Avatar Literacy

7/29/2019 Avatar Literacy

1/12

Teaching literature in

the 21st centuryA unit plan on Suzanne Collins' The Hunger

Games to engage the "Avatar"


2/12

What will high schools look

like?


3/12

Research based

predictions

The average student will attend "Hybrid High

School"

Students with disciplinary issues will have

online courses and be equipped with a

personal "success coach."

Alternative options include: in-person,

private, all online, etc.

http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-

rapids/index.ssf/2012/08/grand_rapids_school_board_disc_2.html


4/12

Electracy and Pedagogy

"In addition to generating new pedagogies by

contrast with extant literate ones, electracy

makes possible some new learning behaviors

that do not have exact equivalents within

literacy."

http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/glue/longman/pedagogy/electracy.html


5/12

My class

English I (9th grade)

Will meet in person Tuesday and Thursday.

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday will be

online days where attendance/participation is

required to receive credit

Laptops/iPads will be given to each student.

Student choice is #1 in classes, if they don'twant to take English 1, there will be a

different class to fulfill the requirement.


6/12

The Hunger Games: Why

Teach it?

Engages students in discussing government

Strong female character

Dystopian society

Connects well with an online community.

Encourages outside reading (trilogy)

Incorporates geography, math, literature,

vocabulary, science, survival skills, etc. The movie is a wonderful adaptation

It's a great book!


7/12

Assignments/activities

Archery

Survival skills

Probability

Mapping out "Panem"

Assignments

o Quick writes

o Analyzing Transitivity

o Tracking character development through"fakebook" pages

o Creating Spotify playlists


8/12

What would a Quick Write look

like?

"The Reaping"

Imagine you are a child in District 12 during the reaping.

What would you feel as you woke up that day? Howwould you feel waiting for a name to be called? When

you realize you are not chosen, what do you feel?

What do you feel for the citizens who ARE chosen?

Utilizes TIPS (Think, Ink, Pair, Share) and becomes a

great formative assessment.


9/12

Minecraft: Final Exam
http://youtube.com/v/3rhYLe4Q-IU


10/12

How does Minecraft work

for students?

Classroom created world

Each student creates an avatar

They will "act out" The Hunger Games

Gameplay is what you make it

minecraftedu.com


11/12

Introduce text

and pre-

assessment

QW/TIPS

Probability,

student

selection

Reading

Facebook

Accounts(in

groups)

QW/TIPS

Archery

survival skills

Reading

Finish

Facebook

accounts

Reading

Peruse and

comment on

facebook

accounts

Entrance:

Thoughts on

FB profiles,

discussion

and QW/TIPS

Work on maps

of Panem and

writing to go

with it

Share maps

and

collaborate as

a class,

Transitivity

Begin

constructing

individual

Minecraft

levels

Biome

Studies,

influencing

Minecraft level

Share Biome

reports in

class.

QW/TIPS

In partners,

combine

Minecraft

levels to

create a new

one.

Cooking with

the elements

QW/TIPS

Finish Partner

Minecraft

levels and

share with

teacher.

Review

classmates'

Minecraftcreations

Pick one level

to play as a

class, Createplaylist on

Play Minecraft Entrance

ticket:

Discussion ofplaying

Play Minecraft


12/12

Why is this probable and

important?

We won't always live in a "high-stakes

testing" world.

Ways of thought are changing at a rapid

pace

Schools and education need to keep up

An online world will not replace personal

interactions, but rather enhance the worldwe experience, particularly for students.

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