The Practical Pedagogue

This is a nine-slide presentation using "Would You Rather...?" scenarios to guide students through writing claims, reasons, and counterclaims. I used this with students by having them choose one side of the room or the other based on their choice and then pair/sharing with a partner their claim, reasons, and a possible counterclaim for making that choice. This progressed to practice writing their answers. The lesson then closed with a close reading of the article "Attention Students: Put your L

This is a 13-slide presentation presenting twelve memes that comically depict the main characters (Romeo, Juliet, Benvolio, Mercutio, Tybalt, Nurse, Friar Laurence) and one meme representing each of the five acts. Each meme presents how the story might have looked in the time of Covid-19/Caronavirus. Great as a model of an alternative assessment or just for a bit of fun. I had students create their own meme-summary of the play choosing a particular setting after viewing this as an example.

This self-grading Google Forms quiz contains 15 viewing comprehension questions over the third (and last) section of the Disney biopic "The Ernest Green Story" over the experience of Ernest Green of the Little Rock Nine. This quiz covers the last 35 minutes of the movie. It can be completed by students as they view the movie, and the link to the freely available YouTube video is embedded in the form itself. Great instant lesson plan for online students or in-person students with access to tech d

This self-grading quiz contains 15 viewing comprehension questions over the Disney biopic "The Ernest Green Story" over the experience of Ernest Green of the Little Rock Nine. This quiz covers the first 35 minutes of the movie. It can be completed by students as they view the movie, and the link to the freely available YouTube video is embedded in the form itself. Great instant lesson plan for online students or in-person students with access to tech devices. Three quiz products are available,

This self-grading Google Forms quiz contains 15 viewing comprehension questions over the second section of the Disney biopic "The Ernest Green Story" over the experience of Ernest Green of the Little Rock Nine. This quiz covers the second 35 minutes of the movie. It can be completed by students as they view the movie, and the link to the freely available YouTube video is embedded in the form itself. Great instant lesson plan for online students or in-person students with access to tech devices.