Week 6 Blog Post 6

As seen on my storyboard draft first I will be introducing the concept of the American dream using the article Hollywood American Dream and associated with the article is visual images and an audio so students can follow along in the classroom.  After Listening and following along with the article students will create a graphic organizer using Caccavale to discuss the elements of the American dream in that article.

Following that students will be introduced to the Great Gatsby. Students will use the website Today's Meet to discuss the last six paragraphs of The Great Gatsby. Because students are struggling readers, I can show clips of the great Gatsby movie. Students are responsible for reading at home and group work has to be done in class following that chapter. The rules of design that I am using is to establish a clear focal point for students so they can navigate easily. .

There will be a number of homework assignments to be done using multi media. Students are expected to respond to my blog posts and create a journal entry for each chapter. . Here is the link to my perspective blog post for students.  As you can see I made sure that there were no busy background and the focal point was very clear for students to follow.

The next multimedia the class will be using is Cacoo for a graphic organizer on the symbols illustration on the Great Gatsby. Below you will find the perspective template that I will be assigning the students and they will have access to this template and will work collaboratively to fill the template out.

After completing the graphic organizer on the assigned symbol students will prepare a multimedia presentation presenting their symbols to the class.

Ultimately students will write a synthesis essay using multiple articles. They will use google doc to respond to the following prompt. Students will have digital access to the following graphic organizer to assist struggling writers and provide scaffolding. The following is a student sample of my expectations.









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