In class: After completing the rough draft of their personal narrative, students will utilize a 15 point revision checklist to begin to make improvements to their work. They will share their rough draft with an assigned partner in order to give and receive at least 6 useful digital comments on Google Drive for additional feedback this week.
HW: Revise your own personal narrative using the 15 point revision checklist, read your assigned partner's essay that was shared with you on Google Drive and give him/her at least 6 valuable digital feedback comments by this Thursday (Final Draft of personal narrative will now be due on Tuesday 9/27 on Google Classroom-- the hardcopy of your RD with evidence that you used the Revision Checklist will also be collected on this day), Read for 30 min.
Tuesday
In class: Students will participate in a role play activity called "Mission to the Moon" and will reflect on the purpose of the activity in writing.
HW: Written reflection on the "Mission to the Moon" activity on Google Classroom due tomorrow, continue to revise your personal narrative using the 15 point revision checklist and the peer feedback comments you received on Google Drive (Final Draft of personal narrative due Thursday on Google Classroom-- the hardcopy of your RD with evidence that you used the Revision Checklist and the 2 prewriting / planning graphic organizers will be collected on Thursday), Read for 30 min.
Wednesday
In class: Students will view 5 different photographs in pairs and record their observations on a graphic organizer; they will synthesize their observation notes to write an appropriate caption for each photo. They will participate in a discussion about the subjects, settings, and context of the photographs at the end.
HW: Finish revising and editing your personal narrative using the 15 point revision checklist and the peer feedback comments you received on Google Drive (Final Draft of personal narrative due TOMORROW on Google Classroom-- the hardcopy of your RD with evidence that you used the Revision Checklist and the 2 prewriting / planning graphic organizers will be collected TOMORROW), Read for 30 min.
Thursday
In class: After reflecting on step #1 of the Photo Project, students will conduct their own research on ushmm.org to find a photo taken in Europe prior to 1933 (the start of the Holocaust) to match to one of their own photos from home (step #2).
HW: Bring in photo from ushmm.org with all necessary citation information and your own photo match from home--all of these pieces need to be brought to class tomorrow in order to move on to step #3, Read for 30 min.
Friday
In class: After researching pre-Holocaust photos depicting "normal life" for Jews and finding a match for a selected personal photo, students will demonstrate the parallels between the two photos and write a reflection on the project's purpose.
HW: Complete Photo Project posting if necessary and bring your poster to class on Monday, Read for 30 min.
No comments:
Post a Comment