7th Grade Collaboration by Angela McClanahan https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5 en-us 2017-01-03 19:44:05 UTC 2017-01-03 20:54:41 UTC hello@padlet.com What do you notice? amanda_purnell https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145162927


]]> 2017-01-03 19:47:39 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145162927 "The House" from Tovani's I Read It, But I Don't Get It angela_klaassen https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145163065 I use this to introduce perspective.
Assign students to read the text from 1 of 3 perspectives (a reader, a home buyer, a thief) and mark what's important. Then work in "like" groups to discuss and compare. Next move into groups of 3 with one member of each and share.
There are many variations, just make it work for you]]> 2017-01-03 19:48:13 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145163065 Socratic Smackdown https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145163191 One strategy I’ve used in the past and plan to use this 3rd quarter is Socratic Seminar.  I have used it in the past as a district requirement, and I plan to use it this 3rd quarter for my EGP.  It helps students think deeply and learn to argue their points with supporting textual evidence.  One way in which I plan to use this strategy is to use the “Socratic Smackdown” competition version I found on the internet a couple of years ago.  This encourages students to follow socratic norms, participate in the discussion, and to encourage other students to participate as well.  It also makes it more fun because it includes a little friendly competition! :)

Socratic Smackdown PDF:  http://www.kellyphilbeck.com/uploads/7/4/4/8/7448814/socraticsmackdown_v1.pdf
]]> 2017-01-03 19:48:42 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145163191 Daily Agenda/Class website angela_mcclanahan https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145163309 I stopped posting it on the board--they now have to actually OPEN the website and LOOK AT IT. This takes them to the home page--announcements, homework assignments/due dates, and agendas]]> 2017-01-03 19:49:15 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145163309 Where on the continuum? tori_grable https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145163350 This strategy works well with students' independent reading books or the books they read as part of a thematic lit circle. They identify three character traits and the evidence that supports each and then use that information to rank the character on a scale of 1-5 in terms of strength. (I have students do this in their reader's notebooks.) In their lit circle groups or other small groups, students then share information about their characters, the character traits they chose and why, and how they ranked their characters. After everyone has shared, students must put all the characters on a continuum from weakest to strongest.--No two characters can occupy the same space on the continuum (even though they might have ranked the same). This works especially well if students have already been sharing the books they are reading, including information about the characters. -- You could apply this continuum approach to other things as well. It fosters great conversation and raises rigor.]]> 2017-01-03 19:49:23 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145163350 Argumentative Writing https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145163506 After I teach the students the vocabulary related to argument, we begin solving murders and murder scenes to grasp making a claim with evidence. First, I begin with the Slip and Trip. I model how to find evidence and make a claim and counterclaim. After that is complete, I use the Lunchroom Murder. The students become the detective themselves.]]> 2017-01-03 19:50:06 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145163506 Point of view using Science-fiction: we will be using 3 texts: "The Zoo," "Men are Different," and "Monsters are due on Maple Street." RL 7.6 https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145163612 2017-01-03 19:50:34 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145163612 Using TED Talks to discuss author's purpose. https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145163619 One of our writing task for quarter 3 is to craft a TED Talk about a topic of importance to each students. Before we begin crafting, we look at many mentor talks and discuss author's purpose-- does the speaker want to argue, persuade, inform, entertain, or do a combination of these.]]> 2017-01-03 19:50:36 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145163619 Murder Mystery https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145163634 I create a classroom murder mystery which introduces teachers as possible murderer suspects. I setup different sets of footprints in the classroom, etc. with different clues and items from each teacher’s room. I lay a skeleton in the middle of the floor with "fake blood" around it. I put the situation on the board that instructs students of the scenario and what the police found/ where each teacher claimed to be at the time of the murder. Students act as detectives and go around the room to collect “evidence” to support why they think a certain teacher committed the crime and what they thinking happened or “their theory”. They take pictures, too and compile all of the evidence into their detective portfolios for the case. This engages them and they have a lot of fun with it. It is for argument, obviously. They then present their theories to the class before I give them the actual answer.  A lot of them will guess the correct teacher but will not get the details of the theory correct ]]> 2017-01-03 19:50:42 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145163634 Booktracks amanda_purnell https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145163741 Combining reading comprehension with emotional engagement, students can choose a text on their own (or an assigned one), upload it to the site, and then give the text a "soundtrack" using the site's ambient sounds, music, and sound effects. ]]> 2017-01-03 19:51:12 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145163741 "They Say, I Say..." cynthia_hovenga https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145163747 We use informational articles as the foundation of our argument writing. Beginning first quarter, students read and annotate an article. During first quarter, we had them practice writing summaries for each article. During second quarter, we had students summarize the author's claim in each article they read ("They Say""), and this quarter, we will add the "I Say" component to their writing. Students will make a claim of their own on the issue they read about and use text evidence as well as personal experience and examples to support the claim.

]]> 2017-01-03 19:51:14 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145163747 No Red Ink angela_mcclanahan https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145163831 I keep a chart on our data wall to track how many topics each student has mastered--top 3 in each class at end of semester get award (chocolate)]]> 2017-01-03 19:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145163831 Poetry angela_mcclanahan https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145164449 Redacted poetry--has anyone used? Thinking about making this a possible small group/partner activity]]> 2017-01-03 19:54:56 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145164449 Mentor texts as a springboard for great poetry tori_grable https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145164450 Read, analyze and discuss mentor texts and then use those for students to mimic in writing their own poetry. Possible texts include "Abandoned Farmhouse" by Ted Kooser for What _____ Says about Me poetry; Where I'm From by George Ella Lyon for a Where I"m From poem from the student's perspective; Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem For for a metaphor poem; "The Car" and "Fear" by Raymond Carver for catalog or list poems.]]> 2017-01-03 19:54:57 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145164450 Poetry - Round Robin Poetry angela_mcclanahan https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145165538 2017-01-03 20:01:28 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145165538 Argument Writing angela_mcclanahan https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145166280 FYI Section in online Holt resources; level up tutorials]]> 2017-01-03 20:05:02 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145166280 Podcasts resource tori_grable https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145166284 Check out Listenwise (https://listenwise.com/) for free podcasts, including of current events. (You can create a free account, and students can listen for free. There is a premium account for a cost that does much more]]> 2017-01-03 20:05:03 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145166284 Weekly book talks--record or ? angela_mcclanahan https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145172783 2017-01-03 20:46:09 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145172783 PIXTON.COM amanda_purnell https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145173642 digital storyboards & character mapping]]> 2017-01-03 20:53:45 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_mcclanahan/poutdqdcb1u5/wish/145173642