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Dialogue Journals: A Way To Encourage Emergent Writers, Victoria Isabell
Dialogue Journals: A Way To Encourage Emergent Writers, Victoria Isabell
Senior Honors Theses and Projects
“Writing is more than just recording; it is the process of developing a story or idea. It allows us to represent our life experiences and claim them as our own while giving them meaning” (Calkins, 1994, p.4). Every student should be given the opportunity to view writing as a way to “represent life experiences.” To give students this experience, teachers must show their students that they see the value in and potential joy of writing.
Effective Strategies For General And Special Education Teachers, Heather A. Martel
Effective Strategies For General And Special Education Teachers, Heather A. Martel
Senior Honors Theses and Projects
Today’s teachers are asked to educate ALL students using research-based strategies in inclusive classrooms. The following review will include three research based instructional strategies and one teaching model all of which are elements that can increase the success of students at risk for learning problems. Instructional strategies explored in this review are class-wide peer tutoring, direct instruction and the behavioral strategy of self-monitoring. The teaching model is known as co-teaching, a model which is becoming the norm in schools in southeast Michigan. It is hypothesized that concrete knowledge of research based instructional methods that can be used in co-teaching situations …
The Catcher In The Rye: A Teaching Unit, Audrey Michelle Farrugia
The Catcher In The Rye: A Teaching Unit, Audrey Michelle Farrugia
Senior Honors Theses and Projects
The main goal of this unit is for students to critically think about the novel and the world around them. This unit is built on students responding to and exploring elements within the novel. With each discussion and experience, simply have the students write. The culmination of all their writing placed and bound together will create a journal.
As the students read, they are to highlight quotes they wish to discuss or respond to. This will allow the students to critically think about and process what they have read. It also teaches students how to pick out important concepts within …