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UDL Removes Barriers
…like inflexible, one-size-fits-all curricula
Dayna Lang ([email protected])
Jeff Blakeslee
Diversity is the norm
not the exception
UDL
Universal Design for Learning calls for ...
Multiple means of representation, to give learners various ways of acquiring
information and knowledge, Multiple means of action and
expression, to provide learners alternatives for demonstrating what they
know, Multiple means of engagement, to tap
into learners' interests, offer appropriate challenges, and increase motivation.
UDL: The Plymouth-Canton Journey 5
Lesson Planning
Why reinvent the wheel?UDL resources available via the
web.New ideas for the same old
wheel.
UDL Choice Project applied to Romeo and Juliet
Unit Question
• How does Shakespeare still speak to a 21st century audience?
Essential Question
• How does literature help us better understand ourselves?
TRADITIONAL culminating assessment:
• Final Test: Multiple choice/short answer essay exam.
• Literary Essay
UDL Approach
• Students explore the aspects of culture and literature pertaining to Romeo and Juliet that most interests them in order to make lasting connections.
• Project-based assessment that includes a presentation/speaking component and a writing piece—This leads to authentic writing about the choices they made in completing the project and what it meant to them rather than plagiarized examples of literary analysis.
•Multiple choices
Project Choices:
1. Make a book of Elizabethan costumes.
2.Draw a detailed blueprint of the Globe Theatre.
Project Choices cont.
3.Design and sew a minimum of 3 costumes for characters in the play.
Project Choices cont.
• 4. Design 5 scenes from the play on poster boards or in dioramas.
Project Choices cont.
5. Create puppets and put on a puppet show of at least one scene with 4 or more characters.
6. Memorize and perform 2-3 monologues or soliloquies.
7. Choose a scene and perform it with costumes and props as a group.
Project choices cont.
8. Create a comic book or an
illustrated children’s book.
Created by Shelley, a student who has had a grade on the verge of failing for a majority of the year.