June 1: Digital Portfolios: Student Choice!

Click HERE for the Unit 10: Digital Portfolio HyperDoc

Goals: Revise, edit, and reflect the student choice piece for your portfolio. Add it to your portfolio site.

Announcements:

• Book Talks–Today
• iPad return Monday
• Digital Portfolio project due June 6
• Last day to turn in late work June 6–I’m Finished or Request a Regrade forms

 

1) #077 Starter

Open #077 Starter on Google Classroom.  Read the directions carefully before you start.

 

2) #072: Digital Portfolio–Revise & Edit Your Explanatory Writing.

Before you start, open the directions by click the image below or in Google Classroom: #072 Digital Portfolio

Next , choose another writing sample to include in your portfolio. This may be a poem or something you wrote in weekly pages. You may also choose something you wrote in another class.

You can search by the word “argument” or follow this workflow: Google Drive > Classroom folder > English 7 folder > search for your writing

Follow the directions below to revise and edit your work:

Click HERE for how to change the sharing settings to “anyone with the link.”

 

3) Add the student choice writing Doc to Your Portfolio Site and Write Your Reflection

Click HERE for how to add a Doc to your site.

On the Narrative page for your site, write a reflection responding to the question below:

 

Homework: Put your iPad, case, and keyboard in your backpack to bring for Monday, Finish revising and editing your student choice writing

Thursday, May 31: Revise & Reflect on Argument Writing

Click HERE for the Unit 10: Digital Portfolio HyperDoc

Goals: Revise, edit, and reflect on the argument piece you wrote this year. Add it to your portfolio site.

Announcements:

• Book Talks–Tomorrow
• iPad return June 4
• Digital Portfolio project due June 6
• Last day to turn in late work June 6–I’m Finished or Request a Regrade forms

 

1) #076 Starter

Open #076 Starter on Google Classroom.  Read the directions carefully before you start.

 

2) #072: Digital Portfolio–Revise & Edit Your Explanatory Writing.

Before you start, open the directions by click the image below or in Google Classroom: #072 Digital Portfolio

Next , find your argument writing in Google Drive.

You can search by the word “argument” or follow this workflow: Google Drive > Classroom folder > English 7 folder > search for your argument essay

Follow the directions below to revise and edit your work:

Click HERE for how to change the sharing settings to “anyone with the link.”

 

3) Add the argument writing Doc to Your Portfolio Site and Write Your Reflection

Click HERE for how to add a Doc to your site.

On the Narrative page for your site, write a reflection responding to the question below:

 

Homework: Charge iPad, Finish revising and editing your argument writing

Friday, January 26: Would You Rather? Mini-Speeches Day 2

Goal: Read and keep track of progress. Participate in book talks. Say an argument with a clear claim, support, and a consideration of the counterargument. Listen to your classmates’s arguments.

Announcements:

• Missing Weekly Pages 8
• Absent Yesterday? Complete the starter, and be prepared to give your speech. Complete the starter.
• Bring Fully Charged iPad Daily

1) Read

 

 

2) #BookLove Reading Log

Fill out your reading log for this week ending in 1/26. Make sure your reading log is in your English folder in Drive.

3) Book Talks

4) Mini-Argument Speeches

 

Read the speaking tips below to prepare for your mini-argument speech.

As you listen to your classmates’s speeches, take notes on what you hear. You will vote on the top three most persuasive arguments. Take notes on the top of your English Journal Doc.

5) Vote & Debrief

Go to Google Classroom and open the voting form. Vote for the top 3 most convincing speeches.

Final Question: What makes a good argument? Give at least three ideas.

Homework: Read & Bring Book, Charge Your iPad

 

 

 

 

Thursday, January 25: Would You Rather? Mini-Speeches

Goal: Say an argument with a clear claim, support, and a consideration of the counterargument.

Announcements:

• Due Today: Weekly Pages 8–on English Journal in English folder in Drive
• Absent Yesterday? Write Weekly Pages 8 with “Would You Rather?” mini-argument
• Next Book Talks Tomorrow
• Bring Fully Charged iPad Daily

1) Starter

Open the starter in Google Classroom. After you answer today’s question, see your classmates’s answers.

2) Mini-Argument Speeches

Review the “Would You Rather?” slides from yesterday. Click HERE to follow along with the slides on your own.

Read the speaking tips below.

 

 

Practice giving your speech to your partner. Ask him or her to time you to make sure you are under a minute. When it is your turn to listen, say, “Thank you,” when the speaker is done.

 

 

Give your speech and listen to others!

3) Vote & Debrief

Go to Google Classroom and open the voting form. Vote for the top 3 most convincing speeches.

Final Question: What makes a good argument? Give at least three ideas.

Homework: Read & Bring Book, Charge Your iPad