Agendas

Tues-Thurs. 10/11-13

Content Language Objectives: Students will continue with their final projects.

Agenda: 

• Grades?  Tell me if I'm missing something.

• Read--confer with people doing the same book

• "Present" (no more than five minutes) on Thursday.

• "Advice to Youth"

Thurs-Fri. 10/6

Content Language Objectives: Students will continue with their final projects.

Agenda: 

• Grades?  Tell me if I'm missing something.

• Final Project go 'round.

• Friday: in your folder create a new Doc: "Final Project Update"

  • Tell what you've read

  • Tell me your thoughts about the reading(s)

  • Make any connections to other things we've covered

Homework: read for your project.

Mon.-Tues 10/3-4

Content Language Objectives: Students will decide on their final projects.

Agenda: 

• Make up work

• Grades?  Tell me if I'm missing something

• Two stories:

  • A Place to Post your Story/Essay/Speech

  • Post one Read one

• Post your  Huck Finn Paper 

• Final Project

Homework: read for your project.

Previous class' activities

Fri 9/30 (Kara's Birthday)

Content Language Objectives: Students will continue their explorations of Twain and set themselves up for their final projects.

Agenda: 

• Grades?  Tell me if I'm missing something

• A Place to Post your Story/Essay/Speech

  • Post one Read one

• Post your  Huck Finn Paper 

  • Example paper

  • Another example

• We Video?

• Places to look:

  • americanliterature.com

  • East of the Web

  • Old Fashioned American Humor

  • Twain @ Project Gutenberg

A Place to Post your Story/Essay/Speech.

Tue-Thurs 9/27-29

Content Language Objectives: Students will continue the writing process by drafting and revising.

Agenda: 

• Grades?  Tell me if I'm missing something

• Drafting (work time)

• Peer edit--electronically--share with someone else.  Suggest Mode and Comments

•  Huck Finn Paper (Due Friday)

  • Example paper

  • Another example

• We Video?

• Thursday: Choose a text

• Places to look:

  • americanliterature.com

  • East of the Web

  • Old Fashioned American Humor

  • Twain @ Project Gutenberg

A Place to Post your Story/Essay/Speech

Mon 9/26

Content Language Objectives: Students will finish up the book through discussion and a paper.  

Agenda: 

• Huck's Ten Commandments

• Wrap it up and start Huck Finn Paper

  • Example paper

  • Another example

• We Video?

  • Tues: Drafting & Peer Edit.

  • Thursday: Choose a text

Thurs-Fri 9/22-23

Content Language Objectives: Students will finish up the book through discussion and a paper.  We will also explore video editing on the Chromebooks.

Agenda: 

• WeVideo & Phone gear

• Video Topic "Should we read Huck Finn?"

• Homework: Finish Book

• Prewriting:  What will you take away from this book? (Make a Doc in your folder.

Tues 9/20

Agenda: 

• Finish "off river chapters"

• Listen to Chapter 31 together. Write a reaction.

• Thurs.  Read to 38

  • 32-37, WeVideo & Phone gear

• Finish for Friday

Friday-Mon 9/16-19

Content Language Objectives: Students will lead each other through the next sections of Huck Finn through reading, writing, listening and speaking--with a touch of technology.

Agenda: 

• Read/prep 15 minutes (check in with groups who'll present)

• Make our way through the "off-river" chapters

• Over the weekend: Read to Chapter 31

• We'll listen to 31 together. Write a reaction.

• Monday: pick up wit Boggs and  Col. Sherburn

Thurs 9/15

Content Language Objectives: Students will look at one of the central dilemma's of the novel and divide up some of the next sections.

Agenda: 

• Your reactions to Chapter 16

• Huck S2LS planningActivities as example and idea--what about using tech?

Pfouts' Guide to Better Presentations

My professor's presentation

Tues 10/28

Content Language Objectives: Students will begin to look into Tom Sawyer.

Agenda: 

• Chapters 1-3 Check-in.  Write up in your folder

• Folder check--how to do grades

• Splitting up Tom Sawyer.

Mon 10/27

Content Language Objectives: Students will wrap their introduction of the class and look into Tom Sawyer.

Agenda: 

• Links & Sites--what can we use?

• The First Stories

  • write 'em up

  • let's talk

• Tom Sawyer Ch. 1-3

  • how might we divide it?

  • Presentations, storytelling  and technology

Fri 10/24

Content Language Objectives: Students will continue their introduction to Mark Twain his life and his range.

Agenda: 

• Webquest

  • Three facts

  • A Quote--or two?

  • Useful Websites

  • Go 'round

• Reading/Writing

  • Do you want particular questions for the texts?

  • Tell me if you read extras--like "Eve's Diary."

