Objective: I can provide reasoning for a quote by consulting with my elbow partner about a recent learning activity in one of my classes and writing about its description.
BW: Read the paragraph that begins “The GoKnow Software turns…” on p. 3 of David Rapp’s AOW “Lift the Cell Phone Ban.” Rate its “reasoning” on a score of 1-4 based on our use of the rubric yesterday. Explain why in a few sentences.
Activities:
- Share Out: Why is it a 3 or a 4? Did you think it was lower? Explain. Does David Rapp provide a “For example,”?
- Promethean Board: Teacher demonstrates scoring of student sample for “Organization,” “Evidence,” and “Reasoning.”
- Independent Study: Students will write down the set up for a topic paragraph about educational apps.
- Turn-and-Talk: Students will discuss a learning project from another class to provide insights for reasoning about a quote from the David Rapp essay.
- Independent Study: Students will use their turn-and-talk conversation to write the “For example, …” part of their reasoning that continues the set-up piece.
- Share Out: Students can share what they’ve written for on-the-spot criticism.
- Independent: Students will complete the secondly with a new main point, such as “an engaging or fun way to learn,” or whatever.