Students Facilitate Lesson Plans
Source/Author: Natalie Updike, Upper School English Teacher
November 03, 2022
In Ms. Updike's Honors English Prison Narratives course, seniors had the opportunity to teach specific sections from Dwayne Betts' memoir, "A Question of Freedom: A Memoir of Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in Prison."
Shown here, Avery McDonough '23 leads a Jeopardy game she created with the diverse categories of "The Religion of Islam," "What I learned about CO" (Correctional Officers), "Names & Naming," among other chapter titles. During this lesson plan, Avery also used knowledge acquired in her World Religions course to analyze the memoir's depictions of vocabulary surrounding Islam, such as the Quran, the five pillars of Islam, specifically the Shahada, and a few phrases from Betts' memoir connected to Malcolm X's influence.
In addition to a game or interactive element, students facilitated an active discussion, guiding their peers to the text for evidence, argumentation, analysis, and connectivity to larger concepts within the course (prison history, prison conditions, and prison populations).
Shown here, Avery McDonough '23 leads a Jeopardy game she created with the diverse categories of "The Religion of Islam," "What I learned about CO" (Correctional Officers), "Names & Naming," among other chapter titles. During this lesson plan, Avery also used knowledge acquired in her World Religions course to analyze the memoir's depictions of vocabulary surrounding Islam, such as the Quran, the five pillars of Islam, specifically the Shahada, and a few phrases from Betts' memoir connected to Malcolm X's influence.
In addition to a game or interactive element, students facilitated an active discussion, guiding their peers to the text for evidence, argumentation, analysis, and connectivity to larger concepts within the course (prison history, prison conditions, and prison populations).
