This week in Language Arts the students have been focusing on whether or not professional athletes make too much money. The students have been given two articles, one on each viewpoint. The students have looked for words they do not know and shared those words with a partner. We then made a list of those words during a whole group discussion. Once our vocabulary list was created., the students were given the task of creating our new interactive Word Wall. This Word Wall consists of the term, definition, the word in context, a visual, and a synonym. All of the research for the terms was done by the students. They were also responsible for creating their own sentences and drawing their own pictures. The words we have chosen to focus on will be included in tomorrows post.
Once all of the information for each word was assembled, the students created their personal Word Walls to be kept in their journals. They went from one table to another checking to make sure that everything made sense before the copied down the information.
This semester I wanted to give students the opportunity to choose what they respond with on their Reading Log. In order to do that, I had to create a new Reading Log document. I have attached this document to the blog post.
Before entering class tomorrow, all students are responsible for making sure that they have Talked to the Text for both articles, taken notes on each one, and identifying the argument, claim, and support in each. I also asked students to write a summary of the first article, while incorporating one of their new vocabulary words, and determine what the Author’s Craft was.
I hope everyone has a wonderful evening!