SUMMARIZE
Objectives: 1. TSW identify a central idea/theme
2. TSW create a summary of a book
3. TSW retell relevant information
Follow the directions below to complete this station activity.
This task uses:
1. Start a project (slideshow)
2. Add a title
3. Click + to add photos (choose number of photos)
4. Add photos (you may take photos or select photos from the library)
*up to 5 are free*
5. Click on selected photos and select next
6. You can move/arrange the photos by holding the picture and sliding
the image left or right
Pix n Tell
7. Click on the blue pencil for special effects –quite a few (crop, text,
frames, etc.)
Choose one slide below each week to create a task card for
8. Click apply and done when finished with effects (you must do this
a Tech Tub station.
for each picture)
9. Click the microphone and record for each slide/picture
Make sure to fill in the “Notes” below the taskCommon
card with
Core State Standards
10. Record the information (music, voice, in this case – summary)
your
information.
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11. Click the floppy disk to save
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze
12. Share with classmates and teacher using school emails.
its development over the course of the text, including its
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relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide
an objective summary of the text.
NOTE***Pix n Tell will ask to access your photos and microphone; you
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must allow to complete the activity.***
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Write routinely over extended time frames (time for
research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time
frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of
discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.8.6
Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks,
demonstrating command of formal English when
indicated or appropriate.
Text Analysis – Prezi App
Objective: TSWBAT:
1. Comprehend text
2. Analyze elements of fiction 3. Summarize key events
Follow the directions below to complete this station activity.
This task uses:
Text Analysis -- Prezi App
Prezi
1. Open the Prezi app by clicking on it.
2. The app will load (sometimes it takes awhile.)
3. Once it loads, click “New Prezi”
4. You will click on the wrench to select a template.
5. Once clicked, you will choose a template.
6. Tap on the title to name the Prezi.
7. You can click on the home to see the full presentation. On the side, you will see slides
with the option of adding frames (if you need more than the template offers.)
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8.
Choose one slide below each week to create a task card for
a the
Tech
TubExamples:
station.
Tap to add a title for each slide. Select a layout to arrange
content.
picture only,
text only, text and one picture, or two texts/pictures.
Make sure to fill in the “Notes” below the taskCommon
card with
Core State Standards
your information.
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9. If you are going to select pictures (and do not have them in your camera roll), close the Prezi app
and open Safari.
10. Type your topic in Google.
11. Select “images” to view photos and select the image you like by clicking on it.
12. If you press and hold the picture, a box will appear with options. Choose “Save Image,” and it will
appear in your camera roll.
13. Make a note of the url(s) for your bibliography, and close Safari. Open the Prezi app again.
14. Now, click on your slide (make sure you selected a format that includes pictures – see step #8). If
you press the image icon (looks like triangle/circle), a dialog box will state “Prezi” would like to access
your photos – SELECT OK.
15. Click “Choose Existing” and “Camera Roll” when the dialog box appears. (IF you prefer to take a
photo, instead of using Safari, select the “take photo” option.)
16. After selecting Camera Roll, you will have to select your photo(s) from your album.
17. To add text, simply tap on the text box and type your information using sentence starters.
Determine a theme or central idea of a text
and analyze its development over the
course of the text, including its relationship
to the characters, setting, and plot; provide
an objective summary of the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.10
By the end of the year, read and
comprehend literature, including stories,
dramas, and poems, at the high end of
grades 6-8 text complexity band
independently and proficiently.
Comparison/Contrast
Objective: Categorize Loyalists and Patriots
TSWBAT: identify and categorize characteristics/reasons for each group
Follow the directions below to complete this station activity.
1. Open the Popplet Lite app.
2. Click “Make New Popplet” and Popplet color
3. You will receive a box with multiple options.
4. To add a new box, double tap the screen.
5. When you select text, the keyboard will appear. You can format the appearance. Create “Loyalists”
and “Patriots” (BE SURE TO USE TWO DIFFERENT COLORS)
6. When you click on the pencil, you can select a color and draw.
7.When you click the picture icon, text will appear.
8. After clicking the gray circle, a line should appear.
9. This line will connect your boxes; however, if you want to share similarities – such as color, content,
theme, etc., you may click on the box and then the gray circle (instead of double tapping to create a
new box). This will keep your formatting the same.
10. Colors are available for you to select if you need to categorize or color-code information.
11. To save or share your popplet, click share. Then, you have the option of emailing a pdf (document),
emailing a JPEG (picture), or saving a JPEG (picture).
.
