STRATEGY: NEW AMERICAN LECTURE (NAL) (OR INTERACTIVE LECTURE) PRESENTED BY KATHY MARKS

NAL Tied to known and researched learning styles and teaching styles Can be adapted to be used in all subjects and grade levels Built around a visual organizer The pattern: 1) present information (roughly 5 minute chunk) 2) pause and use structured questions that appeal to different learning styles to help process 3) present more information (roughly 5 minute chunk) 4) pause for another processing session At the end students are given a summative activity to bring it all together

NAL Note that the questions throughout the lecture correspond to the learning styles each of the questions appeals to: Mastery—questions which require remembering Understanding— questions which require reasoning Interpersonal—questions which require relating to the topic personally Self-expressive—questions which require reorganization of information Let’s see an example!

FROGS AND TOADS Hook Think about what you know about classifying. How do we do it? Who can do it? What might we classify? Talk with a partner then share with the group. Bridge Good! You already know a lot about classifying! Let’s build on what you know! Visual organizer Let’s use a Venn diagram to figure out the similarities and differences between frogs and toads.

Frogs Toads

FROGS Members of the family Ranidae, containing more than 400 species. These frogs have the characteristics of: two bulging eyes strong, long, webbed hind feet that are adapted for leaping and swimming smooth or slimy skin (generally, frogs tend to like moister environments) tend to lay eggs in clusters Can be found on every continent except Antarctica. They are referred to as the "true frogs" because of their generalized body form and life history: the so-called generic frog. Members of this family include the bullfrog, common frog, green frog, leopard frog, marsh frog, pickerel frog, and wood frog.

PAUSE Fill in Venn diagram for frogs Mastery What are the characteristics of frogs? Understanding Hypothesize 1) why frogs have smooth or slimy skin 2) why frogs tend to lay eggs in clusters

TOADS Did you know that all Toads actually are Frogs! Members of the family Bufonidae, containing more than 300 species. These types of frogs have are characterized by: stubby bodies with short hind legs (for walking instead of hopping) warty and dry skin (usually preferring dryer climates) paratoid (or poison) glands behind the eyes tend to lay eggs in long chains. Can be found worldwide except in Australasia, polar regions, Madagascar, and Polynesia The family includes 25 genera, all of which, like the frogs, are of the class order anura

PAUSE Fill in Venn diagram for toads Interpersonal How would you feel if you found a toad outside today? Do you like frogs or toads better? Why? Self-Expressive Create a short poem about the characteristics of a toad

SYNTHESIS Sometimes the features of frogs and toads appear mixed or less obvious, and certain species even legitimately fall into both categories. It is not uncommon, for example, to find a warty skinned frog that isn't a toad, or even a slimy toad! Fill in Venn diagram for similarities between frogs and toads. Erase differences if necessary. Write a paragraph to tell what you know about frogs and toads.

NAL BRAINSTORM How can you use this in your classroom?

RESOURCES Dorota. (2006). Frogs and toads. Retrieved from: Silver, H.F. Strong, R.W. & Perini, M.J. (2007). The strategic teacher: Selecting the right researched-based strategy for every lesson. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.