UDL Presentation

       Vocabulary Building—I will use voice thread to present a vocabulary lesson for my students.  It will be taken from one of the novels that we will be reading—possibly Beloved by Toni Morrison or The Stranger by Albert Camus…I will highlight the source of the word, and then build the knowledge base of the word to include its root, its meaning, its origin, and how that word adds to the meaning of the passage.  The goal will be for students to have an understanding of the word choice of the author and to think how words add to the meaning of text.  I will display the sentence on voice thread, but I will also read the text aloud.

        Literary Analysis Response—This lesson will focus on helping students respond to literature. I will utilize book builder to teach this lesson and to illustrate what goes in to writing or responding to literature.  This lesson will include key terms (such as tone, purpose, audience, theme, diction, figurative language, etc., which are all key aspects of analyzing literature). Students will be taught this method of responding to literature and will be given the option of submitting their literary responses in this way for a substantial number of assignments.