Intel Teach Program: Module 4

It is extremely important for teachers to know the benefits and the purpose of different Web 2.0 tools before applying them to student learning in the classroom. In Module 4 we began to prepare for our unit plan by creating samples of student work.

In my unit, I am placing a large focus on creative writing and applying new styles to student's writing. The final project for the unit will be to create a short story in the style of the author we are studying, Sui Sin Far. To help the students understand the story elements we will be looking at, I created a wiki that will help students to ask questions about reading, to communicate on their collaborative projects, and to write their own short, creative paragraphs in response to one of the stories.

The student sample I created are samples for the short, creative paragraphs. In Sui Sin Far's story "What About the Cat?" the princess' servants give her different creative explanations of the location of her cat. I am asking the students to create their own locations for the cat. I posed two responses on the wiki to suffice as student samples.

Creating these samples was an interesting challenge. It is interesting to have to look at projects from both a student and teacher perspective.