Last Friday the students began conducting research on their assigned University/College. These universities and colleges were chosen from U.S. News top 20 institutions in the United States. The students were given essential questions and a rubric from which they created a class presentation to educate their peers about the top 20 universities and colleges in the country.
ON YOUR STARTER SHEET:
Create a thesis statement based on the question: Should Middle School Students Be Drug Tested? Be sure to include your subject, claim, and three points of support. Put a box around the subject, underline the claim, circle the three points of support. Go To The Following Link For Additional Help: Article I just addes a link to our GVMS Library website that has a tremedous amount of resources to assist us in our research projects. Feel free to visit the "Resources" page to find the link! Thank you to our lovely Librarian, Mrs. Zilch who has offered to come and speak to our class about eLibrary and MLA formatting! She is much appreciated!
We are moving right along on our argumentative writing piece. I was very pleased with our guest speakers and the level of questions the students wrote. The students were very professional when asking questions and taking notes. Towards the end of the presentation Jalin asked an amazing question, "What happens if you do not have the support at home to create an effective learning environment?" Very intuitive and wise question.
The majority of our students have not yet finished typing their intro paragraph, which needs to be done ASAP. I'd like to have the intro and BP #1 typed by the end of Tuesday's class. I am not sure if that is going to happen but I am hoping for the best. This Thursday Mrs. Zilch will visit our class to give a presentation on the new link I added to our website. I m looking forward to her wealth of info. Just so you know class, I will not be here Wednesday, October 29, as I will be at the district office for a curriculum writing meeting. I expect stellar behavior, as usual. Welcome to Golden Valley's exclusive Common Core Academy Class. I am pleased you are here. Please be sure to check back every so often to take a bird's eye view of what is occurring in our class. Your students will be stretched and challenged this year. I am looking forward to challenging the students and helping them rise to the occasion! This is going to be a stellar year, hope you come along for the ride. -Mrs. Hernandez
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