Non-Internet Learning Activity Suggestions Student Preparation and Planning:

● Bring textbooks and notes home in event of a school closure. ● Plan a daily schedule so that you engage with each subject each day. ● For each day of independent learning, read a total of 60 minutes and select 2-3

activities from the Non-Internet Learning Activities Choice Board below. Activities: READ at least 60 minutes a day! This can be split up throughout the day (For example: 3 smaller chunks of 20 minutes). Respond to your reading. Choose from the list of responses below or create your own.

● Take advantage of newspapers and library books and write summaries of the readings.

● Discuss/talk with family members/guardians, friends about what you read. ● Consider creating a chart like the one below and completing it for every

story/article/book read:

● What themes are emerging in the novel/story/article and what evidence supports your response?

● What mood/tone has been established in the text? What details does the author provide?

● Compare and contrast yourself to the main character. ● What is the author’s purpose? Who is the audience? ● What would you change about the plot? ● Write a different ending. ● What elements of the author’s writing style did you notice? How do these

elements impact your understanding or enjoyment of the text?

Non-Internet Learning Activities Choice Board

Review previously learned content in all subjects and re-do activities done earlier in the school year.

Write stories, poems, school newspaper articles on topics that are of personal interest, etc.

Review and practice key-vocabulary in all subjects (e.g., create flash-cards, songs, raps, stories, sentences with the words).

Complete crossword puzzles, Sudokos, etc.

Practice writing Document Based Question assignments.

Watch the news or documentaries in a variety of content areas (History, National Geographic channel - if available).

Write a one page reflection on whether we should celebrate the first 100 years of U.S. History (1776-1876) based on what you have studied so far? Support your answer with specific historical events (names, places, dates, etc.)

Review and correct previous assessments (quizzes, tests, etc.).

Review and improve previous writing assignments.

Interview a family member and ask 5 questions about their heritage/culture OR about a country they have visited. What was the most interesting thing you learned? What surprised you most?

Choose a historic time period. Write a paragraph describing what you think a teenager's day would be like during the spring, summer, fall and/or winter in that time period.

Practice your instruments (if assigned one)

Draw, paint, and create. Self-Portrait: Look in a mirror and draw a self-portrait. Include as much realistic detail as possible.

Get active! Find ways to move your body (see exercise challenge)

Create a dance/movement-to-music routine and ask someone at home to perform it.

Check the ACPS TV channel for potential programming to support continued learning.