In this lesson, students worked as a team to complete different tasks. Lately, students have not shown much respect to their peers in the classroom. So, this lesson serves as an opportunity to remind them of the importance of teamwork.
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In the spirit of Earth Day, students read an article about ecofeminism. They also practiced the skill of self-regulation. Agenda
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I was absent on this day, so students reflected on the concept of community through quote interpretation and artistic writing. Agenda
The last lesson of the unit! In this lesson, students share their papers with one another. I would love to have had the magazines articles printed & share those, but a couple factors prevented this - inability to print magazines less than 16 pages in JooMag, late submissions, clarity of text with colored background, access to color printer...) Agenda
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Today, we are copying & pasting the text of our analytical research papers into a magazine template using JooMag. Here is a Help Doc I created with steps & pictures. On the last day of class before break, students will finish their conclusion & their citations. Students should open the powerpoint attached below and finish their papers. *Some students need individual attention to complete the research & body paragraphs. I want the other students to practice self-regulated learning & move ahead to finish with minimal verbal instruction from me. Topics covered in the PowerPoint include:
Today, we're working on creating an outline with our researched information. Below are models and 2 different scaffolds to help students write the outline & the paper. The bullet points below are links to Google Docs.
Directions for Creating your Outline in Google Docs using Scaffolds:
*If you want these files as Microsoft Word Docs... they are below.
Today is Day 2 of students' in-class research for their analytical papers. In our brainstorms, the idea of including statistical data (e.g. charts, graphs) was raised. On my visit to another school yesterday, I saw a great graphic organizer teachers are using for interpreting graphs & charts. I've reproduced it with some small changes & attached it at the bottom of this post.
Today's Agenda: keep researching!
Today I introduced the project via brainstorm about what a research paper is/should look like. Each class created their own outline based on a blend of their brainstormed ideas and typical formal research components. I met with each student 1-on-1 to solidify their research questions. Students that were ready began their research, taking notes on note "cards". Agenda
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For the first half of this lesson, students filled out the NYC school survey. *If you didn't do this in class, complete the survey (using the access code & password given to you in class) here. For the second half of the lesson, students developed more specific research questions. (The expectation for students to try this at home was definitely intense!) Agenda
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