Concept Map

This concept map is an example I made from one of our trade books we read this year called Shadow Creek Ranch. This map would be used to teach students about creating concept maps and reviewing the character. Joey was one of the main characters in the book. The map shows who he is, what he does, where he lives, and who he lives with. All of these elements affect his life. This is a broad score concept map. I would have students create their own concept map after completing the reading of one of our tread books. For older students I would have them focus on a couple of aspects from the persons life and give more detail. Students would demonstrate their comprehension of one of the characters and show the relationship between the character with others in the book. Students would need to select a primary character in which to create this web with. Students would then take their web and create a document about the character. This concept map provides three areas for assessment. The first being the use of the concept map to demonstrate student's comprehension. The second would be their ability to expand on the concepts they created into a paper. Students would also present their concept map to the class and explain each of the elements they included and why. Each of these elements will help students remember the key information because it will be seen, spoken, read, and heard. After using a concept map from the computer it excites me with the possibilities for both myself and my students. It was much easier doing it on the computer than creating one on the board or by paper. It would be great to create a concept map together as a class for like Science class. The concept map could be uploaded through the projector and the class could create the map together. It could help as a review at the end of the lesson.