PRESENTATIONS OF LESSON PLANS

Today, during presentations I saw several very innovative lesson plans. Three of the four lesson plans today used powerpoints (aside from my own), and I definately believe the visual aids of the power points kept the students in-tune and interested. I will definately plan on using power points next time I create a lesson plan. I really enjoyed the Romeo and Juliet slideshow as well as the Washingtons go to Birmingham. Both of these were very creative, well-organized, and student-oriented. The Watsons go to Birmingham presentation had a great idea of sending letters to the bombers in prison, with their thoughts, questions, etc. Even if they weren't actually sent, I think this would be a great way for the students to feel as though their opinion counts, and to write how their feelings on the subject. There was a lot of information on the Watsons go to Birmingham lesson plan, so I feel as though this would be a lesson meant to be used over a couple of weeks (or even longer depending on the teacher). I loved this presentatino and all of the compenents it offered. Also, the Romeo and Juliet fit better for a shorter time restrained lesson plan and had a lot of the same components. I like that it was meant for a summer reading course, perhaps the first day back at school. I think Wesley and my presentation would have been better if the class had not already participated in this before. It would have been a lot more interesting, and not redundant, but I still feel as though it was a great lesson plan for the first day of school for any classroom!