Apr 17 2009
Blog 4/17
Options 1 & 2 Focus
1. For my final project I am going to focus on a lesson plan literacy because:
I feel like writing a lesson plan not only includes several literacy’s but also is something that I will be doing very often when I become a teacher.
2. This is a literacy because:
A lesson plan entails writing, reading, and being able to comprehend what is written.
3. Explain how you use/practice/demonstrate this literacy right now in your life right now (in other words, what role does the literacy in question one play in your life)?
Lesson plans play a role in my life because I have to write them in various classes and will have to write them everyday when I become a teacher. I practice this literacy by creating lesson plans in classes and coming up with ideas for lesson plans both in the classroom and on my own time.
4. Explain how this literacy might be used by others in their personal lives. Explain how this literacy might be used by others in their professional lives.
A way less formal lesson plans are used by people everyday throughout their lives. People are often writing things down on a “to-do” list. Every teacher uses this literacy in their professional lives because all teachers write lesson plans. Some write more formal ones than others and some are longer than others but overall, every teacher writes lesson plans. Some do it on a weekly basis others do it on a daily basis.
5. How do you see yourself using this literacy professionally? What need does this literacy meet that others cannot? In other words, what will this literacy do that others do not?
I see myself using this literacy professionally because it is a requirement in a teaching job. This literacy includes multiple literacy’s at once; reading, writing, and analyzing. Not many other literacy examples force you to use as many literacy’s as writing a lesson plan does.
6. How do you plan to demonstrate your literacy?
I plan on demonstrating my lesson plan by including a lesson plan that I have created. This will visually show how a lesson plan includes multiple literacy’s.
7. What questions do you have about this project?
What are we supposed to include in our reflection?
8. Create a chronological list of the steps you will need to take to complete this project. Then, set a time-line of when each step will be completed. This will be a tentative contract between you and me to assure you’re making progress on this project.
Monday 4/20- have an idea of what lesson plan to use
Friday 4/25- rework the lesson plan to fit the needs of this class
Weekend- Write the reflection
Andy,
I really liked how you likened a lesson plan as a “to-do” list. I’d never thought of it like this before but now that I think about it, that is true. I also liked how you added that creating a lesson utilizes a lot of different literacies. Again, I’d never thought of it like that before. Well done! You raised a lot of great points and I think your final project is going to be really good. To answer your question about what we need in our reflection, I think that you need to include a lot of what you wrote here. You should write about how it is a literacy, how it helps you function in your everyday and professional life, etc. I think you’ll do really well! Good luck!
Jilian
Andy,
Your project sounds good. The assignment sheet explains what should be included in your reflection so look back over that and let me know if you have any more questions. Nice work!