TCSS+Jessica+Runge

Jessica Runge's Personal Page! (my full unit plan)<= =>(feedback for UPlan) I'm a Secondary English Major. I love being around kids of all ages. Kinesthetic and visual learning are the best ways I learn. I hate participating in games AND BEING RECORDED ON VIDEO but I love discussions I'm actually a very introverted person. I don't really like being around a lot of people. I prefer to work alone on projects, overall I'm a lot better around children than around people my own age or adults just because kids don't judge as harshly it seems. I love this group of students we have in our class, the majority of them were in my Lit for Young Adults class and they were awesome!!!!

Before Bloomsburg, I lived in… Numidia, Pennsylvania At Bloomsburg, I want to major in… Secondary Education: English Right now, I’m most interested in… My classes and graduating! My favorite musical artist is….I like numerous artists. My favorite movie is….soooo many! One thing I like to do in my spare time is…Work, volunteer, babysit, travel When it comes to technology, I’m most comfortable with…(put X next to all that apply) Microsoft Word X Microsoft Powerpoint Email X Cellphone X Text messaging X Taking cellphone pictures X Taking cellphone video Taking cellphone audio Video editing Blogging or Social Networking (e.g., Facebook) Making websites

My favorite teachers were the ones who…were sincerely passionate for what they did and did what was best for their students. But I didn’t like classes in which…there is no discussion. In this class, I’m most nervous about…tests, presentations, "games", not doing well, doing a project the wrong way. In this class, I’m most excited about…the students in the class! They're awesome! If there’s one thing you should know about me as a student, it’s…I work really hard and try to do my best! If there’s one thing you should know about me in general, it’s…I’m laid back until I get talking about something I'm passionate about

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Individual Unit Plan Rationale: I decided to do my unit plan on Lois Lowry's __The Giver__ because it's considered both a classic and YA literature novel. __The Giver__ has many themes including social structure, society roles and expectations, authority, government, suicide, families, individuality; the list goes on and on. It's a very complex novel with a youth (12 year old Jonas) as a main character.

After reading this novel in sixth grade and comparing it to the themes that are in the book, it would best be taught in a secondary setting. At sixth grade I didn't grasp any of the themes listed above. In the secondary classroom, where students are more likely to have the skills to pick the book apart, class discussions and projects relating to this novel would have endless possiblities.

It's important to teach a novel like __The Giver__ because it has so much for the students' to learn and take from the book. __Romeo and Juliet__, __The Diary of Anne Frank__, __To Kill a Mockingbird__, ect. are all important classics one could use in the clasroom, but using a book like __The Giver__ that has YA themes will allow your students to connect and relate to the story being told, rather than only by the universal themes (Love, fate, heartbreak,ect.) found in other commonly taught classroom literature.

The Giver: Assessment

Ali's feedback (sorry I didn't know where else to put it)