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TASK
DAY ONE:
Everyone will need to get into his
or her three to four person group. Remember, we have six machines. One
person from each group will spend 15 minutes on the computer. This will
give you plenty of time to access the sites and print out the needed forms.
Once you have finished on the computer, begin working at your desk on the
material. I expect you to work on the related vocabulary assignment on
the board until it is your turn. Once the entire group has accessed the
material, compare your findings within your group for approximately 10
minutes. Finally, the last 20 minutes of class will be devoted to a whole
class discussion that is related to the material. If you have a question,
raise your hand. I'll be making my way around the room. OFF TASK BEHAVIOR
WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!
1) By clicking on the links in step
four you will be accessing search engines and comparing different styles
of writing about the same subject.
2) Your topic is "Kurt
Cobain's death."
3) Print out the Comparison
Form found here. Also print out the group
evaluation form
while you're at it - you'll need
it for day two.
4) Search for articles about this
topic at these 2 sites:
http://ww2.onlinenytimes.com/
and http://www.rollingstone.com/
FILL IN THE FORM AS YOU VISIT THE SITE AND READ THE ARTICLES...
5) Reflect on the differences and similarities of each
piece. Fill in the chart and answer the questions on your comparison form.
6) Spend 10 minutes or so meeting with your whole group
to discuss your findings. Hand in your comparison form for a grade.
7) Participate in the follow up whole class discussion
which summarizes / generalizes about different styles of writing based
on the specific Internet examples that you searched out. Take notes!! (I'll
be looking for these notes when we have our weekly notebook check).
DAY TWO:
1) Get back into your groups and decide who will take
on what role: one or two of you will be recorders and the other one or
two will be presenters (based on the number of people in the group, of
course). After deciding on who's who and how your presentation to the class
will look, take a moment to fill out the group evaluation form.
Remember: be fair and objective! Your fellow students
will be rating you as well. I'll also be filling one out for your
whole group.
2) Present your findings to the whole class. Remember
the rules for being a good audience member that we discussed the first
week of class.
DAY THREE:
Okay, you've made it this far. Now it's time for some
more practice. How can you
generalize and expand what you've learned so far about
two different styles of writing?
You will be writing four (yes FOUR!) short letters following
the format found here.
WAIT!! You will only be concerned with this assignment's
instructions up to -- but not including -- the "Grading Information" section
(about 1/2 of the page). You will, however, be printing out the entire
assignment. Grading information may be found in the "Evaluation Rubric"
found below.
1) Get back into your groups and follow the same rotation
schedule as for day one.
When not on the computer, work on the related vocabulary
assignment found on the board.
2) Once everyone has gotten the assignment printed out
from the Internet, get back
into your groups and brainstorm ideas about the four
different letters. How do they
relate to the Kurt Cobain assignment? How are they different?
What new styles of
writing does the second assignment ask for?
Now it's time to write those letters ON YOUR OWN!!
3) Spend about 10 minutes per letter. Raise your hand
if you have a question. As
always, I'll be circulating around the room. Remember
to stay on task as we
discussed the first week of the semester. You will be
submitting a "clean" copy of
this ultimately, so please work carefully and purposely.
4) Rejoin your groups and share / compare / critique each
other's work. Be positive
and constructive. Most importantly, come up with one
sheet of paper that has
everyone's name on it from your group that illustrates
the generalizations you've
discovered about different writing styles. The format
is up to you. You can use a
Venn diagram, a chart, a list, a web, etc. Try to be
creative. Please note: the
people who were recorders from day two will now be presenters. The presenters
from day two will now be recorders. This is key. Everyone must experience
BOTH roles. Got it? Good!!
5) Presenters from each group will share their findings
with the class. As always,
remember our rules for being a good audience member.
6) If time allows, we will have a follow up whole class
discussion today. If not,
this will happen first thing tomorrow.
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