This task uses:
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Choose one slide below each week to create a task card for
a Tech Tub station.
Make sure to fill in the “Notes” below the taskCommon
card with
Core State Standards
your information.
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Change the color of
your popplet.
Add text –
click here
to type text.
Introduce a topic clearly, previewing
what is to follow; organize ideas,
concepts, and information, using
strategies such as definition,
classification, comparison/contrast, and
cause/effect; include formatting (e.g.,
headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables),
and multimedia when useful to aiding
comprehension.
Click to Draw Add a picture
Comparison/Contrast
Objective: Compare/Contrast People of the Revolution
TSWBAT: analyze descriptions and scenarios to determine the group or event &
create a popplet to represent an event for another group to compare/contrast
Follow the directions below to complete this station activity.
This task uses:
1. Open the Popplet Lite app.
2. Click “Make New Popplet” and Popplet color.
3. You will receive a box with multiple options.
4. To add a new box, double tap the screen.
5. When you select text, the keyboard will appear. You can format the appearance. Type a
riddle for a person in another group; the riddle should describe the scene/activity, but do
not name the person speaking. Be sure to use textual evidence as your foundation.
6.To select a saved image on the iPad, click open library. To use the camera, click take a photo.
To use an online image, click paste image. You may use an online image or pose for the
picture (role play). If usingChoose
an online image,
sure below
to cite theeach
sourceweek
(url). to create a task card for
one be
slide
7. To add a “connecting” box, click on the gray circles. This will connect your ideas. If you
a Tech Tub station.
decide that the ideas are not related, simply click on the line and click the x to delete the
connection.
Make sure to fill in the “Notes” below the taskCommon
card with
8. After clicking the gray circle, a line should appear.
Core State Standards
your
information.
9. This line will connect your boxes; however, if you want to share similarities – such as color,
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.3.d
content, theme, etc., you may click on the box and then the gray circle (instead of double
Use precise words and phrases,
tapping to create a new box). This will keep your formatting the same.
relevant descriptive details, and
10. Colors are available for you to select if you need to categorize or color-code information.
sensory language to capture the
11. To save or share your popplet, click share. Then, you have the option of emailing a pdf
action and convey experiences and
(document), emailing a JPEG (picture), or saving a JPEG (picture). Save as a PDF document.
events
12. Groups will take turns guessing “Who Am I?” and compare/contrast characteristics of
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each.
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Write routinely over extended time frames (time
for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter
time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a
range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and
audiences.
Comparison/Contrast
Objective: Compare/Contrast perspectives of the Revolutionary War
TSWBAT: create a popplet and write a constructed response using textual
evidence.
Follow the directions below to complete this station activity.
1. Open the Popplet Lite app.
This task uses:
2. Click “Make New Popplet” and Popplet color
3. You will receive a box with multiple options.
4. To add a new box, double tap the screen.
5. When you select text, the keyboard will appear. You can format the appearance. Create a
popplet for the following: Native Americans, African Americans, and women. Organize
ideas for how each group impacted the Revolutionary War – use textual evidence in the
form of summaries, paraphrases, and quotes.
6.To select a saved image on the iPad, click open library. To use the camera, click take a
photo. To use an online image, click paste image. You must have an image for each group.
Choose one slide below each week to create a task card for
7. To add a “connecting” box, click on the gray circles. This will connect your ideas. If you
a Tech
station.
decide that the ideas are not related, simply click on the
line andTub
click the
x to delete the
connection. After reading the information, you will decide who impacted the Revolutionary
tohave
fill in
the3 “Notes”
below
card with
War in the most positive Make
manner. sure
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at least
connected boxes
withthe
your taskCommon
Core State Standards
opinion and textual evidence to support your opinionyour
– be sure
to use your sentence
information.
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starters.
Write informative/explanatory texts to
8. After clicking the gray circle, a line should appear.
examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts,
9. This line will connect your boxes; however, if you want to share similarities – such as color,
and information through the selection,
content, theme, etc., you may click on the box and then the gray circle (instead of double
organization, and analysis of relevant
tapping to create a new box). This will keep your formatting the same.
content.
10. Colors are available for you to select if you need to categorize or color-code information.
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11. To save or share your popplet, click share. Then, you have the option of emailing a pdf
Write routinely over extended time frames
(document), emailing a JPEG (picture), or saving a JPEG (picture). You should email the pdf
(time for research, reflection, and revision)
document to me.
and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a
day or two) for a range of discipline-specific
tasks, purposes, and audiences.
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