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Smart Board Lesson: Literary Terms

The lesson Literary Terms is designed to serve as a partial review of a poetry unit the class had been working on. This entire lesson should take between 35-45 minutes for an average 8th grade student to complete. The students are trying to not only understand but also begin to implement the terms and devices they are learning into their poetry and overall writing abilities. The lessons cover terms that include similes, metaphors, onomatopoeias, oxymorons, and alliterations. The lesson on similes and metaphors has the students do a drag and drop dividing what they thing to be either a simile or metaphor into the correct category. The lesson on Onomatopoeias asks students to drag and drop the onomatopoeia with the corresponding picture. The lesson on oxymorons requires the students to match the words on the left with the correct partnering word on the right to form an oxymoron. Last, the lesson on alliteration invites the students to drag and drop the appropriate fill in the blank word to complete the alliteration. All in all I believe that this literary review meets the standards for the CO-PBST as the students are learning how to use and utilize a new form of technology that is helping them master important skills. Throughout the process of building this smartboard lesson plan I had my moments of ups and downs but once I played around and got acquainted with all of the functions I was able to piece together a lesson plan that any beginner could be content with. I would really like to receive some formal lessons on how the more advanced functions of the smartboard work and I’m sure in time I will have that opportunity. In the future it would be neat if I was teaching in a classroom that was not 100% equipped with personal computers for every student that we could use some type of clicker technology that would allow me to give review sessions for an entire class while receiving individual answers. Currently my personal comfort level on a 1-10 scale is about a 7.5 with the smartboard. However, I’m sure the more I use the technology the better and more comfortable I will become with it.