After+Reading

//** Instructional Activities to Support Active Literacy Learning After Reading **//

//2. Summarizing Learning//
Ideas for formatively assessing students!

2. Igneous rocks are formed from cooling magma. 3. A common metamorphic rock is slate.  || 2. A line segment can be extended indefinitely along a line. 3. A circle can be drawn with a center and any radius.
 * Activity  || Description  || Example Student Answer  ||
 * One Sentence Summary  || Students sum up learning in one sentence.  || Plants and animals are both made of living cells, but the cells of plants are different than the cells of animals.  ||
 * One Minute Paper <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN;"> || <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Students have one minute to write down as much information as they can. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN;"> || <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;">In the poem “The Raven,” the narrator is haunted by the memory of his true love, Lenore, who has died. All of a sudden a raven appears, and the narrator goes a little crazy... <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN;"> ||
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Exit Card <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN;"> || <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Students must write down (1, 2, 3, etc.) pieces of information they learned that day before being “allowed” to leave the room. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN;"> || <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;">1. The three types of rock are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Poll/Quiz/Survey <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN;"> || <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Students answer a pre-made set of questions. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN;"> || <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;">What were three results of industrialization? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN;"> ||
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;">3-2-1 <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN;"> || <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Students write three things they learned, two questions they have, and one comment/suggestion. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN;"> || <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Candara; mso-default-font-family: Candara; mso-ascii-font-family: Candara; mso-latin-font-family: Candara; mso-greek-font-family: Candara; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Candara; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Candara; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;">1. Two points determine a line segment.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; direction: ltr; font-family: Candara; unicode-bidi: embed; language: EN;">1. <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Candara; mso-default-font-family: Candara; mso-ascii-font-family: Candara; mso-latin-font-family: Candara; mso-greek-font-family: Candara; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Candara; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Candara; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Are all right angles congruent? <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; direction: ltr; font-family: Candara; unicode-bidi: embed; language: EN;">2. <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Candara; mso-default-font-family: Candara; mso-ascii-font-family: Candara; mso-latin-font-family: Candara; mso-greek-font-family: Candara; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Candara; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Candara; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;">How many lines go through two points? <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Candara; mso-default-font-family: Candara; mso-ascii-font-family: Candara; mso-latin-font-family: Candara; mso-greek-font-family: Candara; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Candara; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Candara; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; language: EN;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Candara; mso-default-font-family: Candara; mso-ascii-font-family: Candara; mso-latin-font-family: Candara; mso-greek-font-family: Candara; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Candara; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Candara; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> I love geometry!!! <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Candara; mso-default-font-family: Candara; mso-ascii-font-family: Candara; mso-latin-font-family: Candara; mso-greek-font-family: Candara; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Candara; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Candara; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; language: EN;"> ||

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Please write your thoughts, feelings, impressions, or questions about the activity we did today on simple machines. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN;"> || [|Click Here for Sample] none //Optional:// a note about this edit for the page history log
 * // 3. Reflecting on Learning // **
 * <span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Activity <span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN;"> || <span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Description <span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN;"> || <span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Sample Posts <span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN;"> ||
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Journal <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN;"> || <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Students reflect on a topic — can be prompted or not. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN;"> || <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Please write a blog post/comment on how you think the story “A Sound of Thunder” would have been different if... <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN;"> ||
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Anecdotal Response <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN;"> || <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Students are asked to write an anecdotal response to <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN;"> || <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;">What is one way you, your family, or your friends are lowering your carbon footprint? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN;"> ||
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Post-A-Poem <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN;"> || <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Students write a poem in response to the day’s lesson. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN;"> || <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Please write a free-verse poem in response to one of the impressionist paintings we viewed today. Do not include the name of the work, but do include as much sensory detail as possible. Tomorrow, we will read your comments and guess who wrote about which painting! <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN;"> ||
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Fastwrite <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN;"> || <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Students are given a time limit to write thoughts, impressions, questions, etc. in a stream-of-consciousness format. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN;"> || <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;">(You may wish to have all students on the computer at the same time and set a timer for 1-2 minutes.)
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Last Word <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN;"> || <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Students write one word important to the day’s lesson. The object of the activity is to be the student with the most recent comment (last word). <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN;"> || <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Now that we have finished reading <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-style: italic; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Flatland <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN;">, think of words that are truly important to the meaning of the book. Type that word in the comments box. The purpose of this post is to have the “last” word— the last relevant word, that is. I will be monitoring this post for extraneous comments. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; language: EN;"> ||


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