Round 1 (November 2015)

My first round of the year was with my freshmen. I decided to host this first round during a short proofreading unit, which immediately followed two units where we wrote thesis essays. Students worked with their “Next Steps in Your Writing” sections of their latest graded essays to see what they personally could improve upon. Then, they constructed their own, individual proofreading guides to be used the remainder of the year. I called these “focused proofreading guides.”

My round (Porcella Round Sheet #1) involved students teaching each other how to use certain grammar terminology, which evolved from students individually researching their own errors in their writing…with some initial help from me to locate the errors!

Sometimes the best way to learn is to teach…

Round 2 (January 2016)

I also held my second round of the year with the freshmen group. This was the first round I filmed, and the whole round can be seen in the You Don’t Know Me Portraits section.

Here, students took on the roles of characters in the book You Don’t Know Me in order to build empathy and figure out character motivations. They really enjoyed the chance to try something new, and students excelled at acting and being good audience members. (Porcella Round Sheet #2)

Round 3 (April 2016)

The final round of my M.A.T. year was spent with the juniors. I was thrilled to have my juniors show off their learning about drama through performance with the A Streetcar Named Desire unit. The juniors put on a spectacular show and had a phenomenal conversation about key themes, characters, and symbols. (Porcella Round Sheet #3)