Objectives

Objectives:

To use the fact based novel, //The Rains// by Sulayman Clark, in order to:
 * Make connections through the lens of the CT, teacher and student
 * Model best practices and strategies using specific text from the book
 * Effectively utilize the book to promote critical thinking about constructive social change and the importance of civic engagement in a multicultural democracy
 * To integrate technology using a wiki as a presentation tool
 * Use multiple brain-compatible strategies from Marcia Tate's book //"Shouting Won't Grow Dendrites"//


 * Strategies || Multiple Intelligences || VAKT ||
 * Brainstorming and discussion || Verbal-linguistic || Auditory ||
 * Drawing and artwork || Spatial || Kinesthetic/tactile ||
 * Field trips || Naturalist || Kinesthetic/tactile ||
 * Games || Interpersonal || Kinesthetic/tactile ||
 * Graphic organizers, semantic maps, and word webs || Logical-mathematical/spatial || Visual /tactile ||
 * Humor || Verbal-linguistic || Auditory ||
 * Manipulatives, experiments, labs and models || Logical-mathematical || Tactile ||
 * Metaphors, analogies and similes || Spatial || Visual/auditory ||
 * Mnemonic devices || Musical-rhythmic || Visual/auditory ||
 * Movement || Bodily-kinesthetic || Kinesthetic ||
 * Music, rhythm, rhyme and rap || Musical-rhythmic || Auditory ||
 * Project-based and problem-based instruction || Logical-mathematical || Visual/tactile ||
 * Reciprocal teaching and cooperative learning || Verbal-linguistic || Auditory ||
 * Role-plays, drama, pantomimes, charades || Bodily-kinesthetic || Kinesthetic ||
 * Storytelling || Verbal-linguistic || Auditory ||
 * Technology || Spatial || Visual/tactile ||
 * Visualization and guided imagery || Spatial || Visual ||
 * Visuals || Spatial || Visual ||
 * Work study and apprenticeships || Interpersonal || Kinesthetic ||
 * Writing and journals || Intrapersonal || Visual/tactile ||

Tate, Marcia L. "Comparison of Brain Compatible Strategies to Learning Theory." Introduction. //Shouting Won't Grow Dendrites: 20 Techniques for Managing a Brain-compatible Classroom//. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin, 2007. Print