1994 - 1997   San Manuel High School San Manuel

• High School Diploma
• Graduated with a 3.9 GPA and was a member of many academic groups.

•  Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education
•  Will obtain Degree in December 2002§ Graduating with honors
• Content emphasis in History

2000 - 2002 San Manuel, Mammoth School District San Manuel, AZ

• Teachers Aid
• Volunteered 40 hour a semester in three different grade levels.
• 1st grade, 6th grade, and 7th grade history

Author -  Bethany Smith

Subjects -  Autobiographies, and use of Power Point

Learning Level - 5th grade

Snap Shot -  To learn what Autobiographies are and write one of their own.  Work with the computer teacher so they can make Power Point presentations for each of them.

Invitation - Will students be able to write their own autobiography?  Will they be able to use Power Point to present it?  Can we show them an example of Power Point to get them excited?

Anticipatory Set - I’m goring to start out by asking them questions about autobiographies.
 “Do you know who Clamity Jane is?  How do you know?  Where can you find out about her?’
 Eventually get the answer Autobiography or Biography.

Task- The students need to know paragraph structure.  Essay form; beginning, middle and end.  They need to know what a Biography or Autobiography is.  The students also need to have a basic knowledge of Power Point in order to use it.

Modeling - I will have out several examples of Biographies and Autobiographies also one I have written out as an example.

Interactions - Have the students write paragraphs about people and three paragraph essays about people.  Have them look up facts about people.  Have the students ask each other questions.  Have them interview each other then give the person interviewed the questions and answers.  Have the person interviewed take their interview and use it to write about them selves.

Checking For Understanding - Grade their paragraphs and essays or have them read each other’s work.  Have each student stand up and read their Biographies and give their Power Point presentation.  Ask them if they could do the paper again what would they do differently.

Reinforcement - Have the students go to the library and check out an Autobiography of some one they would like to know about.  Also ask them some critical thinking questions about how to find out about people and what are some other resources.

Assessment - Did the student let us know things about them we don't know?  Were their transitions between parts of their life clear?  Did they use the Power Point effectively.
 
 

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Projects

Project 2:    The second project was creating a picture of your self useing only paint.

Project 3:    In this project we created a news letter for a hypathetical school.  We put in information for parents and                ativities the school was planning.

Project 4:    In project 4 we made a gradebook in Excell.

Project 5:    This project had us create a database for our students.

Project 6:    This project had us creating a story board useing only Auto Shapes.

Project 7:    Our last project was creating a Power Point presentation on what ever we wanted.