In this week's unit, I will be focusing on my student's learning to comprehend Harris's methods of forwarding and countering. While doing this, the students will use texts that include women and humor as well, such as Yes Please by Amy Poehler. This unit will serve as an addition to a previous unit which would consist of reading through Poehler's book together as a class as well as analyzing and creating a better understanding of it. So the students will already be familiar with her writing and the text. I also include Tina Fey's Bossypants in this unit to introduce the students to more modern literature as well as another successful female author that uses humor.
In the beginning of the week, the students will just becoming familiar with forwarding and countering. They will be provided with handouts and will participate in group work to fully grasp Harris's methods of forwarding and countering and their purposes. They will look at reviews from Yes Please and even some of their classmates' work and be asked to forward and counter them. For the final project, the students will have the option to choose from any text that was included within the unit and either forward or counter that text. The choice is completely theirs. I also made sure to include the state and national standards within this unit.
At the end of each day, each student will fill out an "exit ticket." This will provide me with what the student's got from that day's lesson and what they feel confident on or not so confident on. It reflects my teaching from the day as well as informs me where the students stand with comprehension towards the topics we discussed that day.
My goal for this unit is to introduce the student to more modern literature, to introduce them to women in humor, as well as being able to comprehend and perform Harris's forwarding and countering. I hope the students will be able to use all of these aspects to improve their writing and comprehension skills in the future. And of course I hope they are able to enjoy this learning process and have fun with the included humor and modern part of these texts.
I really enjoyed how this unit pulls together so many pieces from our class. Again, I can't see the images you used here and I am intrigued!
ReplyDeleteCara, I think introducing Harris's concepts of forwarding and countering to your students is a great idea! I wish i had been introduced to them at an earlier time, I think i would be a much better writer by now. I love your whole idea with this. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteAs much as I hated exit tickets, or as we called them at my high school, "pop quizzes" despite the fact that we had one every day, I do think they are beneficial for teaching purposes. They show which students need a little extra help something I think most, at least high school, teachers struggle with as they have too many students to notice who need help and where. So as someone who had to go through taking them I like that you added them here.
ReplyDeleteI really liked your idea about exit tickets. We didn't do anything like that when I was in school and I think that would've been extremely helpful. It was so interesting to read what you did with your final project. I can't imagine the organization it takes to put a lesson plan together. Hence why I've decided I could probably never be a teacher. haha It's very cool that's what you want to do. I have no doubt you'll be an excellent teacher!
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