Collaboration


 * Below are a few examples of library projects I have collaborated with other teachers on. **

1. For this assignment, a bilingual teacher brought her intermediate level ELL students to the library to look at art books and analyze the mood in Van Gogh paintings. Together, we developed a sequence of lessons that began with the students viewing a PowerPoint of Van Gogh's art work set to the music of "Vincent" by Don McClean and that culminated in a creative writing a ctivity.

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2. In order to prepare for reading //The Crucible// and //The Scarlet Letter//, this sophomore honors English class created wikipages devoted to selected subtopics under the broad umbrella of Puritanism. The teacher had originally planned to have the class do a PowerPoint, but I asked if she might like to try doing a wiki instead and she was interested in trying it. I guided the teacher and her students through the process. Student group wikipages are posted on the top of the page. Puritanism Wiki Project

3. This assignment is a "Macbeth Virtual Tour" that a classroom teacher and I created together. Students visit the links provided and complete a "travel journal" and "scrapbook." The required format discourages copying and pasting of text. Macbeth Virtual Tour

4. This project outlines directions for a "1920's newspaper" that illustrates student understanding of the novel //The Great Gatsby// and its social and historical background. The teacher and I collaborated to improve this project that he had already been doing but wanted to clarify. An example of student work based on the project is included on the right.

5. This was a year-long collaboration on free choice in independent reading and its impact on student attitudes.