Alsobrook’s AP Lang classes take a gallery walk for Outliers
Last Thursday, Mrs. Alsobrook’s AP Language and Composition classes held gallery walks to discuss some content in their current book, Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell.
Students in Mrs. Alsobrook’s first period class examine charts made by other groups and make notes on the differences in their perspectives.
Specifically, students discussed chapter four of the book, titled “The Trouble With Geniuses, Part 2.” The section discusses well-known geniuses, Chris Langan and Robert Oppenheimer, to further explain Gladwell’s notion of success: opportunity plays much larger a role in success than we think it does.
On Wednesday, students were required to get into groups and create a chart comparing and contrasting topics in the chapter and come up with what they thought Gladwell’s motives were for including those topics. Students had a variety of topics to choose from, ranging from the two geniuses who serve as the focal point of the chapter, to socio-economic advantages and disadvantages when it comes to opportunity.
The following day, students were required to hang their charts up in different spots in the class and discuss differences in their classmates’ responses.
Students took a deeper dive into chapter four, which discussed geniuses Chris Langan and Robert Oppenheimer in detail. In a chart, they were asked to compare and contrast topics brought up in the chapter and come up with Gladwell’s purpose in including such topics.
As a follow-up, students completed an Applied Practice, a standardized assessment, on Outliers the next day.
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