PaigeHuefner

DeafStudies

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Assumptionsaboutmylearners:
A. Thisisaseventhgradeclassroom.Wehavehadanumberofdiscussionsabout
DeafcultureandDeafidentitythroughouttheyear.Allthestudentshaveread
HarryPotterandtheSorcerersStonebyJKRowling.Readinglevelsrangefrom
theendoffirstgradetoaboutthemiddleoffourthgrade.Studentswritinglevels
vary,butstudentsarecapableofsimplesentencesandparagraphs.
B. Vocabulary:
1. HarryPotter
2. HONOR/RESPECT(L1)honor/respect(L2)
C. Breakdowns
1. StudentsmaynotbefamiliarenoughwithHarryPottertohavean
effectivediscussionasaclass.Remediation:Ifnecessary,guidestudents
throughthediscussionandsummarizeportionsofthestorylineofHarry
Potterbygivingbackgroundandcharactersummariessothatstudents
canbeinvolved.
Strategy
A. Largegroupdiscussion
StateStandards(fortheunit)
A. Standard07
1. ThestudentwilldefinethedifferentmethodsofDeafEducation:
Mainstreaming,residential,dayschool,oralmethods,andtotal
communication.
(ASL)
B. Standard05
1. ThestudentwillidentifyanddescribeimportanteventsandpeopleinDeaf
Educationhistory:FrenchDeafeducationinthe1700s,AmericanDeaf
educationinthe1800s,AbbedelEppe,AbbeSicard,JeanMassieu,
LaurentClerc,ThomasHopkinsGallaudet,AliceCogswell,Dr.Mason
Cogswell,EdwardMinerGallaudet,GallaudetUniversity,Alexander
GrahamBell,theMilanConference,PublicLaw94142,DeafPresident
Nowprotest,Section504ofRehabilitationActof1973.(ASL2)
C. Standard06
1. ThestudentwillexaminetrendsinDeafEducation:AmericanSign
Language,Oralism,CuedSpeech,BilingualismBiculturalism,Total
CommunicationandSignedExactEnglish.(ASL2)
Objectives(Bfortheunitoverall)
A. Givenaworksheetandaskedtopresenttotheclass,seventhgradestudentswill
presenttotheclassinASLthreereasonswhyweshouldrenameHogwartsafter
thewitchorwizardoftheirchoosinginunder5minutes.Studentswillwritedown
theirreasonsfirstandthenpresenttheminASLwithclaritysothatotherstudents
canunderstandtheirreasoning.

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B. Whenaskedaboutthecomponentsofatruebibiprogram,seventhgrade
studentswillbeabletoexplaininASLandinwritingwith80%accuracythe
differentrequirementsforatrueBiBiprogram.
ListofMaterials
A. AssignmentSheet
B. RevisedAssignmentsheet
C. ReflectionSheet
D. HarryPotterPowerPoint
Procedures
A. Introducethatforthenextthreeweekswewillbeworkingonaprojectwherewe
willbediscussingandcreatingdifferentaspectsofanewDeafschoolthatwe
wouldwanttocreate.
B. Givestudentsexamplesofwhattheywillbedoingineachclass.Eachclass
(math,socialstudies,science,Deafstudies)willbecreatingadifferentproject
buttheywillallberelatedtoourthemeofcreatingtheidealDeafschool.They
willlearnmoreaboutthespecificsofeachprojectineachclass,butallthe
projectswillbepresentedonthelastdayforourunit(thelastFriday).
C. WewillalsobetakingafieldtriptotheSandersonDeafCenter.(Studentswillbe
abletoaskquestions,askabouthowtheDeafcentergotitsnameaswellashow
JMSgotitsname,andseehowthecenterissetupandgetideasforwhatis
importanttothemabouttheirschool.)
D. ForourprojectinDeafstudieswewillbeselectinganameforourschool.We
wanttopickanamethathonorssomeoneinDeafeducation.Thereareveryfew
schoolsfortheDeafthatarenamedafterimportantDeafindividualsandwewant
toseethatnumberincrease.(JMSJeanMassieu,KBSKennethBurdett,recently
theLearningCenterMariePhilip)
E. Tellstudentsthatlateron,theywillcomeupwithalistofpeopletheyproposewe
nametheschoolafterandteachtheclassaboutthemandthenwewillvoteon
thenameandcreateapresentationasaclasstoshowinthreeweekswhenall
theprojectsarepresented.
F. Toprepareforthisproject,wewillberenamingHarryPottersschoolaftera
characterfromHarryPotter.(DonotmentionthatitiscalledHogwartsyet)
G. BringupthePowerPointofHarryPottercharacters.
H. ShowthefirstslideandaskstudentswhatthenameoftheschoolisthatHarry
Potterattends.
1. HopefullyatleastoneofthestudentswillknowthatitiscalledHogwarts.
2. ConfirmtheyarecorrectandshowtheslidethatsaysHogwartsschoolof
WitchcraftandWizardry
3. Askstudentswhatthenameoftheschoolmeans?(Thereisntany
particularsignificancebehindHogwarts)
I. TellstudentsthattodaywewanttochangethenameofHogwartstohonoran
importantwitchorwizard.(Thisistohelpusprepareforlateronwhenwewilldo
thissameprocesstopickthenamefortheDeafschoolwearecreating.)

