The Week Ahead: April 27-May1

 

Learning Objective: Students will be able to integrate information from two nonfiction texts about the causes and challenges of stuttering

Featured Skill: Synthesizing

Other Key Skills: Characterization, key ideas and supporting details, text features, text structure, author’s craft

Essential Questions: How do we build confidence? Why are people sometimes cruel to those with differences? How do we overcome obstacles?

Monday	Finish inference packet from Friday and introduce Student Blogging Challenge (SBC) Activities for week 7 Widget instructions Peer Blog Review Independently research speech disorders with research checklist
Tuesday	Define vocabulary using context clues Read paired Scope texts: “Stuttering Doesn’t Hold Me Back” and “The Incredible Power of Speech” Discuss close reading questions and critical thinking questions
Wednesday	Students create vocabulary Kahoot quizzes and play with class Complete synthesis activity continue independent research on speech disorders SBC
Thursday	Play 2-3 student-generated vocabulary quizzes Complete summarizing activity Publish article summary on blog Continue independent research SBC
Friday	Play 2-3 student-generated vocabulary quizzes Vocabulary test on Socrative Publish research on blog and comment on at least two peer posts Finish SBC

Game week is all about visiting other blogs.

Remember one of  the main aims of blogging includes commenting and carrying on conversations with the author of posts and their other readers.

A good commenter will have:

• read the post carefully,
• checked out the links in the post
• read the previous comments before they leave one of their own
• added to the conversation with a quality comment – remember that video from Mrs Yollis’ class.

Game rules

This is a game we have run for many challenges and allows you to connect globally.

Those who have taken part in a challenge before know the game of  ‘Count Out Three’. Here are the instructions:

• click on a blog on the student list or class list– count one
• now click on a blog from their blogroll – count two
• finally click on a blog from that blogroll – count three

Leave a comment on an interesting post at this third blog. Remember to include the URL of your blog, so that person can visit you as well.

Do this activity at least three times and finally, write your own post saying which blogs you visited and which posts you left a comment on. Why did you choose that post? Remember to include a link back to the post you left a comment on.