"Set The Stage!" Nice play! Watch this video to begin exploring this chapter. We'll start by going over the "Rockin' Reason" and "Rockin' Requirements" for the chapter, consider some chapter related questions, and review the four easy "Inspection & Reflection" steps.

Feel free to review the chapter introduction PDF pages found here.

Before you begin reading the chapter with a colleague, with a group, or with ÉTIENNE in the uncut audio version found in the video below, use the "Inspection & Reflection" PDF tool found here and make notes in section #2 as you read along. Consider all quotes, points, and thoughts related to you, your students, and your subject area. We will be revisiting section #2 of this tool later in the "Creation & Innovation" stage of this chapter.

OPTION: Feel free to read along with ÉTIENNE in this uncut audio reading of this chapter.

Now that you have read the chapter and made your own notes on the "Inspection & Reflection" PDF tool section #2, answer the chapter questions found on this PDF tool section #3.

Are you currently teaching online or hybrid teaching? Did you know that the ROCK YOUR CLASS book came out in April 2020 and still to this day is consistently #1 or in the top ten in the Open and Distance Learning category? There are so many to harvest, but here are just some specific insights and tips for using the Rock Your Class strategies found with this chapter that you can do with your students learning online.

• Photo Fantastic: If a picture tells a thousand words, surely your students can come up with twenty still photos with captions that capture the essence of all concepts learned during the unit study. Display final photos in an online folder like an art gallery exposition and have students explain their work. Ex. Photos could lay out a process or steps of understanding of a math equation.
• My Menu: This delicious twist for an end project asks students to create and present unit concepts learned in the digital form of special dishes complete with photos. Ex. Dish - Photosynthesis Soup. Description - Enjoy a little taste of sunlight energy. Key soup ingredients include glucose from carbon dioxide and water. Leaves just a hint of an oxygen aftertaste.
• Diary of a Learner: These are unprecedented times. Have your students do an online or digital diary! Students are required to write at least five journal entries during the course of the unit study. The last entry is designed to neatly tie things up. Having students re-explain what they've learned in their own words is powerful. For example, Diary of a Geographer: During the course of a unit on rocks, students would write five entries. The first entry would cover the unit introduction, the next three would each treat igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks, and the last entry would tie everything together. An alternative would be to have students convert journal entries into vlogs.
• Monumental Moment: Students create a digital monument or monuments that represent concepts learned in a unit of study. Each digital monument must have a prepared description. Students can film or present a mini-documentary on their digital monuments. For example, in history, monuments could be made out of clay or playdough to represent key historical figures and the students could take photos or even to a stop animation video of their creations.
• Take the big ideas or end project from page 91 of the ROCK YOUR CLASS book and have them presented online or engage students in the activities in a group, online session. Debates, virtual talk shows, even movie dubs are all doable online my fellow teacher-rockstars!

Lesson Summary

ÉTIENNE introduces the concept of role-playing and simulating real-life situations in the classroom to engage students and prepare them for the real world.

It poses questions for reflection, such as:

• The effectiveness of role-playing as an assessment tool
• The advantages and disadvantages of group projects

ÉTIENNE then outlines four steps for reading and reflecting on the chapter, including:

1. Highlighting important parts
2. Recording key phrases and thoughts
3. Answering guiding questions
4. Self-reflecting or discussing with colleagues

He also provides examples of final projects or big ideas for individual and group work to demonstrate knowledge and understanding.

This chapter emphasizes the importance of setting the stage for assessment and evaluation through role-playing and scriptwriting.

This passage contains a list of questions and prompts related to teaching strategies and activities found in the book "Rock Your Class." The questions ask about:

• Engaging students in role play
• The effectiveness of role-playing as an assessment tool
• Cool projects from K-12 students
• Advantages and disadvantages of group projects
• Props for role-playing that can be found at dollar or thrift stores
• Real-life situations where elements of a subject area can be found

The passage also mentions specific strategies from the book, such as:

• Using still photos to capture concepts
• Creating digital dishes to represent unit concepts
• Keeping a digital diary
• Creating digital monuments

The passage encourages teachers to engage in activities with their students online and to share their comments and questions in the comment section or in the Rock Your Class Facebook group.

The next step is to move on to the "Creation & Innovation" section of the book.

Feel free to add comments or questions in the comment section or in the Rock Your Class Facebook group. Once you have completed all the "Inspection & Reflection" stages of this chapter, get ready to roll up your sleeves and head over to the "Creation & Innovation" section.