Blog #6

Here it is: Please find someone's blog in the other class (not your class, the other one) and read their blog about the hero unit. In YOUR blog, tell me whose blog you are discussing, and then tell me what you learned or confirmed about differentiation from reading that idea for the hero unit. Don't critque the idea; just tell me what you learned or confirmed about differentiation.

 Tiffany McCorrmick said:

One of the ideas that I can see would work for your unit on heroes is “The Body Biography Assignment.”
I think “The Body Biography Assignment” would work because kids are going to have to know and learn quite a bit of information on their chosen hero in order to be able to create their written and visual portrait.
Kids might feel the work is engaging and respectful for everyone because, although they will be working in groups and coming up with one person to do their biography on, they will each be able to do their share of the project and each will be able to put forth their best efforts. 

I like Tiffany's idea because it's something other than a boring biography about who your hero is. It could be colorful, big and little words, and just whatever the student feels on this visual and written report. It's something that will engage the students because it's unique. No groups answers will be the same because of who their hero is, and how they create their body biography. it can be differentiated by you choosing groups on what level they are on in writing, or by who their hero's might be. Another differentiation point is that they can create their biography body any way they want as long as they have the correct information needed for each hero.