Professional Documents
Culture Documents
relate to reading and the study of literature. This standard also implies that
differentiation should take place in order to better serve the needs of all
students.
The first element in the standard has to evidences associated with it. The
first piece of evidence are my two unit plans, one from EDSE 547 and the other
from EDSE 651. I chose to use these two unit plans because they both
demonstrate my ability and competence in this area in using theory and
connecting lessons that involve best practices. Both unit plans display a wide
range of lessons which incorporate multiple text as well as activities for
students. Not only are these lessons detailed and hands-on, but they are very
skills driven as well. The purpose of my instructional strategy is to be able to
not only challenge students cognitively, but allow them to be able to enjoy the
lesson as well. From experience and my student teaching internship, I
understand the value and importance and keeping students engaged mentally
and cognitively.
The second element is concerned with creating authentic assessments,
including formal, informal, formative, and summative. The first piece of
evidence that I included is an exam that I created for my African American
literature course. Not only is this in example of a formula exam, but it
requires students to use all different levels of blooms as well as the depth of
knowledge. The second piece of evidence for this element is a copy of my
miscue analysis report that I completed while working with the department of
juvenile Justice over the summer as a part of my EDRD 600 course. Not only is
this report indicative of me thinking about how to respond to students needs
after assessing them, but shows my ability to gather additional information
informally on students through engaging lesson plans. An example lesson plan is
being submitted as my third piece of evidence to show mastery in this criteria.
The third element states that candidates should be able to plan standardsbased reading instruction that is reflective of best-practice research, and that
utilizes a variety of approaches. The first piece of evidence is a copy of a
formal ADEPT observation completed by my supervisor in which I demonstrate
that I am able to provide adequate instruction to students through multiple
ways that are both engaging and cognitively skills driven.
The fourth element requires candidates to gather and use student data to
the Monster unit to demonstrate their ability to work with technology and to
be able to create visual and multimedia projects to accompany a larger project
in which they will create their own script and video shoot it. The second lesson
allows students to hone their research skillssomething that you rarely see in
an English class, so I have included a lesson plan in which students are able to
work independently on an internet scavenger hunt using keywords as their
guide to performing research.