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7th Grade Book Club Discussion
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====Lesson Overview==== Edit

**Title:** 7th Grade Book Club Discussion **Title:** **Subject Area:** -- Select One --Reading/Language ArtsMathScienceSocial StudiesThe ArtsForeign LanguagesOther **Duration:** [|Back to Top]
 * Author:** Amy Daze
 * Subject:** Reading/Language Arts
 * Grade Level(s):** 6–8, 9–12
 * Duration:** 2 weeks
 * Author:** Amy Daze
 * Grade Level(s):** Pre-K–2 3–5 6–8 9–12

====Unit Description==== Edit

I am a technology specialist who is helping a 7th grade Language Arts teacher learn to teach with technology. We will divide the 30 students in her class into 5 groups of 6 kids, putting some of the GT kids in each group. Each group will read a novel, create a multi-media presentation and respond to discussion posts created by the other groups. This will include synchronous and asynchronous discussions as students plan the project, create a wiki planning document create a website and video presentation and whatever else I can think of that will require them to learn the technology (and access the hearing/vision impaired technology) components that I am striving to help the teacher of this class to become familiar with. [|Back to Top]

====Lesson Description for Day==== Edit

Teacher will create a Group in groups.yahoo.com and will ask students to Log in during their computer lab time. [] Students will answer a question posed by the teacher in the online discussion. Visually impaired student will use text readers to participate. This lesson takes only one period. [|Back to Top]

====State Standards==== Edit

7th Grade Language Arts: 1) Reading/Fluency. Students read grade-level text with fluency and comprehension 22. (A) brainstorm, consult with others, decide upon a topic, and formulate a major research question to address the major research topic;

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Goals
**Unit Goals:** Edit Students will demonstrate understanding of character, setting and plot as they apply to fiction by completing a multi-media presentation and participating in online discussion groups, etc. with a high percentage of ac **Lesson Goals:** Edit Students will demonstrate understanding of discussion boards by creating an account with yahoo groups and begining their online discussion with their group memb [|Back to Top]



Methods
**Anticipatory Set:** Edit The anticipatory set briefly exposes the students to the lesson's objectives and how the teacher will get them to the end result. The teacher can demonstrate asynchronous discussions by asking a personal question "what is your favorite kind of ice cream?" and then having the students all answer at once. Ineffective!! She can then show the class the discussion board questions on groups.yahoo.com that discuss issues of interest to teens. **Introduce and Model New Knowledge:** Edit Using ActivBoard in computer lab, teacher will demonstrate the discussion board component of groups.yahoo.com, will create an account and input a question to the group, such as "what is your favorite pet?" or "what do you like to do on weekends? **Provide Guided Practice:** Edit Teacher provides assistance as students work through the lesson. **Provide Independent Practice:** Edit Students demonstrate proficiency by answering the question posed by the teacher during introduction. [|Back to Top]

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Assessment
**Formative/Ongoing Assessment:** Edit

**Summative/End Of Lesson Assessment:** Edit Student will receive 100% if they have successfully created an account and answered the teacher's question.

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