Group

Ms. Williams split us into groups and assigned us each a playwright. I really liked the role assignments, and it reminded me of a different way to do a jigsaw. I think I am going to use this idea in some lesson that I am doing in my pre-internship. I like that we only had 30 minutes to prepare, even though it was challenging, we did not have time to be off task. This would be perfect for a middle or high school class.

Film Clips

Using film is a great tool for the classroom. Like we have talked about it is so important to have a specific purpose in using a film rather than a free day to grade papers. It can be really useful to help students visualize images in literature, which is especially important for plays as works that are meant to be seen. It is also helpful to make literature relevant to students' lives by connecting literature to movies. Movies are also extremely helpful to help students learn to look at literary elements in a less intimidating way. This can help them make the jump to finding literary elements in text.

It also lends itself to deep thinking and critical comparisons in the classroom.

Copyright and Fair Use

A Fair(y) Use Tale was a great video! I think it would be a great to use in a middle or high school class. You may need a transcript, because it was a little hard to follow at first. Maybe just a transcript for the beginning until the students get used to it. It has great information that I think I have down. I had no idea there were so many regulations! I thought that "educational purposes" had a bigger freedom than it does...

WebQuest Presentations

Today I got to see the result of the hours of work everyone put into their webquests! It paid off, and I got a ton of ideas on how to structure webquests, and how to cover different themes in books. Though I probably won't teach all the books that were presented, I will most likely teach books that have similar themes!