Learning Styles

Everyone prefers to learn in a different way. Educators hear a lot about making sure we are creating lessons that appeal to a variety of learning styles, but what does that look like in an ELA classroom? More specifically, what does that look like in a grammar lesson? Here is a quick guide I have created demonstrating a few ways grammar can appeal to different learning styles.

The Problem

My Junior High English students struggle differentiating between the eight parts of speech. I am not sure why this is a problem, but I have had to think outside of the box to get them to understand this basic knowledge.

The Solution

I created multiple actives that each engage different learning styles. I figured the more ways my students could interact with the material, the more they would understand. They might even enjoy learning a little along the way.

The Aesthetic Learner

First, we listened to many different songs that focused on each of the parts of speech. Then, we learned a few of them together, and we would sing them everyday in class. When It came time for the test, I could hear students humming trying to remember what was in the song. We also took a class period for students to write their own song that summarizes the function of each of the parts of speech

The Spatial Learner

Students were to create visual representations of each of the parts of speech without using any words. The pictures describe what each part of preach does or how it relates to other parts of speech. All of the drawings were hung on the “grammar wall” to reference throughout the remainder of the year.

The Verbal Learner

Each student created a presentation to teach the eight parts of speech. They then taught a lesson to other students in their grade or to students in the elementary school. Each presentation needed to be 10-15 minutes long.