10/27 A//B 10/28 E/F Media Literacy: Advertisements

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.
• clarify what the Electoral College is and how it works.

Why?

• To synthesize information.
• To better understand how our democracy works

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

2.  Make a copy of the document linked here.            5 minutes

• Click the folder next to the document name to move to the social studies folder in the Classroom folder.
• Then make four additional copies using FILE- Make a Copy.
• Read through the document and be ready to ask questions about it.

3. We will watch a video together and complete one Doc together.           7 minutes

4.  With a person at your group, watch a video, discuss the characteristics, and then complete the two questions by yourself.  Repeat for the next three advertisements.  (Access the videos linked here.)           30 minutes

5.  Class discussion        10 minutes

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child, 
"What Did You Do in School Today?"

Ask them.......

• How do presidential candidates use advertisements to convince citizens to vote for them?

10/26 Review

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.
• clarify what the Electoral College is and how it works.

Why?

• To synthesize information.
• To better understand how our democracy works

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

2.   If you still didn't finish this yesterday: Create a blog post using your writing, not the prompt/directions.     3 minutes

• Include a title that hints at the main point of your writing.
• Copy & paste the following labels:  social studies, election

3. We will watch a video together and ask questions.           7 minutes

4.  Practice           10 minutes

5.  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.

6. Questions about Electoral College, campaign buttons, ballot, or election.            7 minutes

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child, 
"What Did You Do in School Today?"

Ask them.......

• What is the Electoral College?

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?