Student Centered =
Student Engaged
BY: CATHY GAMBEL & SHANTEL WOMACK
TANGIPAHOA PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM
Microsoft Publisher
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Book Brochure Directions
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Book Brochure Template
Book Projects – Animoto, MovieMaker,
Pix n’ Tell
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Four Perfect Pebbles Glog
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Dive MovieMaker
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Glog Activity
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Money Hungry Animoto
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The Outsiders Glog
Prezi
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Key Ideas and details
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The Outsiders
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1. Read closely to determine what the
text says explicitly and to make logical
inferences from it; cite specific textual
evidence when writing or speaking to
support conclusions drawn from the text.
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Students use the Prezi app, which has
less features than the website.
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Tornadoes
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Separation of Powers
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Bill Becomes A Law
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2. Determine central ideas or themes of
a text and analyze their development;
summarize the key supporting details
and ideas.
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3. Analyze how and why individuals,
events, and ideas develop and interact
over the course of a text.
Print, Cut, Fold = Lap Book or
Interactive Notebook “Techie” Style
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Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
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1. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse formats and
media, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
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2. Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text,
including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and
sufficiency of the evidence.
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3. Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order
to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
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Poetry Project Based Learning
Fan Deck
Tower & Diorama
Fan Deck II & Tower II
Clue Square and Folding Venn
Post Card
Post Card II
Checklists
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Fan Deck Checklist
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Tower Checklist
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Diorama Checklist
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Fan Deck Checklist II
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Tower Checklist II
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Clue Square
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Folding Venn
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Folding Venn II
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Post Card
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Post Card II
Lapbook
Poetry Sqworl
Poetry Jog
Literary Elements Weblist
“Techie” Foldables
“Techie” Foldables II
Literary Analysis – Song Project
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Craft and Structure
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Story of My Life
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1. Interpret words and phrases as they
are used in a text, including determining
technical, connotative, and figurative
meanings, and analyze how specific
word choices shape meaning or tone.
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Example Project
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Literary Device Song Project
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2. Analyze the structure of texts,
including how specific sentences,
paragraphs, and larger portions of the
text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or
stanza) relate to each other and the
whole.
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3. Assess how point of view or purpose
shapes the content and style of a text.
Trading Cards & “Appy” Hour (or 20
minute stations)
LA Festivals Scavenger Hunt
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Popplet
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Pixton, comics
Who Am I?
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QR codes
Louisiana's Cultural Regions
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Trading Cards
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Lino or Padlet
Paraphrasing, Summarizing, Quoting
Commonly Confused Words
Task Cards Popplet, Prezi, & Pix n Tell
Edgar Allan Poe Popplet Example
Example Lino
Rubrics & Information Sheets
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Summary Rubric Pix n Tell
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Popplet Rubric
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Popplet Lite Rubric
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Student PollDaddy Rubric
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Student Activity Sheet Pix n Tell
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Student Information Sheet Poll Daddy
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Student Activity Popplet Lite
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Project-based learning rubric.
Tagxedo
Students use this site to create better
“academic” vocabulary choices that
can be used in writing and speaking.
Interventions
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NEWSELA
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ReadTheory
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Student News Daily
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PracTutor
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MasteryConnect
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StudyLadder (1-6)
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Socrative
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BrainNook (1-5)
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NoRedInk
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Articles of the Week
Bibliography or “Borrowed Materials”
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chssenglish9-10.wikispaces.com/file/view/Song+Lyric+Example+2.ppt
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http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/project-based-learningrubric-TC103463086.aspx