There is quite a bit of talk about Google Classroom among teachers and administrators, and we are wondering whether we should switch this class to Google Classroom. I was hoping that this blog would continue to do the job, but there are (always) some kids who seem to struggle with posting to the blog. Am I describing you? I think we may have to go to Google Classroom just to make sure that all kids who want to participate in class can do it.
If you are still befuddled by the blog, get in touch with us.
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Language, Gender, Culture
Read and annotate the next article, "Honor Code," by David Brooks. Be sure to establish context through your analysis using SOAPS: Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, and Subject. Write a blog post in response, taking a position or posing a question. Minimum 300 words.Creative Writing
Go through a junk drawer, or an old backpack, or a basket of odds and ends, and find some little thing-a-ma-jig that you have had for a long time -- some weird thing that you have kept in your drawer or in a box under your bed. A green marble. A sea shell. A note. A magic 8-ball. A mood ring. What is it? Describe it. Why have you kept this thing? Explain it. What does it mean to you? Analyze it. 200 words should do it.Reading
If a "shelter in place" order isn't a good time to develop that reading habit, I don't know what is! Find a book that interests you, and get to it! Write a short response (minimum 250 words) to what you read this week.Ms. Cole-Edwards discovered that AUDIBLE.COM is free to students during the pandemic! You'll have to do some pointing and clicking to get past the children's titles, but you can do it.
None of this work is mandatory, but if you do it and post it to the blog, we will give you credit for the work to help boost your grade. If you do not do it, nothing in the gradebook changes for you. But we'll be worried about you, and will reach out to find you.
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