Digital Agenda: Thursday, 5/15 and Friday, 5/16!

Do Now (10 mins):

First, write you homework in your Agenda.

1.  Bring 42 cent for a stamp.
2. Do NOT log on to TeenBiz3000.

Do Now in Notes App
What is an allusion?  What story is alluded to in Freak the Mighty?

Objectives:

Students will...

use digital tools to produce and publish my work. use the internet to interact and collaborate with my peers on writing projects. conduct short research projects that use several sources to answer a specific question.

Common Core Standards CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.2 Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.7 Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue. Writing CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.) CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.5 With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.6 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of three pages in a single sitting.

Whole Class: 

Do Now: Think-Pair-Share
TeenBiz Mini Lesson

Direct Group, Differentiated Instruction

Rotation 1, Lexile Levels 255-600
Differentiated Group Activity, Group Roles (Facilitator, Quality Control, Spokesperson, Process Analyst)
Pearson Unit 1, Lesson 17, - Guided Reading with Cornell notes-Arthurian Legend 
Possible Topics
What is a quest?
Who was Guinevere?
What was Camelot?
What is Excalibur?
Who was King Arthur?

Rotation 2, Lexile Levels 605-1225
Differentiated Group Activity, Group Roles (Facilitator, Quality Control, Spokesperson, Process Analyst)
Pearson Unit 1, Lesson 17 - Independent Reading with Cornell notes-Arthurian Legend 
Possible Topics
Who was King Arthur and how did he become king?
How does the word "chivalry" connect to the Knights of the Round Table?
What is the significance of the shape of the Round Table?

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Independent:

Common Core Standards

Reading Informational Text, 6.2: Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgements.

1. Follow this link to teenbiz3000.com
2. Type your username and password
3. First, start filling out your new article tracker using My Lessons  and Career Center.  Be sure to include you May Lexile Level.  You will have 2 articles total. 

1. "The Moon and Beyond"
2. "Water Park Makes Waves" 
3. "When a Flood is Good News"
4. "Saving the Land"
5. Fun in Florida
6. Too Many Climbers?
7. Empires and Nation States: Ghana: A Land of Hope
8. Tunnel to Turkey

1. Next, your job is to finish 4 steps of the "Empires and Nation States: Ghana: A Land of Hope" lesson!
2. Open your mailbox and find the article "Saving the Land".
3. Read & Listen to the Vocabulary
4. As you read each paragraph, STOP and fill in at least 1 sentence in the SUMMARIZE box.    
5. After you finish the activity, log your 1st and 2nd Try score (in %) on the back of your tracker.
6. You do not need to do the Thought Question.
7. If you finish early, Search for another article OR choose one from your Mailbox!  Complete the Article and Activity.

Exit Ticket:  
What invention has influenced human progress the most?  Has your opinion changed?