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NORWELL PUBLIC SCHOOLS |
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Technology-Enhanced Learning Activity Summary |
| Name: Judith Lowe & Julie Needle | School: Norwell Middle School |
| Learning Activity Title: Waiting for the Rain by Sheila Gordon | |
| Grade Level(s): 7 | Subject Area: English |
| Description of Activity:
What is the learning experience? What will teachers and students do during
the course of the activity? Through what performances or products will
students demonstrate what they know and are able to do? The research project will be a practice for an 8th grade research fair conducted in the 8th grade English classes. Each 7th grade student will choose one subject from the following: The Life of Sheila Gordon: South African apartheid; Nelson Mandela and write a minimum of 5 paragraphs on the subject. The librarian and the classroom teacher will coordinate the Internet use and guide the students in locating, evaluating, collecting, and processing the information. Citing electronic sources will be taught. |
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| Technology Standards Addressed: This
learning activity will allow students to develop proficiency in the
following Norwell Public Schools technology standards: 2.0 Word Processing and Publications Skills 6.0 Web and Online Research Skills |
Skills and Concepts
(see Scope and Sequence) 2.01 to 2.07, 2.11, 2.12, 2.14 6.01 to 6.08 |
| Curriculum Standards:
Which curriculum frameworks, strands, and learning standards does the
activity address? Eng/LA Composition General Standard 24: Research 24.4 Apply steps for obtaining information from a variety of sources, organizing information, documenting sources, and presenting research in individual projects. |
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| Materials & Equipment: What
specific software, hardware, websites, handouts, and other printed materials
are involved in this activity? Relevant Web sites should be available to avoid student surfing.
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Teacher Tips and Notes:
What strategies are recommended regarding logistics, preparation, classroom
management, or other implementation concerns? Researching on the Internet will develop the skills necessary to compile, organize, analyze, and synthesize all information. Due to the abundance of information on the Internet students must learn how to sift through all of this and decide which is relevant to what they are doing at the time. Collaboration between the classroom teacher and the librarian is a must. |
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Janet Eskin 4/06 |
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