Engaging every learner
Summary
TLDRIn a literature class focused on essays, the instructor emphasizes the importance of interrelating texts like 'The Bell Jar,' 'Jane Eyre,' and 'The Yellow Wallpaper' to enrich student essays. To address students' hesitance to speak, group discussions are planned to encourage participation and peer sharing. The instructor also highlights the value of reading aloud to connect with students, build confidence, and avoid a teacher-centered class. Specific questions are crucial for effective group discussions, and the use of quotes from texts provides a foundation for exploring themes and ideas collaboratively.
Takeaways
- 📚 The class focuses on essay writing, aiming to enrich students' essays by interrelating various literary texts.
- 🤔 A think-tank approach is used to brainstorm ideas for essays, encouraging students to draw connections between different texts.
- 🗣️ Group discussions are planned to facilitate student participation, especially for those who are hesitant to speak out.
- 👥 The teacher is aware of the need to balance a teacher-centered approach with student engagement and interaction.
- 👩🏫 The teacher uses the strategy of having students read out loud to connect with them and build their confidence as readers.
- 🧬 A discussion on 'The Bell Jar' includes the concept of genetic predisposition and its relevance to the characters' mental health.
- 👩🏫 The teaching candidate, Katie-Rose, is encouraged to ask direct questions to scaffold student discussion and guide the conversation.
- 📈 The use of quotes from texts serves as a starting point for discussion, allowing students to explore and extract multiple ideas.
- 🖊️ Writing ideas on the board is highlighted as a natural way to involve students and capture the dynamic of the class discussion.
- 🔍 The teacher emphasizes the importance of specific questions to stimulate student participation and ensure a productive class dynamic.
Q & A
What is the main focus of the class session described in the transcript?
-The main focus of the class session is to work on essay writing, specifically brainstorming ideas that can be interrelated across different texts to enrich the essays.
Why is it beneficial to interrelate different texts in essay writing?
-Interrelating different texts in essay writing enriches the essays by demonstrating the ability to draw connections and comparisons between various literary works, which can showcase depth of analysis.
What is the strategy to address students' reluctance to speak out in class?
-To address students' reluctance to speak out, the teacher plans to have group discussions, allowing students to share their thoughts with peers first, which may encourage them to later share with the whole class.
How does having students read out loud contribute to the class dynamics?
-Having students read out loud can make the class less teacher-centered, engage students more actively, and help the teacher connect with the students on a personal level, while also building their confidence as readers.
What is the significance of the phrase 'stepping over a husband' mentioned in the transcript?
-The phrase 'stepping over a husband' is used metaphorically to suggest a sense of liberation or empowerment for women, indicating a shift in power dynamics traditionally associated with gender roles.
Why is it important for Katie-Rose to have direct questions during the group discussion?
-Direct questions are important for Katie-Rose to ensure that the group discussion is focused and that students are guided towards the topics she wants to explore, facilitating a more productive and structured conversation.
What is the role of the students in writing down ideas during the class?
-The role of the students in writing down ideas is to capture the dynamic thoughts and discussions happening in real-time, which can be used to further the analysis and understanding of the texts.
How does the use of a PowerPoint with background information and discussion points aid in the teaching process?
-Using a PowerPoint with background information and discussion points aids in the teaching process by providing a visual aid that can stimulate thought, organize the discussion, and serve as a reference for complex ideas.
What is the significance of the genetic predisposition mentioned in relation to the texts?
-The genetic predisposition mentioned in the texts is significant as it suggests a biological or inherited component to the characters' mental states, which can be a point of discussion on the nature versus nurture debate in the context of the characters' experiences.
Why is it suggested to begin the class with a challenging quote from 'The Lady of Shalott'?
-Beginning the class with a challenging quote from 'The Lady of Shalott' is suggested because it contains many ideas that can provoke thought and discussion, setting the stage for a rich and engaging class session.
How does the teacher plan to utilize students' skills to enhance class participation?
-The teacher plans to utilize students' skills by assigning roles such as note-taking or writing on the board, which can engage those who may not be comfortable speaking out but can contribute in other ways, thus enhancing overall class participation.
Outlines
📚 Enhancing Essay Writing Through Text Interrelation
The paragraph discusses strategies for enriching essay writing by interrelating different literary texts. The speaker emphasizes the importance of connecting texts like 'The Bell Jar,' 'Jane Eyre,' and 'The Yellow Wallpaper' to provide depth to essays. To facilitate this, group discussions are planned to encourage participation from quieter students. The speaker also highlights the need to avoid a teacher-centered approach and instead engage students through activities like reading aloud, which can build confidence and foster a connection with the students.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Essay
💡Interrelate
💡Think Tank
💡Group Discussions
💡Apprehensive
💡Liberation of Women
💡Genetic Predisposition
💡Teaching Candidate
💡Scaffolding
💡Student Participation
💡PowerPoint
Highlights
The class will focus on essay writing with an emphasis on interrelating texts for a richer essay.
