Padlet A - Activity Brainstorms by Danah Hashem https://padlet.com/danahhashem/dun8j9g63jbk1gdv Brainstorm a sound text activity that ignites your passion! Choose a specific class and text. en-us 2021-12-13 15:44:47 UTC 2021-12-15 01:17:44 UTC hello@padlet.com Born a Crime audio book is SO fantastic. Students eat it up. The humor really comes through with Trevor reading it himself. Memoirs read by authors always inspire students. We talk a lot about tone, humor, narrative and the power of stories. becashley https://padlet.com/danahhashem/dun8j9g63jbk1gdv/wish/1948314027 2021-12-15 00:58:45 UTC https://padlet.com/danahhashem/dun8j9g63jbk1gdv/wish/1948314027 First off, thank you! I'm really excited you're talking about this. We're currently reading With the Fire on High in my 11th grade self contained ELA. Using sound texts has been hugely successful, including and beyond Acevedo's audiobook. As you were talking, I started to think about interviews with Julia Child and came across an interview on NPR talking about passion and cooking. This is the heart of our essential question. Thank you for this, I'm so excited to bring my local hero to my classroom!-Brenda Le Blanc Jaster https://padlet.com/danahhashem/dun8j9g63jbk1gdv/wish/1948316775 2021-12-15 01:00:32 UTC https://padlet.com/danahhashem/dun8j9g63jbk1gdv/wish/1948316775 MCAS Prep bgavaghan1 https://padlet.com/danahhashem/dun8j9g63jbk1gdv/wish/1948320212 As we come up on the MCAS, we always spend some time in our Writing Lab (1x / wk class for students) reading passages and reviewing strategies. The students dread it. From the presentation discussing AP prep, sound texts can similarly surprise students with engaging in a text and finding evidence.]]> 2021-12-15 01:02:59 UTC https://padlet.com/danahhashem/dun8j9g63jbk1gdv/wish/1948320212 Poetry and nonfiction bgavaghan1 https://padlet.com/danahhashem/dun8j9g63jbk1gdv/wish/1948324537 In the new year, we will be starting our poetry unit followed quickly by a nonfiction unit. Our culminating writing activity is to write a comparative response with a poem and nonfiction piece. Sound texts will be a great addition to this unit and students can also work on comparative skills between reading a poem / article and listening to one.]]> 2021-12-15 01:06:11 UTC https://padlet.com/danahhashem/dun8j9g63jbk1gdv/wish/1948324537