MAKING GROUP WORK POP - PT. 1 - Making Curriculum Pop2024-03-29T13:03:39Zhttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/forum/topics/making-group-work-pop-pt-1?commentId=2665237%3AComment%3A15067&feed=yes&xn_auth=noAlex - very cool - thanks so…tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2012-03-29:2665237:Comment:1185032012-03-29T06:33:13.362ZRyan Goblehttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/RyanGoble
<p>Alex - very cool - thanks so much for sharing! You might also post these as a stand alone discussion forum post int he <a href="http://mcpopmb.ning.com/group/adolescentliterature" target="_blank">YA Lit group also</a> - maybe w/ a title like "Enders Game Cooperative Learning Ideas" or something more brilliant - lol! I'm sure lots of other folks would dig checking your work out.</p>
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<p>Alex - very cool - thanks so much for sharing! You might also post these as a stand alone discussion forum post int he <a href="http://mcpopmb.ning.com/group/adolescentliterature" target="_blank">YA Lit group also</a> - maybe w/ a title like "Enders Game Cooperative Learning Ideas" or something more brilliant - lol! I'm sure lots of other folks would dig checking your work out.</p>
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<p>BTW - there are are more <a href="http://mcpopmb.ning.com/forum/topics/making-group-work-pop-pt-2" target="_blank">lit circle PDFs HERE</a> and beta <a href="http://mcpopmb.ning.com/forum/topics/playlist-beta-media-circles" target="_blank">Media Circles HERE</a> (book forthcoming).</p> While my class read Ender's G…tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2012-03-28:2665237:Comment:1186052012-03-28T16:04:46.774ZAlex Springerhttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/AlexSpringer
<p>While my class read <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Ender's Game</span>, I did something similar. Instead of having weekly quizzes/essays, I divided the students up in groups and had them work on a group presentation that discussed specific chapters of the book. Each student had a specific job with specific responsibilities. I definitely want to tweak it to make it more of a classwide discussion, but for the most part I was impressed with the effort that I saw. Here are the…</p>
<p>While my class read <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Ender's Game</span>, I did something similar. Instead of having weekly quizzes/essays, I divided the students up in groups and had them work on a group presentation that discussed specific chapters of the book. Each student had a specific job with specific responsibilities. I definitely want to tweak it to make it more of a classwide discussion, but for the most part I was impressed with the effort that I saw. Here are the assignment guidelines and group job sheets.</p> Hi Ryan - Thanks for sharing…tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2011-01-17:2665237:Comment:516432011-01-17T15:28:19.295ZRebecca Stantonhttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/RebeccaStanton
<p>Hi Ryan - Thanks for sharing this with us, the handouts are so much better than those I have used for lit circles in the past. I hope it is okay for me to share them with my preservice students. I am teaching a seminar class for preservice teachers in a new program, Teaching Residents at Teachers College <a href="http://www.tc.edu/teachingresidents/" target="_blank">http://www.tc.edu/teachingresidents/</a>. They have all been interested in learning more about lit circles and cooperative…</p>
<p>Hi Ryan - Thanks for sharing this with us, the handouts are so much better than those I have used for lit circles in the past. I hope it is okay for me to share them with my preservice students. I am teaching a seminar class for preservice teachers in a new program, Teaching Residents at Teachers College <a href="http://www.tc.edu/teachingresidents/" target="_blank">http://www.tc.edu/teachingresidents/</a>. They have all been interested in learning more about lit circles and cooperative groups. Do you have an article or handout that would help them know how to teach these roles to their students? This website is so awesome, thank you! Rebecca Stanton</p> Thanks Sandra - on Part II yo…tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2010-10-28:2665237:Comment:450902010-10-28T02:02:52.170ZRyan Goblehttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/RyanGoble
Thanks Sandra - on <a href="http://mcpopmb.ning.com/forum/topics/making-group-work-pop-pt-2">Part II</a> you can find the whole packet...
Thanks Sandra - on <a href="http://mcpopmb.ning.com/forum/topics/making-group-work-pop-pt-2">Part II</a> you can find the whole packet... I enjoyed doing these in Pam'…tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2010-10-28:2665237:Comment:450862010-10-28T01:31:10.530ZSandra Bernahlhttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/SandraBernahl
I enjoyed doing these in Pam's class and plan to try them out on my TAG group this next semester sometime!<br />
Thank you for posting these!! They look so much better in color.<br />
Sandy B.
