LESSON PLANS

Lesson Plan: Selecting a Final Project Topic

Objective: The teaching objective of this lesson is to demonstrate how to select an appropriate topic for the final project. The learning objective is for students to be able to select topics that are interesting and relevant to them.

Materials:

Power point

Computer with internet access and word programming

Discussion board post activity

Time estimate:

30 minutes total (5-10 for power point, 15-20 minutes for the activity)

Outline of lesson:

Students will watch power point to give them background on the final project and tips for how to choose a successful topic

Students will post topic ideas and respond to one another's ideas with suggestions/feedback on a discussion board.

Method to Assess Objective:

UTAs will review the topic ideas posted by the students. They will then evaluate and provide feedback.

Instructional Materials:

Lesson Plan: Resume-Writing

Objective: The goal of this activity is for students to have a chance to practice writing audience-based sentences, specifically a resume skill and supporting bullet point.

Materials:

Computer with internet access

Voice thread account

Access to ENGL393 online ELMS materials

Time Estimate:

35 minutes (20 minutes to review ELMS materials, 15 minutes to complete activity)

Outline of Lesson:

Students will explore the class module which includes various power points and resources that provide advice as to how to write a good resume

Students will be given a job description and have to come up with one hypothetical resume skill and bullet point for that job and post it to a voice thread group

Students will record a response to a member from their group's original post

Method to Assess Objective:

Students will be providing feedback to one another and UTAs will be reviewing as well

Instructional Materials:

Prompt and job description example:

Reflections:

Selecting a Final Project Topic

See "Learning Artifact" page from the menu above for visual reflection

Resume Writing

I was surprised with how well this activity went for my groups. This was a new activity that I had created this semester. I thought that everyone came up with useful skills and well thought out bullet points. When I came to college freshman year, I had never written a resume that had descriptive bullet points to explain the skill listed. I was a little nervous that if some students haven't had that experience, that the instructions were not going to be clear. I do not think it was necessary for this activity to be done through Voice Thread, but because this class has a lot of discussion board activities, I thought it would be a good way to use something less common. In the future it may be easier for students to use a typed/written mode of submission so that they can actually see and edit their skill descriptions better. I have never created anything through Voice Thread so this was a learning experience for myself as well. Overall I was happy with how this activity went, and in the future I might change the job descriptions for the students to read.