My Project ProposalProject: “Speaking Greenlish”

Questions Answered

Subject: English Topic: Our Environment Homeschooled J/S 15-19yrs old Fully online Fascilitated by instructor Moodle-Sloodle-Second Life Virtual World 8 weeks= 24 hours 2 days a week= 3 hours each Prereq: Second Life account; e-mail;

Moodle experience New course using refurbished tools

Course Structure

Meet in Second Life on Tuesdays and Thursdays 1.5 hours

Basic Requirements: Second Life account and viewer 1 Working e-mail Microsoft Office Moodle account Knowledgable about (proper) Net use Mic and Speakers

Moodle

Second Life

Sloodle

THE NEXT FEW PAGES ARE A DETAILED OVERVIEW OF MY

TENTATIVE AGENDA

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PERUSE AT YOUR LEISURE : )

Module 1 (week 1)

Introductions to class, peers, Second Life, Moodle

Scavenger Hunt Practice learned skills

Discussion Board What did you learn, experience,

like/dislike? Reply to peers post

Module 2 (week 2)

Research Recycling, global sustainability, global warming, Go Green

efforts here or other countries Pick a topic to research Add source to WIKI

Will go over how to do this Tuesday DB post

Your topic, source, about source, questions, interesting facts Reply

Meet in SL discuss topics on Thursday (all share) Go over structure of essay (rubric, examples, links to sites)

Rough drafts of essay due Tuesday!

Module 2 (week 3)

Short essay (min 5 paragraphs) Rubric Example Diagram

2nd draft due Sunday Post rough drafts in DB area (Tuesday) Meet Tuesday to go over requirements and ?s Peer review in DB reply (Thursday) Meet with partner Thursday to go over papers Turn in 2nd draft in DB area and e-mail to

teacher

Module 3 (week 4)

Proposal Plan and Annotated Bibliography Rubric, examples, links to helpful sources (handouts)

Questions to be answered What can I, my community, state, school, family,

country do differently to “Go Green”? Brainstorm Map Research and Plan

E-mail ideas and answers to questions to teacher Tuesday =go over ideas Thursday =answer questions and research

Go over how to create an annotated bib (due Sunday)

DB post plan and attach annotated bib + reply

Module 4 (week 5)

Outline + Peer Review + Teacher Conference Rubric, examples, and links to helpful resources

How to create a Works Cited page How to cite references Create an outline for proposal plan Post outline in DB (due Friday)

Reply to partners DB outline post (same partner) Due Sunday

Tuesday =expectations Thursday= peer and teacher conferencing

Module 5 (week 6)

Rough draft + Peer Review + Teacher Edit + Final Draft Rubrics, examples, links to helpful resources

Monday= citation practice wrksht Tuesday= practice

Citations Intro and conclusions Visual aides in Word

Rough draft due Friday Peer Response due next week (Tuesday) Thursday= questions session and conferencing

Sign up for meeting next week

Module 5 (week 7-8)

Final draft= Title page, Works Cited, Correctly formatted Proposal Plan

Meet at scheduled times Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday

All week to work on papers Thursday= question session Papers due Sunday (attached: )

Rough draft Peer review rubric Your review rubric Blank rubric Final draft (Title page, all pages labeled and named,

Works Cited)

Schedule