About Arthur Miller: A Life on Stage
When I
first decided to carry out this task in class, its main objectives were to help
students learn more about Arthur Miller’s life and work. Also, I thought it would
be a good way to review past tenses and time phrases. After doing this task in
class, I must admit that it took me longer than I expected to explain how exactly
it works. Considering that many of my adult students don’t feel that
comfortable when it comes to using new technologies, it was a big challenge.
Anyway, once they understood how to do it, they really enjoyed the whole
process. I asked them to work in small groups of three, so that every student
contributed to the final project and they supported each other while doing it.
Some of my
students – teenagers and some young adults – welcomed this activity from the
very beginning, and their enthusiasm, I guess, created some curiosity in
others. The most reluctant students, also got engaged in the activity, dynamic
as it is, and especially so different from the activities we normally do in
class.
All in all,
I think it was a positive experience for all of us – including myself – and really
hope to do this kind of activity with Timetoast again! As for changes to be
made in order to improve it in the future, I’ll provide my students with all
the necessary instructions and information about the task they need to do, but
I think I’ll ask them to do it at home, as homework (to save time).
Finally,
concerning the attainment of my objectives, this task helped to achieve them by
making students to do research and read about Arthur Miller’s life and works,
to put into practice the past tenses they had previously seen in class, and
last but not least, to do all this in a dynamic and fun way.
Here you can have a look at one of the time lines created:
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