"Edward Mills and George Benton: A Tale"

First Entry of "Adam's Diary":

    Read Genesis Adam and Eve

"A True Story"

"Genuine Mexican Plug"

Roughing It

"What is Man?" (Read the first section--to Roman numeral 2)

If you have read any of these or simply want more, pick another piece that interests you--check here.

Tues-Thurs 10/21-23

Content Language Objectives: Students will get on overview of the course and an idea of what is in store.  They will learn about Mark Twain and get a taste of his range.

Agenda: 

• Welcome--Info Sheet and Attendance

  • Info sheet--who's read Huck Finn? Tom Sawyer?

  • Everyone should read Huck--maybe split up parts of Tom Sawyer? 

  • What Tech do you want to learn?

• "The Boons of Life"

  • Listen

• Twain and Technology

  • 21st Century Learning

  • Twain and Technology

  • Samples of student work

• Syllabus Posted (no paper)

• First Readings: Choose one to Read for Thursday.

• No Class on Wednesdays

Thurs.

• Websites options--what do we want?

• What story did you read?

• ISTE Standards: how will we do it?

• Set up a folder: 

  • Share with me.  Whole Class?

  • Write a response/reaction about the story you chose

• Webquest--find out about Mark Twain (put it in your folder w/links)

  • Do a web search and find the following:

    • three interesting facts about his life

    • the most useful Twain websites

    • one great quote

    • Twain Twitter--a way to join and respond to Twain Tweets? Maybe Google Plus?

  • Homework and Friday:  proceed with the stories below. 

"Edward Mills and George Benton: A Tale"

First Entry of "Adam's Diary":

"A True Story"

"Genuine Mexican Plug"

"What is Man?" (Read the first section--to Roman numeral 2)

If you have read any of these, pick another piece that interests you--check here.

Tues 10/9

• Google Scholar Forum?

• Final Letter

• Huck Finn Paper

• Wrap up the book

Mon 10/8

• Huck, Twain & Conscience

  • "Carnival of Crime"

• Grades

• Google Scholar

• Post about an interesting paper you found

• Paper Due Thursday (Post it on your Wiki)

• Tomorrow

  • Wrap up Huck Finn

  • Final Letter 

National Truck Drivers' Day 10/4

• Crossword? and that section

• 21-22

• 23-28

• Discussion: Justify these sections

• Paper

• Reading time. Finish ahead of bookmark?

• Tomorrow:

  • Paper

  • Some online sources

  • Michael's Presentation

  • Start on p.131

Tues 10/2:

• • Me Chapters 10-13

  • Devil's Advocate: I need convincing about these chapters importance

• S2LS groups--lead us through chapters

  • Jen/Jahalia Ch 14-16

  • Blake/Hank/Jonah/Jasper 17-18

  • Michael/Anna/Elise 19-20

• Read to 29 for Thursday

• Crossword? Mackinna/Sage 21-22

• Voice Thread?

Mon 10/1:

• Plan--incorporate Tech

  • Poll Everywhere/Google Form

  • hangman/crosswords/word search/jeopardy

  • Google Earth? Lit Trip

  • Cool tools for school--Web 2.0 Toolbox

Fri 9/29

• Grades/Get caught up

• Read

• S2LS groups

• Monday Plan--incorporate Tech

  • Poll Everywhere/Google Form

  • hangman/crosswords/word search/jeopardy

  • Google Earth? Lit Trip

  • Cool tools for school--Web 2.0 Toolbox

Thurs 9/27:

Content Language Objectives: Students will take a break from Huck Finn and get a chance to explore some of Twain's shorter writings. We will recommend things we enjoy and post about shorter pieces

Agenda: 

• Get overview of shorter texts page

• Explore read and write about Twain's shorter works

• Go to the page

Tues 9/25:

• Discussion 6 to 10

• I usually take and compile questions at the beginning of a novel

• Forums:

  • With a partner

  • On your own as homework

Mon 9/24

Content Language Objectives: Students will get grounded in Huck Finn and consider what we have left.

Agenda: 

• First Chapters--first discussion

• Google Forms

• Wiki Post: Tom/Huck

• Our schedule/ bookmark--yikes

Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sept 17,19,20

Content Language Objectives: Students will teach their portions of Tom Sawyer. and give us sense of the whole book.

Agenda: 

• Chapters 8-12 Tues

• Chapters 13-17 Tues

• Chapters 18-22 Tues?

• Chapters 23-27 Thurs

• Chapters 28-31 Thurs

• Finish by Friday

  • Go through the final section using pictures

• Everybody read pp166-184 for Friday

• Friday: Get your copy of Huck Finn

  • Read to Chapter 8 for Monday

Mon, Sept 17

Agenda: 

• Tom Sawyer Chapter 4-12

• Tomorrow: 13-22

• Thurs: 23-31

• Fri: Wrap up get Huck Finn

Thurs-Fri, Sept 13th-14th

Content Language Objectives: Students will collaborate together and decide how to teach their portion of Tom Sawyer. We will also get

caught up and be sure we're all good for midterm (Monday).

