Content Objective: I can integrate multimedia to write about real or imagined experiences or events. 
Language Objective: I will edit the structure of my "Favorite Mistake" essay and make sure my expressive as well as reflective components are complete and detailed. 

Agenda: 
1. Bell Work: Read your Quarter 4 Book for 15 minutes. 

2. Reading Journal: Free Write. Write for 5 minutes about anything that stands out to you in your reading. Cite textual evidence to support your claims. 

3. Daily Dose of Grammar #3: 
Which sentence is correct? 
a. The last test didn't really effect my grades. 
b. The last test didn't really affect my grades. 
c. The last test didn't really have an effect on my grades. 
d. The last test didn't really have an affect on my grades.

4. Answer the following questions about your "Favorite Mistake" essay: 

• What is the main lesson you have learned from your mistake? 
• Would you repeat your mistake? Why/why not? 

5. Take a second look at Jessanne Collins' "A Mistake That Should Last a Lifetime". Highlight in one color her reflective writing, in which she talks about what she learned from her mistake and how she views it today. 
In a different color, highlight her expressive writing, that is her writing about what happened when she made her mistake. 

6. Complete this graphic organizer, filling in your reflective writing (what you learned from your mistake and what it means to you today) on one side, and your expressive writing (what actually happened when you made your mistake) on the other. 

7. Rearrange and restructure your essay to mimic the same structure that Jessanne Collins used in her essay. 

8. Double-check to make sure your expressive writing contains all details of what happened when you made your mistake (before, during, and after your mistake). 

9. Re-submit your revised draft on CANVAS once you are done. 

Assignments: 

• Reading Journal and Daily Dose of Grammar
• Questions about your "Favorite Mistake" essay
• Graphic organizer
• structural and detail edits of your "Favorite Mistake" essay

Content Objective: I can integrate multimedia to write about real or imagined experiences or events. 
Language Objective: I will write a narrative essay about a mistake I have made and reflect on how it shaped me into who I am today. 

Agenda: 
1. Bell Work: Read your Quarter 4 book for 15 minutes. 

2. Reading Journal: How effective is the opening of your book? Write for 5 minutes. 

3. Daily Dose of Grammar: 
Which sentences is correct? 
a) My sister loves the picture of her and myself. 
b) My sister loves the picture of her and I. 
c) My sister loves the picture of her and me. 

4. Read "A Mistake That Should Last A Lifetime". 

5. Quarter 4 Pre-Test: Write about a mistake you have made that you learned from. Talk about what happened and what you have learned from it, as well as how it shaped who you are today. Your essay should be 1-2 pages in length. 

Assignments: 

• Bell Work
• Quarter 4 Pre-Test

Content Objective: I can integrate multimedia to write narratives about real or imagined experiences and events. 
Language Objective: I can use instances of my own life to brainstorm what identifies me and create a ThingLink containing at least 10 things or experiences that define me. 

Agenda: 
1. Bell Work: Read your chosen quarter 4 book for 15 minutes. 

2. Reading Journal: Freewrite. Write about anything that stood out to you in your reading for 5 minutes. Go into depth explaining what you read and why it matters to your overall understanding of the book you have chosen. 

3. Daily Dose of Grammar: 
Which sentence is correct? 
a) The cat is laying on the floor. 
b) The cat is lying on the floor. 
c) The cat lies on the floor. 

4. Think-Pair-Share: What is memoir writing? 

5. Go to ThingLink and sign in using your Google account. Choose a picture (from Google or your own) and add at least 10 tags containing links, videos, pictures, and writing that matters to you and defines your identity and culture. Here's my example ThingLink for you to get some ideas.  

Once you have finished your ThingLink, click on "Share" and copy/paste the link to it into your GoogleDoc for today. 

6. Once your Thinglink is complete, write a half-page reflection on what you shared in your ThingLink. What does this say about your culture and identity? 

7. Once your ThingLink and reflection are done, share your ThingLink with others in your group. 

8. Exit Ticket: What was the most surprising thing someone in your group shared on their ThingLink? How did it confirm or change your view of them as a person? 

Assignments: 
In today's ThingLink, include the following: 

• Reading Journal
• Daily Dose of Grammar
• Definition of Memoir writing
• Link to your ThingLink
• Reflection on your ThingLink
• Exit Ticket

Content Objective: I can create a variety of informational texts. 
Language Objective: I will complete a post-test producing short answers about topics I learned about this quarter and reflect on my overall learning outcomes and process. 

Agenda: 

1. (A-Day only): Watch vlogs on youtube and WeVideo

2. Complete Quarter 3 Post-Test: You have 30 minutes to complete this. 

3. Write a 150-200 word reflection about the work you completed this quarter. Find your Reflection Prompts to help you complete this assignment here. 

Assignments: 

Content Objective: I can conduct sustained research and cite relevant evidence from texts to support my findings in form of an informational video blog (vlog).  
Language Objective: I will use my research to create an information video blog (vlog) using WeVideo. 

Agenda: 
1.) Informational Vlog Checklist
Reminder, your vlog is due at the end of the day on Friday, March 13 (A-Day)/Monday, March 16 (B-Day). 

2.) If you still need to install Screencastify: 
Go to your Chrome Web Store (on the Waffle) and search for Screencastify. Add this extension to your browser. 
Watch a tutorial on how to use Screencastify here. You will use this to record your video footage and to voice over anything you have on your ChromeBook. 

3.) Make sure you get ALL of your filming done today. Use Screencastify to do your filming. 

