using this format for responding to teacher demonstrations. Perhaps, you all could save a copy either on a drive or Mavspace? I usually just outline the 5 lenses and respond to each so I do not miss one.

Teaching_Demonstration_Response.doc

posted by Janelle @ 7/15/2007 08:11:00 PM  

2 Comments:

  • At 7/16/2007 12:55 PM, Blogger Sessamalie said…

    Dear Janelle,

    I really enjoyed your presentation. As the child of a mythology buff, I was familiar with a lot of the stories. It was fun to hear my classmates put the familiar tales to pop music. I especially liked how your presentation lent itself to be considered by the Five Lenses.

    Lens 1: Describing affect for teachers and learners. Your lesson truly appealed to your students’ affect. You respected our individuality by giving us choices regarding what myth were wanted to put to song AND the song we wished to put it to.

    Lens 2: Articulating best practice. I noticed several best practices being used in your lesson. Of particular note is the way that you allowed each of us to have ownership of our work. We all were proud to share the songs that we brought and the new lyrics. We definitely felt safe sharing our masterpieces as well.
    Lens 3: The Texas language arts standards and benchmarks. You followed the TEKS, so no scary principals will be bothering you to justify the activity.
    Lens 4: Extensions and adaptations. I can use this idea in my classroom by having students summarize the stories we read in class in lyrical format.

    Lens 5: Questions arisen. Have you used this type of activity (rewriting the lyrics of a popular song to jive with content) in the past? What was that like?

    Thanks again for the wonderful idea. I am definitely going to emulate the lesson. Though I am nervous to see what my kiddos will do with it, I am looking forward to the challenge.

    Sincerely,
    Leslie Hancock

     

  • At 7/16/2007 2:29 PM, Blogger pat huster said…

    Dear Janelle,

    Mythology and music are two of my favorite things, so combining these topics made me feel right at home. How great that you used both of these in this lesson.

    Lens 1--Affect
    You gave us choices on which myth to use or even not to use a myth for our adaptations. Giving ownership in this way is critical in showing respect for your students.

    Lens 2—Best Practices
    As you presented your lesson, you drew on so many of the best practices. We had the opportunity to read our myths and complete the organizer with a partner and then share this information with the class. You walked us through the writing process as we wrote our parodies. I don’t think Now and Forever will be the same for me. Zeus will always come to mind now. Your responses to each of us were so positive that they encouraged us all to continue our writing.

    Lens 3--TEKS
    You were able to pull in the appropriate TEKS: listening and speaking, writing for a particular audience, revising, and evaluating. How nice that one activity can cover so much.

    Lens 4—Extensions and Adaptations
    I plan to use this in my class during literature circles. The kids can take a favorite song and write lyrics to fit a main character. Or maybe they can create a soundtrack for a movie version of their book and write the lyrics for the theme song. I think I might use it just as it is for my mythology unit first semester.

    Lens 5—Questions
    I really liked the organizers you gave us for the mind map and story log. Do you have any other ideas for scaffolding to share? How have your students responded to this activity?

    As a confirmed mythology nut, I really enjoyed this lesson tremendously.

    Thanks for sharing it with us.
    Pat Huster

     

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