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Read Around Ball for Fantasy and Science Fiction In the first part of this lesson, the students review the concept of "genre," discuss the major characteristics of the Fantasy and Science Fiction genres and subgenres and explore their similarities and differences. The next segment of the lesson is a “Read Around Ball,” in which students move from table to table for a read around, where each student spends 30 seconds with each book, recording their favorite book in their “dance cards.” 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Fact vs. Opinion Students will learn to distinguish the difference between facts and opinions. They will practice identifying facts and opinions. Essential Question: What is the difference between fact and opinion? 7
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Human Interactions with Living Systems Seventh-grade students will work in small groups to create a three-minute video in which they will share their research on how humans impact living systems . Each project must include images, video, text, and sound. It must also clearly describe the issue, including the cause and consequence of human interaction with the living system, work that has been done to combat the negative aspects of the issue, and a proposal for a sustainable solution. 7
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Community history Seventh grade students conduct a community history investigation that centers on the essential questions: How has our community changed over time? What caused or influenced these changes? How can we find out? 7
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Horror Tales: What Makes Them Spooky? The teachers and LMS tap students’ prior knowledge about horror fiction, why they read it, and what they particularly find fascinating about this sub-genre. Building on this prior knowledge, the LMS selects a wide range of fiction and promotes the stories through face-to-face booktalks and VoiceThread presentations. As students select stories to read and rate, they focus on the following essential question: What makes a powerful scary story? 7
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Hooks with Books: Never Judge a Book by its Cover Students will identify hooks and analyze what makes them effective. The SL will use a PowerPoint to introduce the idea that hooks in books are as important as hooks in writing assignments. The various hooks from selected YA fiction will illustrate techniques professional writers use to grab their reader's attention. Essential Question: Why is a good hook important in writing? What techniques do writer’s use to grab a reader’s attention? 5, 6, 7, 8
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Rock Star Road Trip Just what is there to do and see in this country anyway? We don't often ask students what their interests are. Through personal choice in music, this activity encourages students to visit other cities, apply real-world tools, and discover just what there is to do in other places. May be conducted collaboratively with music (genre), social studies (geography), and Math (economics)or may be taught in isolation. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Exploring Theme and Mood with a Book Trailer After reading a novel, students will identify the themes and moods the author created in the book. Then using these themes and moods they will create a book trailer using an online computer program. Essential questions: What are the themes of the book? What is the mood of the story? What images and sounds could portray the mood and themes of the book? How would I persuade someone to read this book? 7, 8
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CCC: Credible Sources, Creative Commons Images, and Citing Your Sources Concepts Taught: A good researcher and writer seeks out credible sources, uses digital images that they have permission to use, and gives credit to those who provided the information and images used in his/her final product. Essential Questions: 1. Why is it important to use credible sources? 2. Why is it essential to use Creative Commons images? 3. How do I give proper credit to the suppliers of the information that I'm using? 7
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Juvenile Justice Students will follow the research process to locate information to be used as evidence in a comparative research paper. Essential questions: What is justice? How do non-traditional (alternative)juvenile justice systems differ from traditional juvenile justice systems? What would be the most effective juvenile justice system? 7
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