Thursday, April 3, 2014

Learning Objectives:
I can...

• present key concepts and ideas around media
• review the Embedded Assessment expectations

Opening:

1. Return to your small group:

     A. Review your poster

2. Present the key ideas in your poster.

• what key problems are you focused on?
• what are the causes of the problems you've isolated?
• what are potential solutions to the problems you've identified?

Work Period:

3. Review the EA on pages 135-138.

• What are the key "look fors" when I grade your essay?

4. Turn to page 130 and complete the survey.

5. Read "How do Tweens feel about Brands?" by Patricia Seybold

• Stop when you read "exciting experience" on page 132

Question: How are the attitudes of tweens toward brands similar or different to your own?

6. Independently Read through the bottom of page 133.

• What does the graph in Figure 6.1 communicate?  
• What do the words passionate and positive mean in this context?
• How clear and complete is the graph?
• Examine our goal setting poster vs. the 7th grade Writing goal setting poster.
• Which is more clear and complete?
• In order to clearly communicate class goals of STAAR, what would the best representation be?

Closing:

7. Homework: 
   A. Article of the Week.
   B. Read page 134 and complete a SOAPSTone in the margins in order to clearly understand the key elements of this informational text.