Middle School Drama Google Apps

Purpose: My Perspectives-Phantoms Acts 1 and 2 by Norton Juster: these introductory Google Slide lessons provide digital pre-reading information for the author, genre, and setting. The lessons also include vocabulary study, practice, and assessments.

GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension aligned to standards

AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms

EACH Google Slide Lesson:

• Opening slides
-Genre, author photo and short bio.

-Pre-reading discussion question

• 2 setting slides
-Location photos with map
-Time period photos with live link to period music clip!

• Vibrant Vocab slides
-photo appearing without word for inference making
-vocab word which 'slides in' so photo can be first WITHOUT the word
-part of speech
-concise definition

• Differentiated Worksheets/Answer Keys-used as a pretest, posttest, or practice
• Quizlet link
• Part of speech sort
* Word connotation discussion slide

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:
· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion/prediction
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: word walls and interactive notebooks

This bundle is also available in PowerPoint.

Enjoy -from Kiwious About Vocab!