RDG
579 Technology in Reading and
Language Arts Instruction
Spring Semester, 2008
Catherine Kurkjian, Ed.D.
Electronic Genre Study
You
will develop a PowerPoint genre study that you can use with your students that
will invite your student to read, enjoy and appreciate selections from the
genre, and to begin to identify characteristics of that genre across books. The format
is fairly open ended, however, I would suggest no more than 10 slides.
IDEAS:
Because some authors focus on particular genres you might link to an author site
and create a short scavenger hunt for the children to do to learn more about the
author. You might provide an
engaging electronic book talk for 4 or 5 books of your designated genre. Ideas
for your electronic booktalk might be: inclusion of a
“passage to ponder” that might catch the children’s interest, a
letter from one of the characters to another, a simulated journal entry from one
of the characters, a character web, a list of questions you might want to ask a
character if you could talk with them, links to websites that may relate to
something important in each of the particular books. The ultimate goal is to
help students notice
aspects of your genre across books.
Please
develop your electronic author study so that you can really use it with the
children you teach. Gear it to their level and make it visually appealing and
engaging. Try for no more than 10 slides or web pages for this project. Remember
you are just giving them “a tasty morsels” of information about the books
and the genre to whet their appetite.
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Grading Checklist: Electronic
Genre Study Name: _________________________________
Date________________ Genre: Grade level of students for whom this
project is intended: .5
1 1.5
2 low
average
high 1. Presents an engaging introduction
and provides a listing of materials inviting students to engage in
learning more about the genre. ___________X2=___________ 2. Genre study is informative and interactive with links to websites related to genre, and with tasks that are both feasible and of value to student learning and directly supports student learning regarding features of the genre being studied. ___________X2=___________ 3. Genre study is visually appealing
and entices the reader to learn about the genre. . ___________X 2=__________ 4. PowerPoint is easily navigable age group it is intended, the content is age appropriate and
directions are written clearly and are understandable. Grammar and
spelling are correct. ___________X 2=__________ 5.Presents a checklist or rubric for
student self-evaluation and/or teacher evaluation of performance and
learning as a result of the genre
study. ___________X 2=__________ 6. Student artifacts and reflection on project is included. Reflections discusses student learning and response to the project, project strengths, weaknesses, and what was learned. ___________X 2.5=__________ Total Points Possible: 25 points
Total Points Earned:
____________ Note: Please hand in this sheet on the day of your technology presentation. |
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