Strategy Presentation

Strategy:

Materials /media/resources needed to teach the lesson you are presenting today:

Overview of strategy:
(Briefly discuss strategy and how/when the strategy would be best used. When would
it be most effective? What type of students would most benefit from learning this way?

Minds eye is a reading strategy that uses dual-coding to help students retain
information read. 20-30 words are selected from a text, and students are asked to
create a picture in their head as the words are read by the teacher. They then use
their picture to either draw the picture, ask a question, make a prediction, or
describe their feelings. After this, they read the text, and reflect on their original
thoughts compared to what they read.
This strategy is best used to introduce new, declarative
information/knowledge. It is most effective when knowledge taught is text-heavy.
The learning styles the strategy fits are interpersonal and self-expressive.

TEACH A LESSON USING THIS STRATEGY:

Overview lesson: Students will learn about life in Ancient Egypt

Present lesson/strategy: (This is a format for your lesson. Use the strategy you are
teaching wherever it is appropriate in the lesson)
1. Objective of lesson: Students are able to describe important aspects of life in
Ancient Egypt.
2. Materials needed to teach this lesson: speakers, graphic organizer, copies of
reading, computer, whiteboard/smartboard, plicker cards
3. Attention getter: Have students close their eyes and start visualizing based
on words.
4. Teaching procedure: minds eye
5. Practice: graphic organizer, standup-handup-pairup to music
6. Assessment: Plickers

Suggested reflection for this strategy:

How do you see yourself using this in your classroom?