Conference Paper

          The conference that I went to was the RIASCD Pre-Service Conference.  Personally I enjoyed it. There were two different meetings that I attended during the conference. The first one was called “Write to Learn” Strategies to Support Student Achievement, and the second was about Formative Assessment. Both of the meetings were very informative, but I preferred the first one over the second.  It seemed to me that the teacher in the first one was much more knowledgeable about her topic then the teacher in the second one.  The second one also seemed like it was more lecture based, and the first one had more activities that the teachers and future teachers could use.

            In Strategies to Support Student Achievement, some of the activities that we learned about were called one word strategy, which asked the students to write one word to describe an article or small passage. Then there was also the muddy moment technique, which has the students anonymously write down questions, or things that they don’t understand about the reading that they all did, onto a post-it and then they stick it on the board.  The teacher then grabs random questions and reads them outload one at a time, each time either asking other students to answer the question or she answers the question if none of the students volunteer. 

            The last strategy that we learned briefly was called the “stoplight”.  She couldn’t go over this one in great detail because we were running out of time, but what she did say about it did stay with me.  Near the end of the class you give the students different colored post-it notes and have the students write their names and write any question they have on the back, and then they stick it on the “stoplight”. Green meaning they understood the class, yellow means a little confused, and red means they didn’t get it at all.  I really like this because they allows the teacher to know how her or his students are understand when you are trying to teach them. It also allows you to have a clearer way of knowing if you as the teacher should revisit any particular area with your students.  Overall I really enjoyed this conference and I really feel like I learned a lot.

Observation 4

Observation 4

            The class that I that I observed today was Mr. Gomes 10^th grade class at Coventry High School. They did an out loud reading of Act 4 of The Crucible.  So the quiz that I am going to create is going to focus on Act 4 of The Crucible.

    

            1. I think the objective for this particular class is; The students will be able to examine Act 4 of the play and have full understanding of the theme(s) of the play.

  

       2. That is the Analyzing level of Bloom’s Taxonomy

             3.The quiz is how I will assess the student’s knowledge of Act 4, and I will correct it quickly by using Plicker. So that will allow me to scan the classroom and quickly determine and catalog how many of my students knew the answers.

QUIZ

Name: ____________________________________________________

Date: _________________________

Act 4, The Crucible

You will have 10 minutes to complete this multiple choice quiz, it should take you approximately one minute for each question. After finishing the eight questions, you will still have 2 minutes to REVIEW your previous answers before the quiz is completed.

1.      Why does Reverend Hale try to get the prisoners to confess?

A.	He knows that they will be hanged immediately instead of having to wait.

B.	He thinks that the judges will take pity on their families and leave them alone.

C.	He knows that if they confess, they will be released from jail.

D.	He thinks it will cleanse their souls of impurity and they will be guaranteed a place in Heaven.

2.	Why are Danforth and Hathorne so intent on getting John Proctor and Rebecca Nurse to confess?

A.	Their confessions would help make other imprisoned people to confess.

B.	Everyone knows them to be witches anyway.

C.	The judges want to be able to release them from jail.

D.	Elizabeth needs John and Francis needs Rebecca.

3.	What does Reverend Parris say has happened to his niece, Abigail?

A.	She has secretly freed John from prison and they have boarded a ship to Barbados.

B.	She and two other girls stole money from him and are hiding in Putnam's attic.

C.	She has stolen his money and run away.

D.	She has been saved in the church.

4.	What happened to Giles Corey?

A.	After confessing to witchcraft, he was released from jail.

B.	After not giving up the names of the people on the affidavit, he was pressed to death by stones.

C.	He broke out of jail, with Abigail's help, and left town.

D.	He committed suicide.

5.	Why does John Proctor decide to rip his warrant to pieces?

A.	He would rather die for honesty than be freed for a lie.

B.	He knows Elizabeth and their unborn child need him.

C.	He wants the judges to know that he is not a Christian man.

D.	He is willing to die for his friends.

6.	What does Parris say he found lodged in his door?

A.	John Proctor's warrant

B.	The head of a fish

C.	A small dagger

D.

An arrow

7.	What does Elizabeth think about John's decision?

A.	She is devastated and vows to help change his mind.

B.	She believes that the judges will take pity on him.

C.	She believes that he has found his goodness and is at peace with his decision.

D.	She is heartbroken and pleads with the judges to take pity on him.

8.	Elizabeth tells John that in their marriage she has been guilty of

A.	Being unfaithful

B.	Being unChristian-like

C.	Telling lies about him

D.	Keeping a cold house

Answer Key:

1.      C

2.      A

3.      C

4.      B

5.      A

6.      C

7.      C

8.      D