Unit Makeover: Teaching Night with Guest Andrea Michelle {Part 1} [S5 E134]
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If you’re a long-time listener of Brave New Teaching, then you know how much we love a good unit makeover. If you’re new to the show, then today will be a great introduction!
We are joined by high school teacher, Andrea Michelle, who is sharing all about a unit that she has taught using the anchor text, Night. This episode will be part one of a two part conversation with Andrea.
In part one, Andrea tells us all about how she taught this unit, including what her goals were, the themes explored, and what types of assessments were used. You’ll get to hear what went really well throughout the unit, and what didn’t go so well.
Meet us back here next week where we will share our suggestions for how Andrea can give this unit a makeover before the next time it’s taught. We’ve got so many ideas for how she can make this complex unit even more engaging, memorable, and impactful for her students!
Meet Andrea:
Andrea Michelle is a veteran educator with ELA experience across every high school grade level and in private, public, and Title I schools. With master’s degrees in English and secondary education, she serves as a mentor teacher to new teachers and teacher candidates.
She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction with a focus on the impact of stress on first-year teachers’ relationships with students. It is her mission to create a community for new teachers to feel supported and empowered to grow in their educational careers—she has built a successful online community on TikTok and Instagram to bring humor and pragmatic approaches to teachers in the ELA classroom.
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Topics Discussed in This Episode:
Andrea’s overview of her current unit using the anchor text, Night.
What Andrea wanted her students to get out of the unit.
Benefits of creating summative assessments sectioned by skill.
Using dialectical journaling, and the goals that came with that.
Guiding students through uncomfortable discussions using topics from a text.
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