It’s a late start Wednesday. As the typical school day moved along a different type of learning happened in Michelle Kerpash’s freshmen Honors English I class. Kerpash tailored her lesson to reach the visual and kinesthetic learner.
“I call it Freeze Frame, but it’s also known as Tabloe. People became movable statues and got in the position of a scene from a piece of literature. In this case it was To Kill a Mockingbird,” Kerpash said.
People all have their own learning style according to the Learn Center, and this activity gave students a chance to learn better through their own style.
“It was definitely a brain break because we had been writing a lot of essays. Various scenes combined with wardrobe accessories gave me a better understanding of the book,” freshman Emma Richards, who is in the class, said.
Richards also believed Freeze Frame helped her visual learning style.
“Freeze Frame gave me the opportunity to visualize and understand the scene even better,” Richards said.
Kerpash believes Freeze Frame also helped other learners as well.
“Freeze Frame helped the kinesthetic kids because when they were up and doing things, it helped them get their head around topics. They must figure out where the actors would be in relation to the story, the scene and their position in the room. This helped them figure out the character’s emotions,” Kerpash said.