was ever an opportunity to teach these classes together, it would probably make more sense. Changes made to the lesson while teaching What strategies could I use to reinforce this lesson? Lesson 7– Reading through a Critical Lens: All (40 minutes) Subject: ELA 10 b Author: Amanda Lyons Grade Level: 10 Time Duration: 1 hour Professional Growth Guide Goal(s): Outcomes and Indicators: Cross Curricular Competencies: Language Strands: Reading: Writing: Speaking Listening: Viewing: Representing: Materials/ Sources by Jeannette Armstrong “History Lesson” Activities and Procedures: (5 minutes) Students will be given the poem “History Lesson” by Jeannette Armstrong. Students will read through the poem individually, underlining anything they can identify from the 6S Strategy. Tell them to use this to their advantage when coming up with their questions. Jeannette Armstrong’s poem is a poem that describes the history of European “History Lesson” and Aboriginal Peoples through imagery and personification. The speaker of the poem begins with the adventures of Christopher Columbus and brings it to Armstrong’s writing period where Aboriginal Peoples feel lost and confused in their present situation. Armstrong’s poetry alludes to many items that the students will recognize (like Rice Krispies) and hopefully question. (Appendix 2-3) Can you relate to the poem in anyway? Why or why not? Are there any personal experiences that draw you towards a certain passage in this poem? Explain. (15 minutes) Students will be set up in four different stations around the room, each representing one of the critical lenses we have studied so far. It is up to the students in the groups to read the poem through their lens (gender, social class, reader’s response, and and write down everything their group discusses.
was ever an opportunity to teach these classes together, it would probably make more sense. Changes made to the lesson while teaching What strategies could I use to reinforce this lesson? Lesson 7– Reading through a Critical Lens: All (40 minutes) Subject: ELA 10 b Author: Amanda Lyons Grade Level: 10 Time Duration: 1 hour Professional Growth Guide Goal(s): Outcomes and Indicators: Cross Curricular Competencies: Language Strands: Reading: Writing: Speaking Listening: Viewing: Representing: Materials/ Sources “History Lesson” by Jeannette Armstrong Activities and Procedures: (5 minutes) Students will be given the poem “History Lesson” by Jeannette Armstrong. Students will read through the poem individually, underlining anything they can identify from the 6S Strategy. Tell them to use this to their advantage when coming up with their questions. Jeannette Armstrong’s poem “History Lesson” is a poem that describes the history of European and Aboriginal Peoples through imagery and personification. The speaker of the poem begins with the adventures of Christopher Columbus and brings it to Armstrong’s writing period where Aboriginal Peoples feel lost and confused in their present situation. Armstrong’s poetry alludes to many items that the students will recognize (like Rice Krispies) and hopefully question. (Appendix 2-3) Can you relate to the poem in anyway? Why or why not? Are there any personal experiences that draw you towards a certain passage in this poem? Explain. (15 minutes) Students will be set up in four different stations around the room, each representing one of the critical lenses we have studied so far. It is up to the students in the groups to read the poem through their lens (gender, social class, reader’s response, and and write down everything their group discusses.
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