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Activator Week 20 Day 1

Activator Week 20 Day 1. Concerns about your school. What are the top three problems you would like addressed at your school? Who should address them? Write three facts you know about each of these problems. Fictitious Facts. Statistic (Over 25% of students…)

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Activator Week 20 Day 1

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  1. Activator Week 20 Day 1

  2. Concerns about your school • What are the top three problems you would like addressed at your school? • Who should address them? • Write three facts you know about each of these problems.

  3. Fictitious Facts • Statistic (Over 25% of students…) • Fact with specific detail • Cite an authority (According to…) • Cause & effect (If ….then…) • Research (Studies show…) • Testimony

  4. What did you learn? • Write THREE facts about a school problem…make them up!

  5. Day 2

  6. Write three fictitious facts for one of the pictures you just saw. • Statistic (Over 25% of…) • Fact with specific detail • Cite an authority (According to…) • Cause & effect (If ….then…) • Research (Studies show…) • Testimony

  7. Explain the benefits of participating in sports activities.

  8. Explain why we feel strong emotions when our favorite team wins or loses? 2. Explain how the dietary and fitness choices you make today impact your future? 3. Explain what it takes to come back from a life-threatening accident or illness. 4. Explain the impact of immigration laws on your local community.

  9. HOMEWORK TOMORROW YOU MUST BRING IN THREE POSSIBLE I-SEARCH TOPICS. I want to find out more about: 1. 2. 3.

  10. Activator Day 3 Get out your homework. It should look like this… I want to find out more about: 1. 2. 3.

  11. Discuss how role models can be a positive or negative influence on children and teens.

  12. Activator Day 4 Which of these I-search topics still needs to be narrowed for a more specific search? • How overuse of modern technology can harm teens • Christmas • How teens can safely increase muscle mass • The Civil War • How divorce impacts children

  13. Why is it necessary to narrow broad topics for your I-search? If you still need help narrowing your topic, be sure to ask Ms. Lindsay or Ms. Dean to assist you with that today. HW: Complete ONLY the “What I Know” column Bring the KWL chart with you to the Media Center tomorrow.

  14. What will I learn today? • Following the first two steps of the writing process will prepare me to effectively write an essay. • Pre-write • First draft • Revise • Edit • Final Draft • Proofread

  15. How will I show I learned it? • Complete the first two steps of the writing process implementing the strategies we have developed in the last two weeks. • Bucket list pre-write • Depth of Development pattern • TS • CD#1/CM • CD#2/CM • CD#3/CM • CS

  16. Describe how children and teens are influenced by modern technology such as smart phones, laptops, I-pads, and hand-held game devices. • Brainstorm • Bucket List

  17. First Draft of Body Paragraphs(What’s in your buckets? • If you have not already done so, turn the label of your first bucket into a topic sentence. • Determine which of the ideas in your bucket you want to turn into a “fictitious fact.” • The ideas in your bucket can be used as either concrete details OR commentary about your details. LET’S DO A PARAGRAPH TOGETHER AS A MODEL.

  18. Help with Fictitious Facts • Statistic (Over 25% of…) • Fact with specific detail • Cite an authority (According to…) • Cause & effect (If ….then…) • Research (Studies show…) • Testimony

  19. Your Turn!! • Turn your second bucket into a body paragraph. • After your TS, develop your topic using all the strategies we have learned for depth of development. • Don’t forget IFBA is an effective depth of development strategy, too. • Generate a student model for large group review to earn a reward.

  20. Closing • Ticket-out-the-door • Complete this 3-2-1 on a piece of paper to be turned-in: • Write 3 strategies to create fictitious facts • Write 2 strategies to ensure depth of development • Write 1 reason YOU ARE going to pass next week’s writing assessment.

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