When and where did I find this word: I found this word reading the article I handed out to my classmates for our reciprocal teaching project, "Writing to learn across the Curriculum: Tools for comprehension in content area classes." (2006) written by Kathy J. Knipper and Timothy J. Duggan I read the article and encountered the term last weekend (November 12-13th) so I could prepare for the delivery of my project to my peers. The term Microtheme came up and I used another source to try and make sense of the word (or strategy in this case) and I found myself still fuzzy about what it is.
What this word means: A Microtheme is where students are asked to write about key ideas/concepts from a reading assignment, demonstration, experiment or lecture they received but recalling those ideas/concepts in their own words. Apparently these are also called "summaries" and written on index cards for easy teacher feedback.
Level of familiarity: I am sure at some point in my educational career I have encountered some type of activity similar to this in which it might have been called a Microtheme but I cannot directly recall any specific event where I know I have heard this term before. I actually feel that I am not that familiar with this term.
Is this a word I want to know well? I definitely feel this is a term I want to know well because it is technically a strategy that I might want to incorporate into my classroom learning experience for the future.
Is this a word I want others to know well?: I think it is always a good idea for teachers to brush up on terms they might not know or know well at least but also strategies that might be beneficial to their classroom. I think the more strategies a teacher has to draw from the richer an experience they can give their students in terms of a good wholesome quality education.
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