Jennifer+Tingen+&+Tiffany+Schaefer

How does Wordle help students understand literary elements such as theme, characterization, and symbolism?


 * Our question has evolved to: How can I use Voicethread and Wordle to understand the literary element characterization?

Tiff will teach concepts characterization the week before filming Clip of Tiff explaining activity, one of me discussing Wordle, clip of students typing, zoom in on work, clip of student explaining why some words are bigger than others Students will write 1-2 paragraphs about a certain element (divide class into three sections) Ilustrate advanced classroom compared to regular class friday--generate list about all characters-tiff saves lists in shared folders thursday --copy, paste, make own wordles friday--use our voicethread for them to respond to --list of percy on one wordle how students repond--add their names?--jenn figure out answer questions for voicethread one wordle as class to model it Think about Bloom's Taxonomy as the theory

We have discovered that Dual-coding theory multimedia Paivio and Mayer would be best to explore in our project.

Appendix could include both directional sheets and Wordle sample of student work for each element from each class

Written component: rationale, description, and reflection due 11/16 Jenn focus on theory/implementation Tiff focus on reflection/implementation Old-fashioned method for storyboard "We may not all be Dali or Degas. But today we must all be designers." ~Dan Pink, A Whole New Mind

Oct. 12 we will plan the final agenda for lesson plan We will meet October 15 at Daniels Middle to tape lesson Oct. 17th we will create a outline of our paper and talk about when to meet again and when to communicate through wiki Nov. 14 edit paper and decide when to meet next if needed
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During the few days prior to the voice thread the teacher should teach the concept of direct and indirect characterization using the characters in //The Lightning Thief.// The students will also learn about the difference of a //Static and Dynamic// character. The day before the voice thread, the students add character traits about the three main characters on three different Wordles, one for each character: Percy, Annabeth, and Grover. The pictures of the wordle that were created from the student's list will be implemented in a voice thread. Students will create a voice thread evaluating one of the characters by stating how the class Wordle displays the character traits. They will determine if the character is dynamic or static. They will pick a character trait that stands out in the Wordle and give an example of direct and indirect characterization from the novel.
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