Evaluating the GAME Plan: Synthesis

I agree with Cathi that it takes time to really develop strong lessons. Like her I often try different things with one class and if it works well, I usually use it in other classes. For example, last week, I wrote different lines of poetry on the SmartBoard. The students' tasks were to decipher whether the poetry was iambic, trochaic, anapestic, or dactylic. Different students attempted to mark the beats. If they were wrong, it was easy to erase their marks and try again. Usually I would have had to write the poems on the board, but after the first wrong marks, the lines would start to get erased. This was a much more productive way to teach the lesson and the students seemed to enjoy the interactive nature of the SmartBoard.

Brad Feick
HS English
Walden University