Creating the playground canvas
was not as hard as I thought. In the beginning, I was confused as to which
widget represented what, but once I started creating my canvas it all made
sense. The canvas widgets are a great tool for teachers to use and for students
to reference before a unit or during a unit.
My unit is on Hamlet by William Shakespeare and
throughout the unit students will learn how to analyze text, depict certain
elements within the play, and understand Shakespeare’s verbal usage. This unit
is for a 12th grade English class focused on British Literature. In
my canvas I have various elements that students can use as an introduction to
my unit for Hamlet. I added pictures
of the author, different book covers, and of a movie version of Hamlet so that students can have a
visual before reading the text. I also added a movie clip of a movie version
done in 1990 of Hamlet’s famous speech “To be or not to be”, so that students
can have a reference to what the play looks like once it’s actually performed.
During the unit the students will have a chance to watch different movie
productions of the play so that they can compare and contrast the difference
between reading the play and then seeing it live.
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