Hello!

Tomorrow is our last collection day for Water for Sudan! Thank you for all your support.

Today all classes started a Teen Activist Unit. I was very inspired by the motivation of my Water for Sudan class- their desire to help for "the greater good" was intense, so now all students will learn to be activists for worthy causes!

Students started by looking at a poster of MLK, Jr. and listing what the characteristics of an activist are based on prior knowledge about him. Then, they watched two (in some classes three) short videos about teen activists Malala Yousafzai and Alex Lin. The three videos can be viewed under "Links."
Students practiced writing notes at a fast pace during the videos, just like a journalist.

H/W: All classes

Due Wed.: From the green sheet titled "Student Packet: Text Set, " choose three subjects of teen activism. Choose three different types of media, for example, an article, a text, a video. Look each one up online (it is easier to type in the heading) and write notes about activism from each one. So, you are doing a total of three.

Due Thurs.: You will have a quiz on the Confusing Words groups. You have practiced an assignment and quiz on noredink.com, and now you will take a quiz on Canvas in class on Thurs. Make sure you use your notes on noredink!

See you tomorrow! Thank you for a great learning day!