Category: <span>Classroom Resources</span>

09.19.06

Cores 1-4: Re-Introduce the concept of a Building Comment and show example. Take a look at a controversial post. Is it inappropriate or not? Afix your signature to the Discovery Blogging Rules for 2006-2007. Go down to the library to work on Nominating, Commenting (Building or regular), or writing your …

09.18.06

Cores 1-4: Final Review of Blogging Rules. Psycodude’s Apology Letter. September 11th Memorial. Core 1: Check “Synonyms and Antonyms” for Unit 7 in vocabulary book. Collect any “Word Stories” not turned in on Friday. Group Write-On: How many different types of writing are there? Group Discussion questions: How are they …

Psycodude’s Apology

Dear Mr. Wilkoff and Core 2, I’m sorry for all the trouble I caused you last year on blogger and nation states, and I’m sorry for what I’ve done this year. It is not a good thing to get enjoyment out of annoying people, and saying mean things to them. …

09.15.06

Cores 1-4: Discuss Blog Spamming and Comment Blocking. Core 1: Discuss-On: How can one word cause a story? (For example: Iraq, Trouble, Puke) In order to fully understand the power of some of these exacting vocabulary words, I would like us to think about the story that each one of …

09.14.06

Cores 1+3: Discuss-on: How can words save your life? Re-introduce vocabulary books for full life-saving effect. Play Vocabulary Basketball with specific life saving sentences. Get into three/four teams. I will ask you questions about a vocabulary word about synonyms, antonyms, definitions, or parts of speech. You must answer the question …

09.12.06

I was sick today. Here are the lesson plans that I left for my substitute. You can also find the link to my example for a “Buliding Comment” here.

Building Comment #1

When I read this piece for the fourth and fifth time, I really got it. SoccerLover did a great job picking something that I could really connect to. She picked a representation of life through books that I find tantalizingly fulfilling. It did leave me with a few questions, though. …

09.11.06

ELT: Write-Ons: Why do you think that people act differently online then they do in real life? How can we create a safe environment for everyone on our blogs? What are the inherent risks of posting to a blog once a week? Explore the Discovery Blogging Rules websites looking for …