Rosa Duarte, technology
teacher at Southside Elementary Bilingual School, Miami, FL.
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| Grade Level |
5 |
| Subject |
Language Arts |
| Background |
What more exciting way to
increase reading skills than to explore the magical world of Harry
Potter? Students will collaborate in groups of five as a team and
they read excerpts or entire selections of two Harry Potter books
by J.R. Rowling. Through the use of the Visual Learning software,
Inspiration, students will create maps detailing the similarities
and differences between the first two Harry Potter books. They
will also analyze and synthesize information that will be
presented to the class using a presentation program; the students
will use a rubric to evaluate each reading team. |
| Objectives |
To use the reading process effectively
To compare and contrast two literature books
To use technology tools to organize data |
| Materials |
Computers with Internet access,
downloaded Inspiration software, Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Harry Potter and
the Chamber of Secrets, a Visit to Hogwarts Work Sheet,
Multimedia Rubric, any multimedia program such as PowerPoint,
HyperStudio, or KidPix |
| Procedure |
- The students will read Harry Potter and
The Sorcerer’s Stone. Excerpts of the book can be accessed
at Amazon.com located at www.amazon.com, type in the name of the book and click
on “Look Inside.”
- Students will then read Harry Potter and
the Chamber of Secrets. Excerpts can also be found at Amazon.com
located at www.amazon.com; type in the name of the book, and
click on “Look Inside.”
- Students will use Inspiration software
to create a concept map of the two stories; data from the
concept map will be used to create a comparison chart
of the two stories. Teachers can download a free trial copy
of Inspiration located at: http://inspiration.com/freetrial/index.cfm. If this
is not possible, students can use AutoShapes in a word processing
program to create a concept chart in the form of a flow
chart. See an example of a concept map at: http://southside.dadeschools.net/Resource%
20Teachers/hogwarts/conceptmap.htm
- Students will then create a Venn Diagram
to explain how the stories are similar, different, and/or
the same. Students can access the Venn Diagram
site to create their an online Venn Diagram http://venndiagram.com/ or students can use A
Visit to Hogwart’s Worksheet to fill-in the details
of their Venn Diagram.
- Students will again use Inspiration software
to create an idea map to attempt to convince students which
of the stories they consider to be best. See an example
of an idea map at http://southside.dadeschools.net/Resource%
20Teachers/hogwarts/ideamap.htm
- Students will then be asked to create a
multimedia presentation of their findings. Students can use
PowerPoint, HyperStudio, KidPix or any other type of multimedia
software. Students will break into groups to plan and organize
presentation. The presentation should include: information that
is organized with bullets or numbers, an oral section detailing
information, correct details, and correct use of grammar. Review
rubric with students in advance.
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| Tips |
Use a word processing document
to copy and paste information from the Internet to use in
presentations. Use flowcharts, summary tables, concept maps, or
other organizing structures to organize information for
presentation. |
| Evaluation |
Student’s work will be evaluated
using a Teacher-Created
Multimedia Rubric. Students can evaluate each group using
this rubric. |
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