Digital Agenda: Thursday, 5/29 and Friday, 5/30!

Do Now (10 mins):

First, write you homework in your Agenda.

1.  Do article (+Summarize R.C.) and activity for "A Small Country Does Something Big" on TeenBiz3000.

Do Now in Notes App (10 mins.)
What have you learned about your research topic so far?  What do you still want to know?

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 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

Collaborative Group, Differentiated Instruction

Rotation 1, Lexile Levels 255-600
How to conclude an essay
Guided Practice, complete an example together
Complete Research Paper Packet p. 6
- Conclusion

***COLLECT PACKETS***

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
How to conclude an essay
Independent Practice, complete an example together
Complete Research Paper Packet p. 6
- Conclusion

***COLLECT PACKETS***

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?
What kind of quests did the knights take?
How were King Arthur and Guinevere connected?

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Independent:

Common Core Standards

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.

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.

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
9. The Dish on Wildcat Plates
10. Bringing out the Stars
11. A Flag in the Ocean
12. Home Away From Home
13. Civil War and Reconstruction: Equal Rights for All

1. Next, your job is to finish 4 steps of the "A Flag in the Ocean" lesson!
2. Open your mailbox and find the article "A Flag in the Ocean".
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.

1. Go to drive.google.com
2. Enter your blastla username and password
3. Click Create and Document
4. Give it the following title: Partner1FirstName.Partner2FirstName.Research Paper
5. Begin typing, work together-one partner can read the text while the other partner types
6. Share it with your partner
7. When I give you the signal, click share and type in Ms. Hansen's gmail address: kate.hansen2006@gmail.com

Exit Ticket: