Prepare for and participate in a collaboration to write a story by building on a prompt and each others' ideas. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
A very useful lesson that incorporates the process of collaboration to elementary students. Students brainstorm and use prewriting strategies to write a group story.
Lesson in which students engage in an entire-group revising process, using a story which has already been written by the group. An excellent follow-up lesson to the "prewriting and drafting" lesson.
Communicate and collaborate with others in the workplace more effectively using digital tools. Time to complete: 6-9 hours
Use Google Chat to communicate with your team, customers, or business partners. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Work in a group to create a study guide that helps you prepare for an upcoming test or assignment. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Create a family meal plan by assigning meals and preparers in a spreadsheet. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Create and play a guessing game with classmates. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Research and organize information about a location to create an interactive guide. Time to complete: 4-6 hours
Build a mind map to reflect on a recent local, national, or global event using Google Drawings. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Reflect on past events and look forward to the future by creating a timeline using Google Drawings. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Design, write, and format a professional resume that stands out. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Collaborate on a shared digital family reunion using Google Slides. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Improve a writing assignment by creating an automated editing program with code. Time to complete: 4-6 hours
Just like Daniel Tiger and Miss Elaina, the children in your classroom are still learning how to be a friend, how to compromise, and how to work together to solve a problem. By seeing how Daniel Tiger and Miss Elaina work out their conflict, children are learning strategies that they can apply to their own friendships. And just as Fred Rogers shared with previous generations, Daniel Tiger shares the message that one of life's greatest joys is the comfortable give-and-take of a good friendship. It's a wonderful feeling not only to have a friend, but to know how to be a friend yourself. In this set of resources, we will focus on how you can help children work on expressing their feelings and ideas, listen to each other and work together to solve a problem or conflict. Watch the videos about Friendship and think about how you could use them as part of the classroom activity or throughout the year as children work on friendship skills.
Queen Sara and King Friday want to put a new piece of playground equipment in the playground, but they can only choose one - a swing or a slide. So, they explain the process of voting to Daniel Tiger and his friends and ask them to stop, think and choose before voting on the one they'd like. Included is a link to a supplemental activity. [0:43]
Promote a community project by building a website with Google Sites. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Recognize the words and actions of classmates by creating a digital badge for a scrapbook. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
The 11th grade learning experience consists of 7 mostly month-long units aligned to the Common Core State Standards, with available course material for teachers and students easily accessible online. Over the course of the year there is a steady progression in text complexity levels, sophistication of writing tasks, speaking and listening activities, and increased opportunities for independent and collaborative work. Rubrics and student models accompany many writing assignments.Throughout the 11th grade year, in addition to the Common Read texts that the whole class reads together, students each select an Independent Reading book and engage with peers in group Book Talks. Students move from learning the class rituals and routines and genre features of argument writing in Unit 11.1 to learning about narrative and informational genres in Unit 11.2: The American Short Story. Teacher resources provide additional materials to support each unit.
In this unit, students will explore great works of American literature and consider how writers reflect the time period in which they write. They will write two literary analysis papers and also work in groups to research and develop anthologies of excellent American stories.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Students read and analyze stories from several 19th-, 20th-, and 21st-century American authors. After researching a time period, they select stories from that period to create an anthology. The readings enhance their understanding of the short story, increase their exposure to well-known American authors, and allow them to examine the influence of social, cultural, and political context.
Students examine elements of short stories and have an opportunity for close reading of several American short stories. During these close readings, they examine the ways that short story writers attempt to explore the greater truths of the American experience through their literature.
GUIDING QUESTIONS
These questions are a guide to stimulate thinking, discussion, and writing on the themes and ideas in the unit. For complete and thoughtful answers and for meaningful discussions, students must use evidence based on careful reading of the texts.
If you were to write a short story about this decade, what issues might you focus on?
What defines a short story? Just length?
To what extent do these stories reflect the era or decade in which they were written?
To what extent are the themes they address universal?
CLASSROOM FILMS
History.com has short videos on the Vietnam War (“Vietnam” and “A Soldier's Story”).