Week 7 Assignment# 2

Strategies for Student Centered Discussion

This was an interesting video, I watched it about twice. The student centered discussion is a great idea, and it really engages all the students, and it’s also a great way for teachers to really assess the students, and they also get to interact with them. I wonder if this strategy would work for the younger grades. It’s a bit more difficult for younger students to really keep focus and stay engaged.

Melissa Slater

Grade Level: 12^th Grade

Title of Lesson: Strategies for Student Centered Discussion

Length of Lesson: 45 minutes

Central Focus and Central Technology of the Lesson Key Questions: ·        Students will learn to reflect, gather their thoughts, while they communicate and collaborate in class discussion. ·        Students will learn to master the art and science of engaging in a discussion about a text. ·        Students will use textual evidence  to support their ideas. (There was no technology used in this lesson)

Knowledge and Skills of Students to Inform Teaching Key Questions: ·        Students will be able to answer questions based on information they already have. ·        Students will be able to support ideas through textual evidence. ·        Students will be able to listen to their peers and participate in the discussion. ·        Students will have notes on the reading material. ·        Students will participate in class discussion with the teacher and their peers.

Common Core State Standards: ELA.RL.11-12.1 ELA.SL.11-12.1a ELA.SL.11-12.1c

Support literacy (traditional literacy, domain specific literacy, or new literacy) development through language (academic language) ·        Students will be able to explain to their peers their perspective of the literature, and be able to provide text evidence. ·        Students will be able to present a persuasive argument using other real world examples. ·        Students will be prompted to ask questions by guided questions. ·        Students participation during class discussion is essential for interaction with other peers to enhance discussion.

Learning Objectives ·        Master the art and science of engaging students in rigorous discussion.

Formal and Informal Assessment ·        Students will be able to discuss their reflection about the literature, through the use of information they gathered. They will be able to use quotes, examples for the literature, their notes, and even elaborate from questions that their peers have asked through the class discussion. ·        Students communication and collaboration will be assessed by seeing their knowledge of the literature. ·        Students will be able to analyze, and examine their notes by using text evidence.

Instructional Procedure: ·        ELA Packet  “A Good Man is Hard to Find” Written by: Flannery O’Connor ·        Teacher will establish the learning goal. ·        Teacher will introduce Focus Lesson. ·        Teacher will provide students with a guiding question. ·        Students will be asked to take notes, highlight important evidence in the text ·        Students will be asked to reflect and think about the text in order to participate in the class discussion. ·        Students response and participation is important in order to establish speaking and listening skills. ·        Teacher will ask students to elaborate on their response by prompting other questions. ·        Students will be required to discuss and reflect on the text after class with their peers. ·        All questions are welcomed even after class. ·        Students are encouraged to share their ideas, thoughts, and opinions.

Instructional Resources and Materials used to Engage Students in Learning: ·        ELA Packert: “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor ·        SmartBoard (This can be used to find videos on the author, and the story, create questions, charts, write ideas, and research more information on the topic) ·        Notebooks ·        Dictionaries

Reflection: ·        Students are challenged by the Student Centered Discussion. ·        The instruction and lesson can build during the discussion by the students participation, text evidence, and questions. ·        This is lesson allows for students to interact with their peers by being themselves. Some students are more outgoing, and others more reserved. ·        Teacher is also a participant with the students which makes the discussion go smoother, and it doesn’t seem as rigorous for the students even though they are being challenged.