Writing Wednesday: Epidemics + Pandemics

Writing Wednesday: Epidemics + Pandemics

Hey everyone, Today students began by playing BoomBag with this week’s vocabulary flashcards. Next we watched one of my favorite TED Ed clips. Afterwards, students used infographs to begin working on their Writing Wednesday piece. Students are expected to submit their assignment…

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Writing Wednesday: Higher Order Processing Questions

Writing Wednesday: Higher Order Processing Questions

Greetings and happy Wednesday to you all! Today students had the opportunity to work on a Writing Wednesday assignment that really required them to think hard and analyze what the questions were asking and what information the diagrams were giving. Students…

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Writing Wednesday: Trying Something New

Writing Wednesday: Trying Something New

Hey everyone – I hope you’ve successfully made it through the middle of the week! Today students took on a new way of responding to a writing prompt: iMovie trailers! Students began by viewing a trailer I made without any…

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Writing Wednesday: Expository Composition

Writing Wednesday: Expository Composition

Hello hello hello and happy Wednesday to everyone! We’ve made it through the middle of the week (which, yes, is always an accomplishment in itself)! Here’s a rundown of what we did today: Our class prezi can be found here: http://prezi.com/92d9u5m1b7pk/writing-wednesday/…

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Writing Wednesday: Wanted Element Posters

Writing Wednesday: Wanted Element Posters

Happy Wednesday! We’ve made it through the middle of the week! Today students worked on a slightly modified writing assignment.They created “wanted” posters for elements of the periodic table! Students were allowed to select whichever element was of interest to…

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