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**Standard 3**
 * Evidence 1**: Students were to complete a project after reading //Death of a Salesman.// They had the opportunity to choose from several options and to work as a group (no more than 3) or independently.


 * Rationale 1**: Students in English 12 were able to choose from several projects as a culminating activity for the play //Death of a Salesman//. Technology had to be included in the project. Some of the options were to create an informative piece in movie maker about the time period, write and film the end of the play (what happens to Linda, Biff, and Happy Loman after Willy’s death), or independently create a Voki in which they wrote and recited a eulogy for Willy Loman. Students were able to come up with some very creative projects. However, in the future I am going to have the students all create a voki. The voki’s were very creative and it gave some students that prefer to work independently an option to do so. Over the course of the year many projects tend to be collaborative in nature and I think that this could be one that would work well independently.

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 * 3.K.1 The teacher understands and can identify differences in approaches to learning and performance, including different learning styles, multiple intelligences, and performance modes, and can design instruction that helps use students’ strengths as the basis for growth.**

In designing the lesson, I gave the students options. They had the choice to work with a partner or to work independently. Student collaboration is encouraged in the classroom, but there are still students that really prefer to work independently. I think it is important to allow these students opportunities to show their creativity on their own.


 * 3.S.8 The teacher creates a learning community in which individual differences are respected.**

This particular group of students is quite diverse in regards to interests. I decided that it would work best to create options to meet all of the student’s needs based on members of the class.


 * 3.D.1 The teacher believes that all children can learn at high levels and persists in helping all children achieve success.**

As an educator I strive to encourage all students to take on tasks outside of their comfort zone. While technology is a tool that most students are quite comfortable with there is still a digital divide amongst students that do not have the exposure to technology outside of the classroom due to the socioeconomic divide. It is important that I continue to implement lessons to better prepare my students for the real world. This year, I had to teach several seniors how to compose an email for the first time; these students have no computer access outside of school.