Course+Requirements

After reading the article, Chapter 6 “Nonlinguistic Representations” from the book __Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-based__ __Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement__ by Robert J. Marzano, Debra J. Pickering, and Jane E. Pollock, you will plan a reading lesson using
 * __one__** of the following activities in which students produce nonlinguistic representations:

1.  Creating graphic representations  2.  Making physical models  3.  Generating mental pictures  4.  <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial Black'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Drawing pictures and pictographs <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Black'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial Black'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">5. Engaging in kinesthetic activity <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">

<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial Black'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">(Descriptions of the each of the five activities listed above are found in the article. A separate article under the __Reading Materials__ Link provides some thinking maps for creating graphic representations with primary students if you choose activity # 1 above).

Next, you will post the details of your lesson plan on the discussion page. Please include grade level, reading strategy or content you are teaching, and your plan for teaching students to use one of the nonlinguistic representation (one of the five) activities listed above.

Finally, after teaching the lesson, you will post a reflection answering the following questions: How did this lesson enhance your students’ understanding of that content? When students elaborate on knowledge, they not only understand it in greater depth, but they can recall it much more easily. Did nonlinguistic representations help your students to elaborate on their knowledge? Would you use nonlinguistic representation activities to teach other lessons? Your reflection should be at least 100 words in length. <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">

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