Will my classroom use the internet…

We were assigned to post about what we were interested in concerning our classroom and media. I am very much interested in using any resources accessible to me to get understanding across to my students. I plan to use the Internet, sources of media and technology, because I feel that it is important that you use what the student already knows and are using to get the students involved in their learning. When I was younger I was just going to the motions and school was all about textbooks and tests or quizzes. I pledge to use whatever is accessible to me to help my students understand.

 

Swashbuckling Adeventures on the High Sea

I don’t know where to begin with this article, it is so much to talk about. I just love how different subjects are incorporated into this unit. My favorite part of the lesson would be the DED, Double-Entry Diaries. I think that DEDs are awesome, because first the students have to pick a passage or something from the book, and then explain why they chose it or ask a question. It really gets the students involved in their work, because they will really pay attention to what they are reading.

Pirate Diary: The Journal of Jake Carpenter and What if I Met a Pirate?  Using the Twin Texts in the unit is amazing. I just find it so amazing because both of the books are different but the students are learning so much. One book is a historical fiction and the other is informational text. What I like about What if I Met a Pirate?  is that the book is informational but it is in question/answer format. Its not just a boring read on Pirates.  The Twin Text has students learning from both scales of the spectrum, which is great. The fiction book puts it in ways that the students can grasp it and it’s on there level.

I also believe that this unit builds on a students writing fluency  because the students are writing in the notebooks every time they read a portion of the two books. I loved how the KWL was used and how the students took different pages to take what they thought for KWL. I just really appreciated how the teacher had the students thinking about every aspect, because she even assisted students in developing questions that would prompt their writing later in the unit.

I think this unit is AWESOME! I can’t wait until we discuss this in class!! 🙂

 

The History of “Lauren Breann”

As I looked at the websites that were given to us I began to think where my name came. It said Lauren was the feminine form of Laurence. Also that it became popular by the actress Betty Jean Perske who used the name, Lauren Bacall as her stage name. Then I done my middle name, Breann, and it’s just the feminine form of Brian. Lauren is a very popular. In all of my classes here at ASU from the beginning I have had someone in my class also named, Lauren. I am so grateful to my parents for calling me by my middle name, Breann. Believe me this helps with confusion when the teacher is calling out five different Laurens.

My mother told me that she got my middle name from a soap opera! WOW!! I believe “General Hospital.” There was a actress with the real name, Bren. But when I was here and all the medicine was wearing off she forgot what she really wanted it be, therefore making it, Breann. My first name she wasn’t really sure where she got it from, but she said she knew that she wanted me to have the same initials as her, LS. My dad didn’t really have a say in my name because my brother is named after him, and so my mother responsible for choosing my name.