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LESSON PLANS Prezi Book Trailers | The Crucible |
The Crucible This lesson is for high school juniors or seniors studying The Crucible by Arthur Miller. The objective of the lesson is for students to acquire an understanding of Puritan life during the time of the Salem Witch Trials so they can determine how Puritan beliefs and punishments could have played a role in creating the hysteria of the time. At the same time, students will understand the importance of evaluating a website to determine if the information they are using for their research is reliable. Download Lesson Plan .doc Download Homework assignment - Child in New England .doc Download Crucible in-class website evaluation assignment .doc |
Prezi Book Trailers As we know, book talks are a great way to generate enthusiasm for specific titles. A masterful book talk, like a movie trailer, provides just enough information about setting, plot, conflict, and characters without revealing the resolution. Questions are raised and remain unanswered. In short, the listener or viewer is left intrigued and wanting more. This lesson combines elements of the traditional book talk and movie trailer through the use of a “Prezi,” a presentation using a free, online program (www.prezi.com). Students get involved by organizing information from books they have read, creating their own Prezis, and presenting to the rest of the class. Included is a complete lesson plan in UbD format (Understanding by Design, by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe), a link to sample “book trailers” to show to students, a graphic organizer on which students can organize their ideas before creating their own Prezi book trailers, and a scoring rubric. Download lesson Plan .docx Download graphic organizer .docx Download scoring rubric .docx
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