Language Arts: Our Staff of Avatars is Ready to Deliver Mini Lessons to Your Kids While YOU Relax!
Introductionlanguage artsThis series of 30 MicroLessons (mini lessons) features animated, talking avatars who present language arts skills and topics to your classes of middle school students, grades 5-9.
Just connect your computer to a digital projector or SMART Board, select a student to operate the mouse and let the avatars do the teaching for you--relax, grade papers, or partner-up with them!
The full version of each MicroLesson comes with a word search activity and a crossword puzzle based entirely on the presentation (the words found in the word search provide the word bank for the crossword puzzle).
Therefore, full MicroLessons along with their puzzles will require 50-60 minutes to complete.
Each MicroLesson includes...
- definitions and examples.
- direct instruction.
- a summary of the instruction (in most MicroLessons).
- practice quizzes ranging from 5 to 15 questions.
- an on-screen answer key.
- a word search and crossword puzzle (full versions only).
Thoroughly tested with actual students in real-life, public middle school classrooms--the vast majority of students become engaged, responsive, and productive (even the knuckleheads).
Noteworthy NotesTeachers report that during MicroLessons, they...
- appoint students to be mouse operators while they roam the classroom, keeping a wary eye on the knuckleheads.
- become dynamic partners with the avatars, giving additional examples of concepts, checking for comprehension, and reading questions and answer choices orally to the class.
- record scores, grade papers, or even work on lesson plans.
All of the titles in the Language Arts Presenter series are executable applications, making them compatible with all versions of Windows.
Free Trial/Full Version SpecificsEach MicroLesson listed in the Mini Lesson Tools categories in the navigation bar at the left side of the screen is available in both a free trial version and a full version.
Each free trial version is...
- complete in every regard.
- fully operational.
- available for an unlimited time trial.
The "Free Trial Version" stamps are a necessary annoyance.
When you consider the fact that I spent two and a half years of my life developing these MicroLessons, I would sincerely hope that you would agree that giving them away completely free of charge is not a plausible option.
Each full version...
- is exactly the same as the free version.
- is completely devoid of all "Free Trial Version" stamps.
- comes with a word search and a crossword puzzle.
As I mentioned above, the words found in the word search provide the word bank for the crossword puzzle.
ConclusionAs a language arts teacher myself, I wrote these MicroLessons with three general objectives in mind:
(1) Make it meaningful and relevant.
(2) Make it clearly understandable.
(3) Make it entertaining and rewarding.
After extensive testing and tweaking with actual middle school students in real public school classrooms, I truly believe that I have accomplished these objectives.
Won't you take a few moments to see if you agree?
Just select a title from the Mini Lesson Tools navigation buttons at the left, download it completely free of charge, kick the tires, and take it for a spin around the block.
And, while you're at it, enjoy the view!
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