Monday Sharing

  • concern that this might be a lot of work, but in the end saves time
  • similar to a web quest but supports reading, background knowledge
  • dangerous that all needs to be connected to the internet because schools use data base
  • you might want to put kids on the web to find content in a supported environment

Tuesday Lightning Round

  • working on historical fiction – Ashes to Roses – provide staff information; will do a bit on culture study; at HS will be working on Moby Dick (will provide background info) Strategies to be modeled with guidance
  • Start with personal narrative and will work on a photo essay (memory, object, etc) – will get pictures posted up on the site and model examples and pieces of writing, POV
  • HS: will use the tool with the novel – American history- with contemporary literature you might have to use alternatives, e.g. you might want to check out Amazon and see if some of the text is printed