Group discussions are planned to encourage participation among reluctant students.
Reference to 'The Bell Jar' and 'Jane Eyre' as examples of intertextual connections.
The importance of student participation to avoid a teacher-centered class dynamic.
The significance of reading out loud to build student confidence and connection.
The concept of women's liberation as depicted in the texts.
The use of genetic predisposition as a theme in the texts, specifically in 'Jane Eyre'.
The need for direct questions to scaffold students during group discussions.
The strategy of beginning with a challenging quote to stimulate discussion.
The role of student participation in shaping the class dynamic.
Utilizing student skills, such as note-taking, to enhance class engagement.
The use of PowerPoint as a background to create discussion points.
Involving students in writing on the board to add to the ideas presented.
The importance of building on ideas and adding to the discussion naturally.
The challenge of connecting with students within a limited time as a teaching candidate.
The observation that not all students are willing to be vocal participants.
Transcripts
so today in the double we're going to be working mainly on your actually only on
your essay it's the first half we're going to sort of do a bit of a think
tank so get some ideas going that you can write about for your essays so the
first thing that I want to talk about is all of the texts and how they can relate
because something that will make your essays really really rich is how you can
sort of interrelate the texts okay if you're talking about the bell jar if you
can reference Jane Eyre as well or if you can you know reference the yellow
wallpaper that will kind that will look really nice I'm aware of some of the
girls reluctancy to speak and to sort of shout out the answer so to cater for
that I plan on having some group discussions so those students will have
the opportunity to share their answers with their peers and if they feel
comfortable they can then go on to share those answers with the rest of the class
that's probably the biggest issue in this class is sort of students some
students being a bit apprehensive to to speak out and when she says that she
keeps for yourself other than every time he steps over a husband I just found
that you know how lucky fades on the pool and it's like stepping over husband
every time really utter insider in a sense if we're
like looking at women in a sense like the liberation of women like if she'd
like stepping or rivers in like she has more power yeah yeah yeah definitely and
I think that's what those men too I found the one of the beers through risks
with this class in particular is that it become it can become really teacher
centered and I certainly found that the first time that I took the class so I
after watching some of events classes I picked up that the girls were more than
willing to sort of read out loud and it gave them an opportunity to become
involved and they can definitely handle the text I think it's also a way of
getting to know the students when you ask them to read out loud you're
connecting with them and certainly for katie rose has a very short space of
time as a teaching candidate to actually meet students and get to know them it's
a really good way of connecting with them without asking something that could
be arduous they may not be able to answer as well as building of course
their confidences as readers yeah and you can always find three or four girls
that are more than willing to that really enjoy reading and what about it
was Mother's not fathers who caused this it was called a genetic predisposition
it was mentioned Jane Eyre for example rather has the madness but not a problem
yes that's right isn't that interesting about anything that needs because Beth
is the mother was this connection it must be you know
yes and yeah and it was all relevant to two women and that it was a genetic
predisposition one of the things i wanted katie-rose just to make sure that
she had very direct questions so we clarified what the questions would be
because katie rose wanted to have a group discussion which is a really great
way of teaching and so in order to do that i wanted to make sure that she had
very specific questions which would scaffold the students in terms of
teaching they're telling giving them some signals about what she wanted to
talk about and building slightly some answers into the questions and I think
that Katie roses plan in terms of Shalott beginning with that quote which
was quite a chunky difficult quote it was a really good idea because there
were so many ideas in there for students to to read and perhaps pick up on you no
one if not all five or six ideas that were there so what ya one of those
things I just wanted very specific questions because of the dynamic of the
class it really relies on student participation and what I have noticed in
some of the past classes is not all of the students are willing to be vocal
participants so I plan to utilize some of the students skills by perhaps being
ascribed and writing down the ideas that are happening within the class just take
a minute girls to write some of these ideas down because we've been going at
quite a pace oh my god he done an excellent job our names and everything
Oh done it's couldn't even have too much of a PowerPoint you used as a background
yet create a discussion point and then moving to the board especially with
getting Jenny to get up there and actually write on the board I thought
was natural because it meant you could at uni there were additions to the ideas
that you put in the PowerPoint you
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