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=Learner Centered Lessons Using Technology= Demonstrate the ability to integrate technology into the teaching of all content areas and to facilitate students’ individual and collaborative use of technology, including classroom resources as well as distance and online learning opportunities when available and appropriate.
 * Objectives 1 & 2**

**__ ﻿Group Lesson __**




[|Figurative Language Guided Practice]





Lesson 1 Reflection
This lesson took the entire week, which gave the students a tight schedule to complete their group presentation. I enjoyed the lesson and the students liked the colorful examples in my PowerPoint, as well as the interactive guided practice. Using the clickers enabled me to get immediate feedback on each student's proficiency. Each student also knew immediately if he/she was correct or incorrect. In addition, the graphing feature that I set to appear after each question gave my students a chance to practice interpreting visual text aids. Seeing their class score also motivated many of the students to encourage each other and to focus more on accuracy. In the future, I will allow students to have options for their group presentation, instead of just assigning a PowerPoint.

__** Individual Lesson **__






Lesson 2 Reflection
I liked this lesson because it emphasized the value of having students brainstorm. Incorporating the think-pair-share strategy increased each student's chance to share knowledge and increase understanding. To ensure that the students understand how they would be scored, I did have them score a sample paper using the rubric. It always amazes me at how they pick someone else's paper apart, yet make the same and even worse mistakes in their own writing. To improve the sample scoring process, I will incorporate a color legend, so that each category on the rubric is represented by a color. When noting parts of the paper that relate to a certain category, students will use that particular color to mark on the sample paper. The next time I do this lesson, I will share some pictures of possible topics using Google Images. Seeing a picture will benefit many of my students, especially my English Learners, students that are reading below grade level, and students that receive special education services.