1st Edition

Middle School English Teacher's Guide to Active Learning

By Marc Moeller, Victor Moeller Copyright 2000
    204 Pages
    by Eye On Education

    204 Pages
    by Eye On Education

    This book will show you how you can:
    - foster reflective, independent thinking in your class
    - boost the number of students who actively participate
    - prevent the discussions from falling flat or degenerating into "bull sessions"

    This volume features 20 student-centered lesson plans and includes answer keys for teachers. Each lesson plan engages students in active learning.

    1. Two Models of Teaching
    2. Techniques of Active and Close Reading: Fiction and Non Fiction
    3. The Socratic Method
    4. The Theory Behind Active Learning
    5. Preparing a Socratic Seminar on Gaston
    6. Lesson Plans:
    The Chocolate War
    Beyond the Chocolate War
    The Giver
    Shane
    Of Mice and Men
    The Little Prince
    Running Loose
    A Game of Catch
    Two Soldiers
    Thank You M'am
    Charles
    Sucker
    There Will Come Soft Rains
    The Zodiacs
    Out of the Silent Planet
    The Light in the Forest
    The Time Machine Bethgelert
    The Zebra
    Storyteller
    Gaston

    Biography

    Moeller, Marc; Moeller, Victor