The last couple
days I spent a lot of time in the classroom observing both Ms. Gratto and Ms.
Schell as they imparted their media literacy lectures to 8th
graders. We had already discussed this specific media literacy lecture and I
knew what they would be teaching, but it is interesting to see how they adjust
their lecture based on the class (“know your audience” as Ms. Schell called
it). Ms. Gratto, for example, gave a somewhat different lecture when she was
with the ESL class. She gave more detailed information, spoke at a slower pace,
and went through the first couple exercises together with the class to make
sure they understood the activity.
Ms. Schell on
the other hand gave her lectures to TAG classes, so she moved more quickly
through the content and gave the students more autonomy when working on the
exercises. She also had them explain why an option was wrong or right.
I guess I should
mention that Ms. Gratto and Ms. Schell prepared their media literacy lectures based
on the SOLs (Standards of Learning) and what the students need to know for
those tests. They even used released SOL questions for the exercise they have the
students do.
After the classes
I started working on processing the new books that arrived this week.
Ms. Gratto had ordered these books a few weeks ago using some of their book
fair funds.
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