https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf Share the ways you use digital tools for reading, writing, and speaking/listening. en-us 2018-03-06 16:38:45 UTC 2025-12-23 20:19:59 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Pictureland.png https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240949917 * Use of Tumblebooks to introduce grammar (preterite/imperfect)]]> 2018-03-12 15:55:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240949917 taylorc33 https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240950252 2018-03-12 15:55:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240950252 crameje https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240950268 For book discussion groups or lit circles, students use google slides or chat (depending on grade level) to share out specific things about the book they are reading.]]> 2018-03-12 15:55:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240950268 gill https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240950271 We have used https://www.nytimes.com/section/learning as a resource for our "Article of the Week" assignments modeled after Kelly Gallagher's idea https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRI7N0Nh_HPtbAiYiw9z5ZXHIcLPUfXBk2dIwZgrUZlKe_kvpqdPPioJn3_xBM89tVd7sAOVdWXY5Af/pub]]> 2018-03-12 15:55:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240950271 https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240950493 We  link audiobooks in google classroom for struggling readers. 

We also level reading using NEWSELA.  

]]> 2018-03-12 15:56:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240950493 https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240950596 2018-03-12 15:56:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240950596 john_deery https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240950935 Currently save PDFs from sites, but will now strip them down.
Have used QR codes for supplemental reading or resources.

]]> 2018-03-12 15:56:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240950935 thomas173 https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240950958 I'm excited to have Ted Talk Tuesday where students watch and respond to a short TED Talk. 4th quarter students will write and share their own TED Talks. I am hoping for some suggestions on the best way to make that happen. ]]> 2018-03-12 15:56:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240950958 korlowski https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240951233 Easy to manage database for Pro/Con articles for student lead research and reading]]> 2018-03-12 15:57:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240951233 crameje https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240951530 Use the comment tool for students to write their annotations - what they are thinking about related to the reading (summary, question, definition of unfamiliar word, connection).]]> 2018-03-12 15:57:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240951530 https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240951565 2018-03-12 15:57:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240951565 john_deery https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240951993 Anonymously submit an essays first sentence and review them aloud as a group. You can praise kids and critique without putting names with problems.]]> 2018-03-12 15:58:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240951993 taylorc33 https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240952164 Use of Classroom and collaborative docs to model writing using sentence frames for struggling writers, scaffolding]]> 2018-03-12 15:58:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240952164 john_deery https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240953309 Going to have students do dramatic readings of Victorian poetry in two weeks!

]]> 2018-03-12 15:59:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240953309 https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240953374 2018-03-12 15:59:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240953374 thomas173 https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240959306 In drama class, I have students create Pinterest boards and add pins that help with costume design, set design, characterization, and conflict. Works really well with Midsummer Night's Dream. 

]]> 2018-03-12 16:08:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240959306 john_deery https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240964422 I use music from 1994-2016 in my Romanticism unit, and have students develop an answer to the question: Were we in a Neo-Romantic Era from '94-'16? 
I have them look up lyrics, draw parallels, post on classroom, and then conclude the unit with a formal essay (have used organizers for lower students)]]> 2018-03-12 16:15:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240964422 https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240964690 I would like to use sites to make my research units more engaging. 

]]> 2018-03-12 16:15:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240964690 korlowski https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240965309 Students follow themes throughout our unit texts using a live GoogleDoc Tracker assignment. Periodically, we share out strong quotes and analysis of the quotes on a live Padlet, which allows students to have quotes pre-selected prior to writing their essays.

]]> 2018-03-12 16:16:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240965309 thomas173 https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240965314 Sometimes it's fun to hand out five random "Apples to Apples" cards and then have students go to the Write or Die website. They set a goal for words/session, they set a time limit, and I always have them choose "Kamikaze" mode which begins to delete words if they don't write continually. They incorporate their words in some way, and it helps them freewrite.  ]]> 2018-03-12 16:16:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240965314 crameje https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240965437 Using specific organizers to guide students' thinking before, during, or after reading. I've been trying to switch these over to Google Docs.


]]> 2018-03-12 16:16:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240965437 gill https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240965893 2018-03-12 16:17:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240965893 gill https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240967365 2018-03-12 16:20:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240967365 crameje https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240967666 Argumentative writing: Claim, Evidence, Reasoning, Counter-argument, Audience]]> 2018-03-12 16:20:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240967666 korlowski https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240968218 Create a GoogleSlides template that asks students to track a thematic subject and explain the author's message of the theme using quotes. They must pull 4 quotes and analyze them side by side on each slide. The final slide is a thesis statement, which all their evidence supports. In the end, students wrote a group literary analysis essay in presentation format.]]> 2018-03-12 16:21:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240968218 crameje https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240974853 Each student recorded their presentations and shared electronically with the teacher. Many creative ways to then share out with other students (yay authentic audience besides just the teacher). Screencastify is chromebook friendly.]]> 2018-03-12 16:31:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240974853 gill https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240975298 2018-03-12 16:32:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240975298 https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240975909 2018-03-12 16:33:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240975909 john_deery https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240980530 So my seniors just finished Frankenstein, and as a supplemental project, I had the kids design and make Franken-Toys, emphasizing the use of the uncanny in designing a creepy toy. The kids then need to make a commercial, advertisement, or live-action presentation about how to play with the toy and how it demonstrates the uncanny. ]]> 2018-03-12 16:40:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240980530 https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240981602 I have students write a last minute book report. The then record the video and present it to the class. I am excited to try this with a green screen.]]> 2018-03-12 16:42:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240981602 https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240982781 IN the target language (Spanish) students record a 60 second video that is shared with only the teacher using the past, present, and future tenses about what has happened during the week.]]> 2018-03-12 16:43:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jzurawski/to9wok1315tf/wish/240982781