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Urquhart and McIver assert: Technology can enrich student learning as it allows teachers the opportunity to bring current, diverse materials into their classrooms. Technology, when used creatively, allows traditional topics to be taught in motivating, creative ways. Technology makes the inaccessible, accessible. Section 3, The Role of TechnologyWriting Standards4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. 5. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. 6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others.10. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences. Blogs

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.Oral History: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.Edmodo

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.9 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.Edmodo

STUDENT WRITING SAMPLES:I believe they were both, because even though most of the men manipulated society and took advantage of any way to make money they could, they still created the society we live in today. It might not be perfect, but its better than nothing. If they hadn't been the robber barons and captains of industry that they were, we wouldn't have what we have today, and without it, life as we know it would fall apart.I believe that the leaders of industry were more like captains of industry because a lot of them donated money to charities and set up foundations to help people. They also invented a lot of things to help the productivity in America.I think they are more like robber barons, because they were cruel to their workers. Yes they gave away money but Jay Gould bribed people with it. Cornelius Vanderbilt disowned all of his kids but his son William.

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STUDENT WRITING SAMPLES:I believe they were both, because even though most of the men manipulated society and took advantage of any way to make money they could, they still created the society we live in today. It might not be perfect, but its better than nothing. If they hadn't been the robber barons and captains of industry that they were, we wouldn't have what we have today, and without it, life as we know it would fall apart.I believe that the leaders of industry were more like captains of industry because a lot of them donated money to charities and set up foundations to help people. They also invented a lot of things to help the productivity in America.I think they are more like robber barons, because they were cruel to their workers. Yes they gave away money but Jay Gould bribed people with it. Cornelius Vanderbilt disowned all of his kids but his son William.TusingCCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.11-12.6 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information.QR Codes

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After researching 9/11 what is your perspective on the terrorist attacks? Has it changed from before you researched? Explain.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.7 Conduct short research projects to answer a question drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration. QR Codes

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Write a short summary about what you have learned. Do you have any lingering questions?CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.Hotlist/Webquest

Hotlist/Webquest1Watch this video.What character traits does Johnny Appleseed portray? Do these traits that Johnny Appleseed has portray him as a hero? 2Read this timeline.What happened or did not happen in Johnny Appleseeds life that portrays him as a hero?3Look at this image.Does Johnny Appleseed look like a hero in this image? Why or Why not?4Read this text.What did Johnny Appleseed do during his life that leads you to believe that he is/is not a hero?5Visit this website. What heroic characteristics does Johnny Appleseed portray?Do you believe that Johnny Appleseed was a hero?CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.7 Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.8 Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.Hotlist/WebquestSome people say, An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Why do you agree or disagree with this saying?

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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.Hotlist/WebquestSome people say, An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Why do you agree or disagree with this saying?CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.

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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.2.3 Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.

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