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NOTE: Due to the drop period in our schedule, there are times that your student might be working on a previous day's agenda. That will be noted at the top of the post.

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

10/25 Blogging; The Electoral College

Whenever you need help, please ask for it.
Please write your homework in your assignment book.
Please review the goal and agenda for the day (posted in the classroom).

Today in class you will 
  • reflect on your understandings about the election.
  • identify what we think about different political issues.

Why?
  • To synthesize information.
  • To better understand different viewpoints on important issues.

1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).   1 minute

2.   Yesterday, you should have finished your response to the Election Reflection in G-Classroom, received feedback from Mr.d'E, revised appropriately, and turned it in.             1 minutes


Using Google Search techniques you have learned (which doesn't include searching the question), complete the Google A Day challenge while you wait.


3.  Some of you worked on this yesterday: Create a blog post using your writing, not the prompt/directions.     5 minutes
  • Include a title that hints at the main point of your writing.
  • Include an image, which you have permission to use, that complements your writing. Use Creative Commons or PhotosforClass.
    • If using Creative Commons, cite your source for the image. Use the EasyBib Add-on in your Doc.
    • If using PhotosforClass, download the image, and upload the image into your blog post so the citation appears on your image.
  • Copy & paste the following labels:  social studies, election
4. Check out the campaign buttons at the front and back of the room. Check out a sample ballot for the upcoming election.         7 minutes

5.  What do you know about the Electoral College?         15 minutes



6.  Review our commenting guidelines below. Then comment on your classmates' blogs.        15 minutes

  • academic comment
  • sentences - grammar
  • comment on ideas
  • What do they make you think?
  • Why do you agree/disagree?
  • Make connections to other things you know/have learned.
  • Extend the conversation.
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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child, 
"What Did You Do in School Today?"
Ask them.......
  • What is the Electoral College?
  • Why are you asked to use Creative Commons or PhotosforClass for images?
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