Building Bridges in Bill Aryer's perspective means building an understanding of simple basic knowledge to comprehending more complicated and difficult criteria. There is a pattern that can be extended by class discussion and activities that have students engaged and working together. In addition, "building bridges" is when the teacher is learning from his or her students and they are growing together, thus building a brig from "childhood to adulthood". If I were to be teaching Language arts in high school and had to form a lesson about Shakespear, I would first have all of the students come up to the board and draw or write anything that first came to their mind when they thought of the play "Romeo and Juliet". While teaching this lesson I must consider that they may not know very much or if any about this topic. By seeing what they drew on the board I would have a better understanding of what they know and what I should address with more emphasis throughout the lesson. By also having everyone come up to the board at once, it would decrease the pressure that they might have had if they had to go up in front of other people. After coming up to the board, I would arrange the desks in a circle and assign reading parts to children that volunteered. By having the desks facing towards each other, it would imply that "we are all in this together" and are a team. While reading I would encourage children to raise their hand anytime they felt confused or had a question referring to the text and I would explain it or have any other children explain it if they felt like they had the answer. This way, I would be sure if someone didn't get something or felt overwhelmed when reading the difficult text, and would be able to show them that they have a say in everything we do in class regardless if I am the teacher or not. After reading I would ask for help to think of a few scenarios in real life that could be compared or related to the reading and would write them on the board ("Comparing basic knowledge to more complex knowledge"). This way children could grasp a better and fuller understanding on the reading and how it pertains personally to themselves. Lastly, I would ask the children what they liked about the lesson and what they didn't and take suggestions, allowing us all to grow together.
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