Assignments
Powerpoint Presentation for use in a class Socratic Seminar, created by Diane Tomko – Language Arts teacher at Flagler Palm Coast High School
Chapter by chapter reading response for use with the Varsity Girls Soccer team, created by Derrek Falor, soccer Program Head and Varsity Girls Soccer Coach at Lakeside School
Making Personal Connections and Presentation assignment for use in a Junior English class, created by Diane Morrow – Language Arts teacher at Early College of Forsyth
The Curious Empathy Board assignment for use with a 9th grade English class completing a study of the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in conjunction with The Art of Learning, created by Jamie Cohen – 9th grade English Teacher at Tanenbaum CHAT
W2M Inspiration Board assignment for use in the SOLE Student Leadership Seminar, created by Jamie Cohen – 9th grade English teacher and Director of Student Extra-Curricular Activities at Tanenbaum CHAT
Making Smaller Circles
Literary Analysis Essay Assignment, created by Tina Harper – 8th grade ELA teacher at Trinity Valley School
Literary Analysis Essay Rubric, created by Tina Harper – 8th grade ELA teacher at Trinity Valley School
Student Work
Student notes in preparation for a “Being Your Best Summit” in which 12-year-old Anushri Nambiar wrote about TAOL themes that she saw in jazz saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa’s insights into learning – Wuwei Princeton Academy (for Super Kids!)
Student reflection after reading The Art of Learning, created by a student in Jeffrey Schaefer’s 8th grade class – Blue Willow Public School
These Inspiration Boards were designed by high school students through a group assignment focusing on self-directed goals, self-regulated collaboration, and the shared creative manifestation of the principles outlined in The Art of Learning – assignment created by Carole Scala, English Department Chair and Writing Coach at Cypress Creek High School
Reading Responses: Soccer players in grades 9-12 answered a series of reading response questions designed to help the athletes explore the correlation between Josh’s experiences in The Art of Learning and their own lives on and off the field. Included here are answers to questions about chapters 4-6, chapters 7-8, and chapters 9-11 – assignment created by Derrek Falor, soccer Program Head and Varsity Girls Soccer Coach at Lakeside School
This Spanish language Prezi was created by a group of students who were asked to read our student companion guide, identify the principles that most closely correlated with their own academic experiences, translate them into Spanish, and create a presentation to teach other Latin American students about the concepts – assignment created by Juan Jacobo Bernal, partner and tutor at EPLCR
These visual and written Empathy Board assignments were created by 9th grade English students who used The Art of Learning to understand and explore the idea of empathy as it related to the main character in the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – assignment created by Jamie Cohen, 9th grade English teacher at Tanenbaum CHAT
Investment in Loss
W2M (Willing to Make Mistakes) Inspiration board created by high school students who participated in the SOLE Student Leadership Seminar at Tanenbaum CHAT, led by Jamie Cohen – 9th grade English teacher and Director of Student Extra-Curricular Activities