J. Topickaname,wearefirstgoingtoreviewafewofthemaincharactersinthe
firstHarryPotterbook,(SorcerersStone).
1. HarryPotter
2. AlbusDumbledore
3. MinervaMcgonagall
4. SeverusSnape
5. RubeusHagrid
K. Foreachcharacterreviewthequestionsandanswersoneachoftheirslides.
Eachslidehasabriefbioofthecharactertheirresponsibilities,iftheyareset
apartbyanythinginparticularetc.
L. Ifstudentschoosetolistinformationaboutcharactersthatcomesinlaterbooks
thatisfine,butdonotbeoverlyconcernedaboutinformationorcharacters
beyondthefirstbook.
M. Afterreviewinganddiscussingeachcharacter,askstudentsifthereisanyonewe
shouldaddtothelist.Iftheyhaveanysuggestionswritethemontheboardtothe
rightofthePowerPoint.Makesuretodiscussatleastafewdetailsaboutany
additionalcharacterssothatallstudentsareawareofwhotheyare.
N. Tellstudentswillbesplitintotwogroups.Eachgroupwillpicksomeonefromthe
listandtheywilldiscussandcomeupwiththreereasonswhyweshouldrename
Hogwartsafterthatindividual.(Theteacherswillformathirdgroupandpicktheir
witchorwizardlast)
O. Splitthestudentsintotwogroupsofthree.
P. Eachgrouphastopickadifferentwizardtodefendandthefirstgrouptoraise
theirhandgetstopickwhotheywant.Iftwogroupswantthesamewizarditwill
bedeterminedbyaroundofrockpaperscissors.
Q. Oncestudentshavewhotheyarearguingfor,givethemthefirstassignment
sheet(onepergroup)wheretheywilllistwhotheypicked,andthenlistthree(or
more)reasonswhyweshouldrenameHogwartstohonorthatparticularwitchor
wizard.
R. Clarifythatthethingswehavediscussedarenotnecessarilyreasonsweshould
renameHogwartsafteracharacter.Theyneedtocomeupwithneworatleast
moreindepthreasons.Putthesummaryslideupontheprojectorforstudentsto
referbackto.
S. Givestudentstimetofinishtheirpapers,movingbetweengroupstohelpthem
figureoutwhattowritedown.TheperfectionofwrittenEnglishisntthe
goalratherwritingdownthegeneralideasofwhattheywantsotheycanuse
theirpaperasaguideandtopreparethemforthepresentationprocesstheywill
gothroughlater.
T. Onceeachgrouphasfinishedtheirpaper,theywilltaketurnsgettingupinfront
oftheclassandexplainingwhotheychoseandwhyweshouldpickthemto
nameHogwartsafter.(Theteachergroupwillpresentlastbasedontime.)
U. Beforevotingbutafterallthepresentations,reviewthereasonsstudentsgavefor
eachpersonandaskstudentsiftheyarestrongreasonsorweakreasons.

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V. Afterreviewingthereasonsforeachcharacter,passoutsmallpiecesofpaperto
everyonewheretheywillvoteforwhoweshouldchoose.Oncetheyhavevoted,
quicklyreadofftheresultsandannouncewhowewillberenamingHogwarts
after.Intheeventofatieeitherrevotebasedononlythosetwoifthereistimeor
tellstudentswewillrevotenextclassandthegroupswhopresentedonthose
wizardswillhaveachancetoaddinformationtotheirpresentations.
W. Afterawinnerhasbeenidentified,wrapupthediscussionwithstudents.Ask
studentswhytheypickedthewinner(iftheydid).Haveadiscussionaboutthe
reasonsthatstudentspresentedabouteachcandidate.Weretheystrong
reasons?Werereasonsforsomeoftheothercandidatesweak?
X. AskthemiftheyenjoyedtheprocessofpickinganewnameforHogwarts,whyor
whynotandifthereisanythingtheywouldwanttochangeabouttheprocess.
Y. Tellthemwewillbeusingthesameprocessintwoweekstopickwhowewill
nameourDeafschoolafter.Firstwewilllearnaboutdifferentimportantpeoplein
Deafeducationhistoryandtheneachstudent(orinpairs)willhavethe
opportunitytopresentonthepersontheythinkweshouldnametheschoolafter.
Z. Ifthereistimealsogivestudentsthereflectionpaperoniftheyagreedwithwho
theclasschosetorenameHogwartsaftertofilloutbeforetheyleaveand
changeclasses.
Assessment
A. Studentswillbeevaluatedbasedontheirparticipationintheclassdiscussion.
Theywillalsobeevaluatedbasedontheargumentstheycomeupwith
concerningwhicheverwitchorwizardtheyselect.Iftheysimplyspitbackthe
informationthatwediscussedasaclassoriftheycomeupwithsomethingnew.
Attheendofclassstudentswillfilloutaselfreflectionaboutiftheyagreewith
whattheclassdecisionwasaboutrenamingHogwarts.

Names:____________________________________________________

RenameHogwarts!

Directions:Writefullsentencestoanswereachquestion.

A.WhichwitchorwizardshouldHogwartsbenamedafter?

HarryPotter

AlbusDumbledore

MinervaMcGonagall

SeverusSnape

RubeusHagrid

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B.ListthreereasonsHogwartsshouldberenamedtohonoryourwitchor
wizard.

#1.
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#2.
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#3.
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Name:_____________________________________________________

Reflection

DoyouagreewithwhotheclasschosetorenameHogwartsfor?Whyor
whynot?

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Name:_____________________________________________________

Reflection

DoyouagreewithwhotheclasschosetorenameHogwartsfor?Whyor
whynot?

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Names:____________________________________________________

RenameHogwarts!

Directions:Writefullsentencestoanswereachquestion.

A.CirclewhichwitchorwizardHogwartsshouldbenamedafter.

HarryPotter

AlbusDumbledore

MinervaMcGonagall

SeverusSnape

RubeusHagrid

B.ListthreereasonsHogwartsshouldberenamedtohonoryourwitchor
wizard.

#1.
Hogwartsshouldbenamedafter
____________because___________
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#2.
Hogwartsshouldbenamedafter
____________because___________

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#3.
Hogwartsshouldbenamedafter
____________because___________

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