Chapter 6: MI and Teaching Strategies

Chapter Six of Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom was immensely helpful. I’ve been having trouble wrapping my head around how some of the intelligences could be addressed in an English classroom. The trouble spots for me have mostly been Naturalist intelligence, logical intelligence, body intelligence, and spatial intelligence. This chapter was full of really great ideas, and it was good to read the context that the strategies could be used in as well. For naturalist, I really like the idea of going on a nature walk – that could be good for a day of writer’s workshop. Classroom theater would be really good for discussing a play. Idea sketching out a plot line would be really good in my classroom for spatial, and I was really surprised that I’ve always left out the organization and logic aspect of logical intelligence, focusing instead on math and science. Logical organization would be my best bet for that intelligence in my classroom.