Monday, April 18, 2016

Learning Goals

By the end of this activity you will be able to:

  • use a variety of strategies to explore and expand your vocabulary,
  • choose various methods for receiving feedback on your writing;
  • revise your writing for clarity, voice, and logic.

Today, you will begin to prepare for the assigning yourself a mid-term mark.

  1. Assess your vocabulary knowledge by answering 30 questions in Quizlet. Take a screenshot of your score and post it to Sesame.
  2. Update your personal vocabulary page with words from your novel and/or the media lessons.
  3. Writing Process Assignment

If you complete today’s work, you can finish Unit 2: Investigating the Media Activity 2 assignments

  • graphic organizer analyzing the Amanda Lang conflict of interest story;
  • blog post summarizing the most interesting conclusions you can draw about the way the story was covered differently by different news media.