Emily Mofield, Tamra Stambaugh

In the Mind's Eye (eBook, ePUB)

Truth Versus Perception, ELA Lessons for Gifted and Advanced Learners in Grades 6-8

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In the Mind's Eye: Truth Versus Perception invites students on a philosophical exploration of the themes truth and perception. Lessons include a major emphasis on rigorous evidence-based discourse through the study of common themes and content-rich, challenging informational and fictional texts. This unit, developed by Vanderbilt University'

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000493658
• Artikelnr.: 62526763

Autorenporträt

Emily Mofield, Ed.D., is a consulting teacher for gifted education in Sumner County, TN. She is a Nationally Board Certified Teacher in language arts and has taught gifted language arts classes for 10 years.

Tamra Stambaugh, Ph.D., is the Director of Programs for Talented Youth at Vanderbilt University. She is the coauthor (with Dr. Joyce VanTassel-Baska) of Comprehensive Curriculum for Gifted Learners, Overlooked Gems: A National Perspective on Low-Income Promising Students, and the Jacob's Ladder Reading Comprehension Program.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction Pretest Pretest Rubric INTRODUCTION Lesson 1 The Works of M. C. Escher TRUTH: AN EXAMINATION OF WHAT IS PERCEIVED Lesson 2 "Allegory of the Cave by Plato Lesson 3 "The Lottery by Shirley Jackson Lesson 4 Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh Lesson 5 Christopher Columbus's Encounter TRUTH: AN EXAMINATION OF DISILLUSIONMENT Lesson 6 Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes Lesson 7 "The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant TRUTH: AN EXAMINATION OF HOW SOCIETY IS DECEIVED Lesson 8 Analyzing Propaganda Lesson 9 Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Lesson 10 The McDonaldization of Society by George Ritzer Lesson 11 "Tell all the truth but tell it slant by Emily Dickinson CONCLUSION Lesson 12 Final Reflection and Culminating Project Posttest Posttest Rubric References Appendix A: Instructions for Using the Models Appendix B: Blank Models and Guides Appendix C: Rubrics Appendix D: Teacher's Novel Guides About the Authors Common Core State Standards Alignment

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"My favorite thing about these books is their organization around abstract themes and their use of classic literature and art to support the theme. Fantastic use of differentiation strategies that go broad as well as deep."

Ian Byrd, Byrdseed.com, 4/14/17