Elizabeth Sower's Online Portfolio
Secondary Lesson Plans
Grade 10 - 11: Close Up: Washington D.C. – Current Events Research
The goals of this lesson were to teach students the importance of evaluating online resources for accuracy and authority and to have students apply this knowledge to a research assignment. Additionally, students gained knowledge of an online bibliographic organizer and utilized it to properly cite their sources.
The goals of this lesson were to teach students the importance of evaluating online resources for accuracy and authority and to have students apply this knowledge to a research assignment. Additionally, students gained knowledge of an online bibliographic organizer and utilized it to properly cite their sources.
| Close Up: Washington D.C. – Current Events Research Lesson Plan |
| Evaluating Information Resources PowerPoint Presentation |
| Close Up Lesson Assignment |
Grade 11: Junior Thesis Topic Selection Lesson Plan
The goal of this lesson was to introduce students to resources and strategies for choosing a topic for their Junior Thesis project.
| Junior Thesis Topic Selection Lesson Plan |
| Lesson Objectives |
Grade 9: Book Talk Lesson Plan
The goals of this lesson were to provide readers’ advisory to a group of grade nine C2 students with high interest, low-level titles and to have each student check out one pleasure reading title. The lesson was co-taught with the school librarian.
| Book Talk Lesson Plan |
Grade 9: Monotheism & Prophets Pathfinder Presentation
The goal of this lesson was to present an online pathfinder of resources centered on monotheism and prophets and to teach students how to effectively utilize the online resources. Additionally, students gained knowledge of the databases’ citation builders and learned how to properly cite their sources.
| Monotheism & Prophets Pathfinder Lesson Plan |
Grade 10: Citations Lesson Plan
The goal of this lesson was to present an array of online resources and teach students to utilize these tools in order to create a proper bibliography.
| Citations Lesson Plan |
| Citations Lesson Plan Objectives |
Secondary Projects
Completed in support of the Simmons Graduate School of Information Science Practicum requirements, the projects below focus on Diversity and Administration.
Diversity Project: Building the library's English Language Learner Collection
For the purposes of this project, I reviewed Newton North library's current collection of foreign language titles and, using input from the English Language Learner (ELL) Specialist, created a list of suggested titles for purchase. The English Language Learner Specialist informed me that the top languages spoken by ELL students at Newton North are Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, and Pushtu. She suggested that the library obtain copies of classic American Fairy Tales. She emailed, “Many cultural references here in the U.S. are based on fairy tales... Some guy has is has the 'Peter Pan syndrome'... A woman leads a 'Cinderella life'... Having a cultural reference would help our students understand much more of what's going on around them here in the U.S. Specifically, it would be great for the students to have a collection of typical U.S. fairy tales in their home languages, and if possible, find an easy version of the same stories in English.” My list of suggested titles for purchase reflects the ELL Specialists insight.
| List of Suggested ELL Titles for Purchase |
Administration Project: Organizing the library's Collection of Archive Materials
The Newton North library houses an impressive archives collection of school documents, photographs, yearbooks, and other historical pieces. Having recently moved to a new facility the librarians had the opportunity to store these historical artifacts so they would be more accessible for student research. For the purposes of this project I unpacked the archive materials, arranged the items on the shelves in the archives room and created signage detailing the contents of each shelf.