4.) Once you are done filming, use WeVideo to put all of your pieces together and edit them into one cohesive vlog.  
Watch this tutorial on how to use WeVideo. You will use WeVideo once you have all of your video footage and recording to edit your work. 
 To download WeVideo on your ChromeBook, go to the Web Store on your Waffle, search for WeVideo and install the app on your ChromeBook. You can access the app once it is on your waffle. Remember to sign up for a free account before you start and share your work with your partner, if you are working with one. 

Assignments: 
By the end of today, ALL of your filming must be finished and you should have started editing your vlog using WeVideo. Reminder: Vlogs are due at the end of the day on Monday, March 16. 

Content Objective: I can conduct sustained research and cite relevant evidence from texts to support my findings in form of an informational video blog (vlog).  
Language Objective: I will use my research to create an information video blog (vlog) using WeVideo. 

Agenda: 
1.) Bell Work: Think-Pair-Share: What is the difference between a vlog and video coverage of news? What are some things to consider when you are producing a vlog? 

2.) Informational Vlog Checklist
Reminder, your vlog is due at the end of the day on Friday, March 13 (A-Day)/Monday, March 16 (B-Day). 

2.) Go to your Chrome Web Store (on the Waffle) and search for Screencastify. Add this extension to your browser. 
Watch a tutorial on how to use Screencastify here. You will use this to record your video footage and to voice over anything you have on your ChromeBook. 

4.) Watch this tutorial on how to use WeVideo. You will use WeVideo once you have all of your video footage and recording to edit your work. 
 To download WeVideo on your ChromeBook, go to the Web Store on your Waffle, search for WeVideo and install the app on your ChromeBook. You can access the app once it is on your waffle. Remember to sign up for a free account before you start and share your work with your partner, if you are working with one. 

5.) For the rest of the period, begin creating your informational video blog. You will have next period to continue producing, and the period after that to finish and edit your vlog. 

6.) Exit Ticket: What is something you are struggling with as you are producing your vlog? 

Assignments: 

• Begin creating your vlog using WeVideo

Content Objective: I can conduct sustained research and cite relevant evidence from texts to support my findings in form of an informational video blog (vlog).  
Language Objective: I will conduct research and identify relevant evidence to use in my informational vlog. 

Agenda: 
1. Bell Work: VSauce: What's the shortest poem? 
After watching, reply to the following questions: 

• What makes this vlog effective? What could be improved? 
• How does the style VSauce uses to create his blogs differ from the Vlogbrothers? 

2. Informational Vlog Assignment: 
With a partner, decide on an informational video blog topic (you may use any of the topics you covered in your news articles or come up with a new topic). Your schedule for this assignment is as follows: 

Thursday, March 5/Friday, March 6: Research (information, data, pictures) 
Monday, March 9/Tuesday, March 10: WeVideo Tutorial, begin producing vlog script
Wednesday, March 11/Thursday, March 11: Continue producing vlog
Friday, March 12/Monday, March 15: Finish and upload vlog
Tuesday, March 16/Wednesday, March 17: View and evaluate vlog

3. Once you have decided on your topic, conduct research for information that you will be using in your vlog. Document your research and your relevant evidence in your GoogleDoc. 

4. If you have a partner: Work on a shared GoogleDoc, so you both have access to your work. 

5. Exit Ticket: What is the most interesting piece of information you found on your topic today? 
How are you going to present your informational vlog to your audience? 

Content Objective: I can conduct sustained research and cite relevant evidence from texts to support my findings in form of an informational video blog (vlog).  
Language Objective: I will identify and apply the principles of informational video blogging and discuss their effectiveness both verbally and in writing. 

Agenda: 
1.) Bell Work: Introduction to video blogs (vlogs): Watch John Green's Racism in the United States: By the Numbers

• For 5 minutes, write a response to this vlog, include your opinion on this issue. 

Share-in: You have 3 minutes to share your response within your group.
Share-out: Have one representative of your group summarize what your group discussed and share it with the class. 

2.) John Green talks about how "data is cold". Do you agree with this perspective? What are the advantages and disadvantages of basing an informational text solely on data? What would make data more interesting to an audience? 
Discuss this with a partner and write down your findings in your GoogleDoc for today. 

3.) Click on the following TedEd Lesson to learn more about vlogging and copyright: The Bizarre State of Copyright. Please answer all questions in your GoogleDoc instead of on TedEd. Make sure to get through all of the following sections: 

• WATCH
• THINK
• DIG DEEPER
• DISCUSS

4. For the Discussion Section, click on and respond to your class' Padlet: 
Effective Vlogging 4A
Effective Vlogging 1B  
Effective Vlogging 3B 
Effective Vlogging 4B
 
With your group, discuss and make a list of any copyright issues you may encounter when making your own videos for class? How are you going to ensure you are not going to violate copyright laws in the videos you are producing? 

5. Informational Vlog Assignment
With a partner, decide on an informational video blog topic (you may use any of the topics you covered in your news articles or come up with a new topic). Your schedule for this assignment is as followed: 
Thursday, March 5/Friday, March 6: Research (information, data, pictures) 
Monday, March 9/Tuesday, March 10: WeVideo Tutorial, begin producing vlog script
Wednesday, March 11/Thursday, March 11: Continue producing vlog
Friday, March 12/Monday, March 15: Finish and upload vlog
Tuesday, March 16/Wednesday, March 17: View and evaluate vlog

6. Exit Ticket: What topic have you and your partner chosen for your vlog? What are three main points you are planning to cover in your vlog? 

Assignments: 

• Bell Work Response
• TedEd Responses
• Exit Ticket