Readiness to Create Entertaining Assignments
This assignment is something I put into my blog! I choose this because it shows that I am willing to come up with creative and entertaining assignments, rather than having my students write standard research papers. I believe my students will learn more from this because it allows them to have a choice in what they want to have to write about!
Students can pick any of the following prompts that appeals to them the most. If students think of another creative writing prompt, if ran by me first, they can write about that, as well.
- You are an astronaut and you have landed on Jupiter. To your surprise, there is life! Describe what you see.
- Jimmy finally found the key to open the door that is constantly locked in his new home. When he turned the lock and opened the mysterious door, to his horror, he saw…..
- Write a poem/song about the person that you admire the most
- You come home from school one day, and the furniture is completely rearranged, and no one is home? How can you explain this mystery?
- You have discovered a time machine. What time period would you go to? Where would you go? Who would you meet?
- If you were a superhero, what would your power(s) be? What is your name? What would you do with those powers?
The purpose of this assignment is to allow students to take a prompt and go anywhere they want with it. There are no guidelines on form or structure, so it really allows students to get creative. Too much time, in my opinion, is spent making students write boring, insignificant and structured papers on topics that they are not interested in. I want to show them that writing can be fun and entertaining
Group Work and Collaboration
These lesson plans I created show to I plan on implementing group work into my future lessons. I have highlighted the parts were students are told to collaborate, and also the important skills that students will develop by collaborating with other students.
High Expectations
This document is also from my ENGL 208 class. In the first paragraph of the document I am explaining why I believe having high expectations is crucial in building student’s self-efficacy.