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Redesign Activity (from EDU655)Jennifer Luther

Ashford UniversityEDU697: CapstoneDr. Keith Pressey4 August 2014

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Objective Student will use a technology mapping

application to graphically organize and compare the two literary characters Beowulf and Odysseus.

Student will demonstrate an understanding of the literary characters by organizing and comparing facts.

Student will select at least five areas to compare and contrast.

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What is comparing & contrasting? Allows you to highlight similarities and

differences between two or more items. Allows you to clarify and define your ideas.

Compare & Contrast

(Wishnefsky, 2013)4

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Graphic Organizer Can aid in

comparing/contrasting two items. Comparative thinking is a

natural form of thought Learning would be difficult

without the ability to compare one object to another

Graphic organizers help students retain information

Helps make abstract ideas more concrete

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Interactive Smart Board Demonstration As a class the students and instructor will

utilize the interactive Smart Board to collaboratively compare and contrast two different items.

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Prezi demonstration of Mapping Tools The instructor will also provide

demonstrations of several mapping tools that the students may use for this lesson using Prezi.

Prezi tutorial

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Practice

Practice 1:Compare and Contrast whales and fish.

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Practice 1: Possible answer

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Practice 2 Compare and contrast animals that live in

the water and animals that live on land.

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Practice 2: Possible answer

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Grading RubricMastery Proficient Basic

Displayed Information visually pleasing

Information displayed in an easy to view format

Information was displayed but the format was hard to read.

The format was inappropriate for the information being displayed.

Comparison Information successfully displayed

Information contained no errors

Information contained a few errors but did not detract reader

Information had numerous errors and it was distracting

Made at least eight comparisons

Student made eight or more comparisons

Student made fewer than eight comparisons

Student made no comparisons

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References

Wishnefsky, E. (2013, April 24). 6th grade skills-compare and contrast [video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMmbzZqlgdQ