My Metaphor for the Effective Teacher

Due September 7, 2004

Using one of the “compressed conflicts” developed during the synectics lesson OR one of your own, develop a metaphor to describe the effective teacher. Start your descriptive piece with a topic sentence (for example, “The effective teacher is a contained tornado”). Then go on to show how this metaphor describes the effective teacher.

Remember to use what you have learned about writing. Sentences express complete thoughts. All sentences in a single paragraph are focused on the same major idea. All sentences and paragraphs in the paper relate to the topic.

Be sure to word process your final paper. Length – somewhere between one-half and one whole page.

The rubric I will use to assess this is found below:

TLC Department

Common Rubric

Level 1 – Unsatisfactory                    

          □        Not focused on topic or task     

          □        Does not demonstrate rudimentary understanding

Level 2 – Emerging

          □        Focuses on one aspect of the task

          □        Limited or rote level knowledge

Level 3 – Progressing (acceptable for MA, EdS responses)

          □        Able to pull together several aspects of the task, but not integrate it all

          □        Understands most of the major concepts involved

Level 4 – Proficient (target for MA, EdS responses; acceptable for PhD responses)

          □        Individual aspects of the task integrated into a coherent whole

          □        Synthesizes the major concepts involved (the gaps are gone)