My overall teaching exprience went well. I have enjoyed working with secondary students. Our classroom was very diverse and created a challenge. The lesson I taught was a hero shrine lesson. The students needed to choose a positve hero and construct a shrine to that person. They needed to include a sculpey clay sculpture that represented their hero in someway. I really liked this project and think the students worked well on it. I think they liked to create their own shrine and include what they wanted. I think they had the hardest time choosing a hero, I think more brainstorming would be an improvement. The students worked well on their projects, some students seemed bored or unmotivated, I tried to brainstorm with them and help them get motivated or work a little harder. This was another thing I could improve on make sure everyone has an idea before we move to the next step. I also think more days would be helpful for this project. The outcomes were good all of the students finished and had a nice project. There were a few that were not very ambitious but they included what they needed to for the project. I think the discussion on the last day went well, students shared their heroes and different parts about their shrines. It was a good experience for them to open up and share ideas and opinions. I think the students really grasped the idea of honoring their hero with a shrine they created. 
This was a student's Shrine to Mr. Luther King Jr. He created different colored people out of sculpey clay. I thought this was very clever. 
These students created shrines to their parents and father. Both did an excellent job creating their shrines. Very nice detail and use of box space.
Good observations, even though those would be tough things to improve on. I usually avoided brainstorming aloud with the students because their classroom doesn't seem to work that way (probably because we don't know the students very well), but its a process that's hard to take out or replace.
ReplyDeleteI love this idea. What techniques did you you to get students to think of the specifics for what would qualify someone as a hero? This is a great way to get your students thinking, learning more about themselves, and opening up their personal ideas to you. Great work!
ReplyDeleteThis lesson really helped everyone get to know each other in the classroom. During our sharing of the shrines on the last day, I was very impressed by how the students told personal stories connected to their shrines. I agree, some were not motivated to work in class, but as you develop relationships with your students, it will become easier to motivate them. Good work!
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