Sit close to teacher but away from René with whom she competes and sometimes argues. Allow her to use laptop or iPad for typing and use stress balls or squeezing objects. She can work standing up in the living area of the classroom when René is not there. To help her meet the class objective of comparing advantages of one media over the other, have her come up with scenarios verbally such as at home, at the beach, at camp, etc. Draw geometric shapes such as circles, triangles, and squares on the floor with chalk representing each setting and ask her to move to each geometric shape. Ask her, you’re at home with friends, which media would be the best for you and your friends to enjoy together? You can also use bases as in a baseball game to tap into her interest in sports to help her make comparisons towards fulfilling the class objective.

Literacy Objective Based on Standard: Determine contexts where one medium (text, audio, video, ...