Ancient Runes - Class 1
Oct 25, 2014 18:00:33 GMT
Post by Ophelia Worchester on Oct 25, 2014 18:00:33 GMT
Ophelia stood in front of the board as she waited for her students to enter. She was happy so far with her lesson plan. Last year had been her first year teaching what she specialized in, having taught in a daycare for a while, so her lessons hadn't been as structured as they would this year. While Ophelia felt students deserved a bit of Independence with their research and work, especially the seventh years, she also wanted to emphasize the importance of cooperation and functioning with others because if one wished to go into ancient runes when they graduated, they would quickly learn a lot of the research is not just going to libraries, it's talking to people. Talking to descendants of ancient tribes, talking to people who live on the land where the runes hail from, but especially talking to colleagues about their own findings and to exchange documents. Ophelia felt that school itself wasn't close enough to the real world, that it didn't prepare students for exactly how important good communication and social skills are.
So Ophelia had decided her class would help with that issue, that a lot of the work would be group work and as long as her class stayed on task, it wouldn't be an issue. Ophelia had a large desk in each corner of the room and on it were a set of runes from a specific dead culture, primary source documents about the culture and use of the runes in both rituals, spells and every day life that had modern english translations attached, and magnifying glasses to better inspect the runes. The students' task would be to figure out which culture each of the set belonged to. In order to figure it out, they would need the binder on Ophelia's desk. In it was the name of each culture and a brief description of each. Since the primary source documents didn't specifically name the culture, it would be more of a matching and process of elimination. The primary source documents would offer clues but the students would have to collaborate in their groups to figure everything out.
So Ophelia had decided her class would help with that issue, that a lot of the work would be group work and as long as her class stayed on task, it wouldn't be an issue. Ophelia had a large desk in each corner of the room and on it were a set of runes from a specific dead culture, primary source documents about the culture and use of the runes in both rituals, spells and every day life that had modern english translations attached, and magnifying glasses to better inspect the runes. The students' task would be to figure out which culture each of the set belonged to. In order to figure it out, they would need the binder on Ophelia's desk. In it was the name of each culture and a brief description of each. Since the primary source documents didn't specifically name the culture, it would be more of a matching and process of elimination. The primary source documents would offer clues but the students would have to collaborate in their groups to figure everything out.
Ophelia thought herself quite clever for that, being it would be rather difficult to figure everything out if one wasn't willing to communicate with their group. After their work, they would write in the journals on their desk about whether or not they liked who they worked, what they learned, and how it was working in groups rather than by themselves. Ophelia had gotten the idea from her muggle cousin Jenna who taught in a college. She had her students write about their thoughts on the lesson and classwork at the end of every class to see how she could better craft the lesson for them. Ophelia thought it would be a good idea, as journals might be something the students become more interested in keeping as notes accumulate instead of loose parchment. The door to her class opened and she smiled warmly to the first student, excited to begin the class.
Professor Worchester - Ancient Runes
Agenda
| 1. | Introduction |
| 2. | Warm Up Activity |
| 3. | Group Work |
| 4. | Reflection |
| 5. | Homework |
Please take your seats and get out some parchment and your quills. You may talk among yourselves but please keep the talk respectful and at a reasonable tone. Any questions, concerns, or anything you need me to know may be brought to my attention at this time. I don't bite, so please come up. I can wait to get to know all of you, for those I haven't met, and reconnect with those I have.
