In class today, we made a spider web about ourselves. We had a large sheet of paper, a toxic marker and a list of different characteristics that apply to everyone. The list included things such as: race, age, ableness, religion and language. With a little direction, I set out to put more description on the web. I started with language. It was easy to write in "English" as the first piece of web off of language. But after that, I had to concentrate to come up with the events, people and circumstances that influenced my language. I only got through language and age in this first day. But, we are going to be working on these charts everyday in class for a small amount of time.
I think that an activity like this would be good for all age levels. I can see myself and my students making webs like this in the first week of a school year. Similarily, I would not look at the student's webs, but I would have them share what they wish with the class at the end of the week. I think it would be a great way to find out where everyone is coming from. Also, this would help me know if any students have a different characteristic that I should pay more attention too.
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