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Word Search Puzzle Maker. March 29, 2007

This site helped us create a word search style cross word puzzle to pass out to the class for an assignment. It made the production of it very easy, and will help create an enjoyable way for students to brush up on their vocab and key terms of One Hundred Years of Solitude.




CP English. March 30th, 2007
<http://www.freewebs.com/zbsrgr8/>


This is a good site to help create a lesson plan. We used this site for some guidance when we were stuck on topics and ways to present them. We found it very helpful, and I plan on keeping this site in mind as a reference when I create real lesson plans when I teach.

Rubric for Lesson Plans

Rubric
-For the assignment incorporating technology, students will simply be graded on the amount of blogs they reflect on. They are required to reflect on four and they will be worth 10 points each. If students reflect on an extra blog, they will earn 10 bonus points. They will lose 10 points for each blog they do not reflect on. Students must post on their blogs which blog's they commented on.
-For the debate, students will be graded solely on participation. As long as they participate in the discussion, they will earn 20 points. However, making comments that disrupt the discussion will cause a loss of points.
-For the word search, students will receive 10 points for completing the puzzle. Not doing the puzzle will result in a zero.

Lesson Plan #3

Lesson Plan #3: Word Search

Goal
To educate students on a variety of characters, vocabulary, and themes from Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude by creating a word search for students to complete in class. This will also be a fun assignment for the students, but at the same time will provide them with a fair amount of knowledge.

Objectives
-Classroom introductions, explaining of rules and guidelines
-Explanation of assignment
-Passing out of assignment
-At this point we will walk around the class and assist students if they need help, also making sure they stay disciplined.
-As students finish, we will gradually form a group for a group discussion.
-With the remaining time we will have a class discussion regarding themes we found to be interesting in One Hundred Years of Solitude.

Lesson Plan #2

Lesson Plan #2: Debate
Prepared by: Sean O'Connor and Mike Bermejo

Goal
To create a fun but prosperous learning environment by having an educated debate in the classroom. This will reinforce topics learned in One Hundred Years of Solitude while teaching group lecturing skills and debate skills.

Objectives
-Description of assignment, classroom rules
-At this point, we will bring up certain topics from the book that are controversial and ask students for their viewpoints.
-Naturally, a debate should ensue with students who have a different thought on the topic.
-This is when myself and Mike will take an opposing side in the debate in order to add a little fuel to it.
-Judging from the characters in the class, we are sure that the debate will definitely be lively. However, we will take close measures to make sure that things do not get out of hand.
-If needed, disciplinary measures can and will be taken.

Lesson Plan #1

Lesson Plan #1: Incorporating Technology Into The Classroom
Prepared by: Sean O'Connor and Mike Bermejo

Goal
To incorporate technology (specifically the Internet) into the everyday classroom learning, giving the student a knowledge of computers and Gabriel Garcia's Marquez's masterpiece One Hundred Years of Solitude simultaneously. Additionly, students will develop writing and constructive criticism skills.

Objectives

1. Classroom introduction and greetings, run through of rules and guidelines.
2. Quick review of topics of interest from One Hundred Years of Solitude.
3. Run through of assignment, as well as discussing directions of the assigment.
4. Enter the computer lab.
5. At this point, students will access http://solitudeproject.blogspot.com/ either via Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer.
6. On the left hand side of the webpage, they are provided links to the pages of their classmates.
7. They must choose four (4) blogs and leave a reflection comment on any blog which they choose. Each reflection comment must be of substance and will be counted for a grade.
8. If time permits, we will discuss as a class our reflections, in addition to what were our favorite or least favorite blogs, and reasons for marking them as such.
9. We will either return to the classroom or dismiss from the computer lab, all depending on the time available.

Annotated Bibliographies

• Otalora, Sergio. "Colombia's Left." Hemisphere: A Magazine of the Americas Volume 11 (2002): pages 28-31

This is an article that, in great detail, explains the political history of Colombia. What grabbed my eye initially was the talk of a Liberal government taking over after a long run by the incumbent Conservative party. I thought this was very similar to what went on in One Hundred Years of Solitude. The author of this article describes also factors that played into the switching of power, in addition to how society in Colombia reacted to everything that came along with it.
I think that this source will help me greatly in writing my paper. My main focus is how Marquez was really writing about his displeasure with the government in his native Colombia, and this article helps show some of the chief problems occuring there during Marquez's time. Consequently, this gives me a fair amount of information to help base my paper off of. Otalora, the writer of this article, seems to be very knowledgable in this field and provides a fantastic source for me to work with. It is crucial in helping me tie together the connection between Marquez's feelings towards the Colombian government and what we writes in One Hundred Years of Solitude.

• Wikipedia Free Encyclopedia. March 12th, 2007 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page>

This, although appearing as a somewhat broad and general source, is actually quite helpful. Wikipedia offers much info from a monstrous variety of topics, definitley including Gabriel Garcia Marquez and his works, beliefs, and history, and even more information on the Colombian government, both past and present. These topics are all vital for the development of my paper and in proving my thesis that Marquez was really writing in regards to the Colombian government in One Hundred Years of Solitude.

Reflection: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (as translated by Gregory Rabassa)

After finishing this book, I realized something: I finally agree with Oprah Winfrey on something. She proclaimed this to be an outstanding work of literature, and I can't do anything but agree. Gabriel Garcia Marquez does an uncomparable job writing this book. He shows how simple decisions can affect families for a lifetime, and how being so wrapped up in something can do so much damage. The end shows that Melquiade's writings were simply the chronicles, if you will, of the Buendia family. This begs the question: what if members of the family were not so caught up in his mysticism? Would they have been able to rewrite these prophecies by living their lives? Garcia fascinated readers throughout this entire book, and at the same time was able to share his opinions, thoughts, feelings, dreams, even political views. Most importantly, he did what is truly the beauty of writing: he shared us his life, while making a brilliant piece of work in the process.