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NAIS - National Association of Independent Schools

NAIS - National Association of Independent Schools

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organizations Teaching Abroad | International Teaching Jobs - Search Associates Gatsby Facebook Project « A Patchwork Life Yes, I’m trying this template again. Let me know what you think. I’ve blogged already about my writing process, but not as much about my teaching process, how I figure out how I want to teach, what kinds of plans I make or assignments I design. I did an assignment recently with my high school juniors that I thought would be an interesting example– a project where the students assumed characters in The Great Gatsby and interacted with each other via a Facebook-style interface on my own faculty webpage. First, I read an online lesson plan from the NEH about Gatsby’s “secret society”, which I used as a launching pad when I discussed the book with my students last year. Once I had jotted down some notes and tried to work out what the students could do, I went to see our tech coordinator, who used to teach English, and we brainstormed about what the project could look like and how the tech aspects could go. Overall, I was really happy with how the projects went. Like this: Like Loading...

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