Agenda: 

• Finish Photoshop? Post it on your Wiki.

• Revisions and make up work

• Tom Sawyer Project:

  • What you're doing for your section

  • CoolToolsforSchool?

  • Web 2.0 Toolbox

• Worktime--check grades. Conference.

• When can we start going through the book?

  • Mon: Sections 2-3

  • Tues: Sections 4-5

  • Thurs: Sections 6-7

  • Fri: I do the wrap up 9/21

9/11

Content Objectives: Students will make a plan for breaking up Tom Sawyer and getting started.

Agenda: 

• Presentations?

• CoolTools for Schools

• Break up the book--pick groups and sections

• What to read now? can we do this?

• Thursday:

  • planning time--make up  work

Mon Sept 10

• Chapters 1-2 Together

• Chapter three by me

• Break up the book

Content Objectives: Students will gain a basic understanding of Photoshop and show their take on the 1,000,000 Note.

Agenda: 

• Presentations?

• My Chapter Three Lesson

• Breaking up the book

• Links page: Ebook

  • Groups present 

  • Tomorrow: CoolToolsforSchool

  • Thurs start working through Tom Sawyer

Thurs-Fri, Sept 6-7

Content Objectives: Students will gain a basic understanding of Photoshop and show their take on the 1,000,000 Note.

Language Objectives:

• Read: About Photoshop

• Write: On your poster and on your wiki and comment on others

• Listen: to Tutorials

• Speak: ask questions

Agenda: 

• Presentations?

• Review ISTE Standards

• Fishbowl

• Photoshop: "1,000,000 Pound Note"

• For Monday read Tom Sawyer Chapters 1-2

• Monday:

  • Discuss Chapters 1-2 (instant poll questions)

  • Pfouts "tells/presents" Chapter 3

  • Start reading 4 to see if breaking it up works

Tues, Sept. 4

Thurs, Aug 30

Content Objectives: Students will improve their presentation skills by thoughtful practice, feedback and observation. We will also learn about Twain.

Language Objectives:

• Read: on screen

• Write: give feedback to another student

• Listen: to presentations

• Speak: give your presentations and ask questions

Agenda: 

• Grades

• About your web posts

  • Clean them up 

  • Comment

  • One page or more than one?

• Presentations

• "1,000,000 Pound Note"--we'll get there.

Tues, Aug 28

Agenda: 

• Look at rubric

• Practice with a partner

• Start presentations

• 1,000,000 Pound Note

Fri-Mon, Aug. 24-27

Thurs, Aug 23rd

Content Objectives: Students will wrap up their intro to Twain and figure out what intrigues them about his life or writings.

Language Objectives:

• Read: other people's posts

• Write: comments

• Listen: to discussion

• Speak: about their impressions

Agenda: 

• In class, discuss our impressions and the initial texts

• Consider presentation options and pick a topic

• Sample Presentation

• Watch my movies about presenting:

• Tomorrow start building presentations

  • Look into screencasting

Mon-Tues, Aug. 20th-21st

Content Objectives: Students will get an overview of the class and an introduction to Mark Twain--the man and the writer.

Language Objectives: 

• Read: Various things online

• Write: On your own webpage

• Listen: To instructions to classmates

• Speak: Ask questions share opinions

Agenda: 

• Welcome 

• Syllabus

• Twain and Technology

  • 21st Century Learning

  • Twain and Technology

• Website

• First Assignments

• To the lab

• Lab tomorrow

• Twain Tour/Webquest find three interesting facts

  • Samples of student work

  • Samples of Twain's work--Show his range

  • ISTE Standards how will we do it

  • Info sheet--who's read Huck Finn? Tom Sawyer?

Content Objectives: qwerty

Language Objectives:

• Read: qwerty

• Write: qwerty

• Listen: qwerty

• Speak: qwerty

Agenda: 

• qwerty

Twain Tour/Webquest find three interesting facts

Samples of student work

Samples of Twain's work--Show his range

ISTE Standards how will we do it

Info sheet--who's read Huck Finn? Tom Sawyer?

Everyone should read Huck--maybe split up parts of Tom Sawyer? 

Presentations: Parts of Tom? Twain's Life?

Twain Twitter--a way to join and respond to Twain Tweets? Maybe Google Plus?

Texts:

Edward Mills and George Benton: A Tale

http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/mtwain/bl-mtwain-ed.htm

First Entry of Adam's Diary:

http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/mtwain/bl-mtwain-exadam-1.htm

A True Story:

http://www.pbs.org/marktwain/learnmore/writings.html

Genuine Mexican Plug

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3177/3177-h/3177-h.htm#ch24

"What is Man?" and Other Essays

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/70/70-h/70-h.htm#2H_4_0015

Read some of "What is Man?"

pick another essay that interests you