Digital Agenda: Thursday, May 22 and Friday, May 23!

Do Now (10 mins):

First, write you homework in your Agenda.

1.  Do article (+Summarize R.C.) and activity for "Students Choose Their Own Path" on TeenBiz3000.

Do Now in Pearson (10 mins.)
Open Pearson Unit 1, Lesson 17.  Click More to Explore (book icon) and read an article that has to do with your research topic.

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. 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

Collaborative Group, Differentiated Instruction

Rotation 1, Lexile Levels 255-600
How to find author, title, web address, and copyright date on a website
Guided Practice, complete an example together
Partner Research, in pairs (may move seats, same partners as yesterday)
Complete Research Paper Packet p. 1-2
- Internet Citation Organizer
- Research Question & Hook

***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 find author, title, web address, and copyright date on a website
Complete Research Paper Packet p. 1-3
Independent Research, in pairs (may move seats, same partners as yesterday)
- Internet Citation Organizer
- Research Question & Hook
-Literature Review #1

***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

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

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.

Exit Ticket:  

Based on your research so far, write a sentence using King Arthur, Guinevere, Excalibur, or Camelot.