Debb+Adams+Online+Collaboration

Online Collaborative Component

** Lesson Title: **The Independent Reading Conundrum/Online Community Collaboration Component ** Grade & Subject: **7th English/Language Arts ** Unit: **Persuasive Writing ** Related Lessons: **Drawing conclusions and making inferences; Using a standardized system of documentation;  ** GOALS ** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Brief Description of the Lesson <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Students in the group will assume the roles of English teachers. They are charged with solving the problem of creating an assessment plan for the class’ independent reading that takes into account needs of the learners and the standards and skills that are assessed for independent reading. It needs to be an assessment that will encourage reading while holding the students accountable for pushing themselves and striving to reach new levels of reading comprehension and fluency. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">South Carolina State ELA Standards: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">7-2.1 Analyze ** central ideas ** within and across informational ** texts **. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">7-2.2 Analyze information within and across ** texts ** to draw conclusions and make ** inferences **. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">7-5.4 Create persuasive pieces (for example, letters to the editor or essays) that include a stated position with supporting evidence for a specific audience. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">7-6.3 Use a standardized system of documentation (including a list of sources with full publication information and the use of in-text citations) to properly credit the work of others. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">7-6.5 Use appropriate organizational strategies to prepare written works, oral and auditory presentations, and visual presentations. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">7-6.6 Select appropriate graphics, in print or electronic form, to support written works, oral presentations, and visual presentations. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">NETS-S


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Creativity and innovation
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Communication and collaboration
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Digital citizenship
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Technology operations and concepts

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"> ** <span style="background: silver; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">ACTION **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Before-Class Preparation **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">: Students will already have an account set up on Adamsland Ning. They most likely will have had experience posting a blog entry and responding to classmates. In addition, they will have completed a tour of the ning to see what all is available on the ning. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">During Class **

<span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">As students begin to make decisions, they will choose a name for their group and set up a group on Adamsland Ning. (If they do not have capability to do so, I will set it up for them.) This will give them a place to communicate about the problem/solution/resources. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> || <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">  || <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">What they will use Adamsland Ning for is to post polls for other students to complete. Also, they will check in each day with their group. In addition, they can upload drafts of their assessment tool and persuasive piece so that they can work on it and edit it as a group. The only downside of this is they cannot work on it at the same time. However, with the chat feature the students can not only see who is online at the time, but also can communicate real-time to make sure they are not working on the document at the same time. || <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Computer lab ||
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Time **  || <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Instructional Activities  **  || <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Resources  **  ||
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> || <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">This picks up on Day Two of PBL Lesson  || <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">  ||
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">30-45 mins || <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Groups will decide what their assessment tool is going to be, will begin to develop their persuasive piece (a multi-media presentation of their opinion and why their assessment tool should be used), will create rough mock-ups and sketches of any handouts, forms, etc. that are to be distributed to the students. (from PBL lesson)
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> || <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Days Three & Four   || <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">  ||
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Whole period (50 minutes after SSR) || <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Although this for Days Three and Four in the PBL Unit, they will not be consecutive days, students will work on parts of the PBL unit on their own.

<span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"> ** <span style="background: silver; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">MONITOR **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Formative Assessments **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">: I will be able to easily follow student progress and participation by following the feed that is delivered to my Google Reader. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Differentiation: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> For students that do not have the required technology at home, I will have computers reserved in the media center before and after school. I will have the computer lab available for the 45 minute enrichment time. Students who need more support in writing may use Word to type their entry during the enrichment time and have me or a peer look over it before posting for everyone to see. For the students that need more support staying organized, there will be a check sheet for everything required, including the daily check-ins with the group. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Back-up: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">If a student does not have permission to use the Adamsland Ning, they have the opportunity to use the ANGEL network. Students will be able to communicate with me and their group members via internal email. This will not be as easy as keeping everything in one place, but it will work. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"> <span style="background: silver; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"> ** <span style="background: silver; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">EVALUATION **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Summative Assessment: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> When the students meet with me to defend their participation in the PBL Unit, they will use what they posted on the Ning as part of their defense.