Constructive Learning | Adaptation Level

Subject: Language Arts

Objectives

Students will work in groups to create videos on the book Tom Sawyer using elements of visualization and characterization.

Procedure

• Students will read Tom Sawyer.
• Students will write a script including dialogue and action cues based on their understanding of the characters in the book Tom Sawyer.
• Students will use their visualizations from reading to design period clothing and choose locations.
• Students will discuss how their interpretations of the same scene may have differed from other people’s interpretations.

Technology Present

• Tom Sawyer
• Computers with video editing software
• Celtx
• Video cameras
• Tripods
• Props and period clothing

Grade Level: 6-8

Note: The TIM is about teaching, not technology. The placement of videos on the TIM is based entirely on the teaching practices demonstrated in the lesson and not on the specific technology employed. Simple or even out-dated technology can be used at the higher levels of technology integration just as the latest or most complex technology can be used at lower levels.

Video Reference Number: 1089