I enjoyed doing these in Pam's class and plan to try them out on my TAG group this next semester sometime!<br />
Thank you for posting these!! They look so much better in color.<br />
Sandy B. Katrina,
Thank you for writi…tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2010-01-13:2665237:Comment:222122010-01-13T18:48:33.704ZRyan Goblehttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/RyanGoble
Katrina,<br />
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Thank you for writing! I'm so glad you dug them. Please do share your wiki space when you have it up and running!<br />
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Happy New Year!<br />
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Ry:)
Katrina,<br />
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Thank you for writing! I'm so glad you dug them. Please do share your wiki space when you have it up and running!<br />
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Happy New Year!<br />
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Ry:) These are beautifully done, R…tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2010-01-13:2665237:Comment:222082010-01-13T18:42:51.599ZKatrina Gonzaleshttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/KatrinaGonzales
These are beautifully done, Ryan! I love lit circles, have used them for several years, walked away from them for a couple of year because I feared not enough skills were being taught, then, I got over it, and we're using them again. I'm trying to set up a pbworks space, so my kids can discuss online. It will be something different and new.<br />
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Thanks for sharing these.
These are beautifully done, Ryan! I love lit circles, have used them for several years, walked away from them for a couple of year because I feared not enough skills were being taught, then, I got over it, and we're using them again. I'm trying to set up a pbworks space, so my kids can discuss online. It will be something different and new.<br />
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Thanks for sharing these. Secret Agent Jane,
How are y…tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2009-08-19:2665237:Comment:150712009-08-19T23:49:45.745ZRyan Goblehttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/RyanGoble
Secret Agent Jane,<br />
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How are you - we'll have to meet up soon! This is a great remix of the artist idea - I love this line "the "Artist" creates some lame, last-minute abstraction that doesn't make sense to anyone but him." Collage is an awesome substitution!<br />
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See you soon I'm sure!<br />
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RRG:)
Secret Agent Jane,<br />
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How are you - we'll have to meet up soon! This is a great remix of the artist idea - I love this line "the "Artist" creates some lame, last-minute abstraction that doesn't make sense to anyone but him." Collage is an awesome substitution!<br />
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See you soon I'm sure!<br />
<br />
RRG:) I love role sheets! What some…tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2009-08-19:2665237:Comment:150672009-08-19T22:50:04.718ZWisdomhttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/Wisdom
I love role sheets! What sometimes happens in my classes is that the "Artist" creates some lame, last-minute abstraction that doesn't make sense to anyone but him. As someone who's not an artist, I can sympathize, but I needed a way to get the artist to truly engage with the text rather than simply depict something that happened. One way I've found is to have the artist collage instead of draw. He grabs 2 or 3 old magazines (I get the school library's cast-offs every year), focuses on one idea,…
I love role sheets! What sometimes happens in my classes is that the "Artist" creates some lame, last-minute abstraction that doesn't make sense to anyone but him. As someone who's not an artist, I can sympathize, but I needed a way to get the artist to truly engage with the text rather than simply depict something that happened. One way I've found is to have the artist collage instead of draw. He grabs 2 or 3 old magazines (I get the school library's cast-offs every year), focuses on one idea, character, conflict, etc, and looks for images in the magazines that strike him as relevant to that concept. He tears out/cuts out these images and fills one side of one piece of paper (no spaces in between), then looks again to see what gets created. Usually he sees something even bigger than the individual images. The student then explains the concept he collaged and perhaps why he chose some of the less-obviously-relevant images he did on the back of the collage (for me) and out loud to his group.<br />
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This idea works well for the whole class, too. When I taught <i>Life of Pi</i>, for example, about 1/2 way through I gave this assignment to everyone with several choices: they could collage Pi's relationship with Richard Parker, Pi's spiritual condition, Pi's emotional state, etc. I threw on some tunes and, while they chatted at first, they soon fell into looking for relevant images. Some found it very difficult at first, but even the most confused got the hang of it eventually. Students found the exercise revealing on several levels, and when they shared them the conversation about text, character, etc became much richer. Lori,
How are you? H to the…tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2009-02-06:2665237:Comment:15942009-02-06T15:05:32.077ZRyan Goblehttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/RyanGoble
Lori,<br />
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How are you? H to the D is a big one, I bet you're excited to go, yeah? I hope to catch him sometime. Do share any cool tips and tricks when you get back. Please do pass those PDFs on - they were made to be used, so the more people that use them the merrier!<br />
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I'd love to be a fly on the wall for your ethics discussions with your seniors.<br />
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Take care and stay warm!<br />
<br />
RRG:)
Lori,<br />
<br />
How are you? H to the D is a big one, I bet you're excited to go, yeah? I hope to catch him sometime. Do share any cool tips and tricks when you get back. Please do pass those PDFs on - they were made to be used, so the more people that use them the merrier!<br />
<br />
I'd love to be a fly on the wall for your ethics discussions with your seniors.<br />
<br />
Take care and stay warm!<br />
<br />
RRG:)