Essential Questions:
1. How do I analyze two or more texts that address similar themes or topics?
2. How do I use digital media to express information?
A. Opening Assignment: Discussion of reflection
B. Work in your groups on your thematic unit.
OBJECTIVES FOR TODAY:
1. Choose 10 vocabulary words that go along with your texts and theme.
2. Choose 4 literary elements that you will teach to the class.
3. Create 20 discussion questions about your texts. Average 5 questions per text, but you also need to create questions that link the texts to each other.
4. Decide if you are going to conduct a live discussion or an online discussion.
Resources for online discussions: Bailey's Book Club Access Code: 1650
www.titanpad.com, http://piratepad.net, www.twiddla.com, and www.todaysmeet.com all allow you to create a public pad for discussion purposes. www.scribblar.com has the same collaboration purpose as the ones above, but it provides many more features.
Strategies for Live Discussions:
Fishbowl, Socratic Seminar, Literature Circles, and Carousels
5. Create the Welcome Page of your site.
6. Create the Activities Page. Create short activities and/or questions to help others understand the theme and texts that support the theme. Please note: You will have your students completing 3 things during the course of your lesson: an activity, a discussion, and a formative assessment.
C. Closing: Mid-Project Reflection
1. How do I analyze two or more texts that address similar themes or topics?
2. How do I use digital media to express information?
A. Opening Assignment: Discussion of reflection
B. Work in your groups on your thematic unit.
OBJECTIVES FOR TODAY:
1. Choose 10 vocabulary words that go along with your texts and theme.
2. Choose 4 literary elements that you will teach to the class.
3. Create 20 discussion questions about your texts. Average 5 questions per text, but you also need to create questions that link the texts to each other.
4. Decide if you are going to conduct a live discussion or an online discussion.
Resources for online discussions: Bailey's Book Club Access Code: 1650
www.titanpad.com, http://piratepad.net, www.twiddla.com, and www.todaysmeet.com all allow you to create a public pad for discussion purposes. www.scribblar.com has the same collaboration purpose as the ones above, but it provides many more features.
Strategies for Live Discussions:
Fishbowl, Socratic Seminar, Literature Circles, and Carousels
5. Create the Welcome Page of your site.
6. Create the Activities Page. Create short activities and/or questions to help others understand the theme and texts that support the theme. Please note: You will have your students completing 3 things during the course of your lesson: an activity, a discussion, and a formative assessment.
C. Closing: Mid-Project Reflection
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