Year: <span>2008</span>

05.08.08

Cores 1+4: Write-on: Comparison of Jones and Napoleon’s leadership. How is Animal Farm in some ways worse than it was before? What is the definition of success in a battle? Read Chapter 8 of Animal Farm Why are the pigs new rules so far reaching? Why are they not satisfied …

05.07.08

Cores 1+4: Write-on: AR Update Read Animal Farm Chapter 7. Why do the dogs go after Boxer? Why is beasts of England really banned? How is animal farm like the time of Jones and How is it different? Extensions: Finish your final draft of your Utopia for Friday. Core 2: …

05.06.08

Cores 1+4: Write or Blog-on: Tedfish’s Land Tour Demo: Touring your Utopia wiki pages with screencast-o-matic. Work on your final draft and your tour. Ask others for feedback and comments. Spend a large amount of time actually giving feedback. Extensions: Your final draft is due on Sunday Night. Core 2: …

05.05.08

Cores 1+4: Write-on: Read Animal Farm Chapter 7. Why does everyone see/hear/smell Snowball? Why is it necessary to change everyone’s viewpoint of snowball by altering the past? Why do the dogs go after Boxer? Why is beasts of England really banned? Do the punishments at the end of Chapter 7 …

Learning Language

I don’t usually post personal things on this blog, but I thought that this was just too important to leave unpublished. My daughter is learning language at an amazing rate. She knows more words at 18 months than I thought was possible, but they aren’t just any words. They are …

04.30.08

Cores 1+4: Think-on: What should it be? Work on your utopia for our three purposes: Creating Community Telling the story of Utopia Enhancing our ideas Extensions: Finish rough draft of your Utopia for Friday. Cores 4: Act-on: Write up your scene on our Google Doc and then revise it so …

04.29.08

Cores 1+4: Discuss-on: Talk about rough draft of Wiki Finish Chapter 6 of Animal Farm: What does the Windmill represent to the animals? How is Snowball used as a scapegoat for the windmill? Did snowball do it? With evidence from the book, support your answer in at least one paragraph. …

04.28.08

Cores 1+4: Write-on: Talk about Core Wikis Collect Predictions. Finish Chapter 6 of Animal Farm: What does the Windmill represent to the animals? How is Snowball used as a scapegoat for the windmill? Extensions: Finish rough draft of your Utopia for Friday. Core 2: Write-on: Rev-it-up Intro to Lesson 4 …

04.25.08

Cores 1, 2+4: Discuss-on: How do you create a consistent writing voice when you are working on your utopia? Reactions: Allie’s Reactions Vera’s Reactions Work on your utopia for our three purposes: Creating Community Telling the story of Utopia Enhancing our ideas Extensions: Finish your 5th section by tonight (or …

04.24.08

Cores 1, 2, and 4: Plan-on: Work on your utopia for our three purposes: Creating Community Telling the story of Utopia Enhancing our ideas Finish your 2 (for cores 1+4) or 1 (for core 2) sections of your utopia for Tomorrow night. Core 3: Plan-on: Gcasting demo and inserting audio …