Transcript PAMLE Specials Presentation - Bensalem Township School District

WRITING ISN’T JUST
FOR CORE SUBJECTS
ANYMORE
Robert K. Shafer Middle School
Bensalem Township School District
Special Area Teachers
The Blue Circus
By Marc Chagall
Art
In the art room we use the origami book…
• As an outline for ART ELEMENTS
• 6 pages for 6 art elements line, shape, color, value, space, texture
• The 7th art element is form, which is the book itself!
• Reflective Writing – self assessment
• Reflective Writing – Art Critique Book
• Comic book illustration
• Poetry
• Continuous Line figurative Poem
• Haiku
• Cinquian
Ways to Use Your Origami Books
• Have students take notes like flash cards
• Study guide for any class
• Essay outline, thesis book
• P.O.D. weekly booklet
• Teach and show sequencing
• Short fiction stories
• Fact finder book
Engineering
• 45 total days
• Split the class in half
• Switch halfway through the marking period
• 7th Grade Projects:
• Bridge
• Egg Crash Car
• 8th Grade Projects:
• Manufacturing a Board Game
• Lego Robotics
Engineering
Design
Process
Engineering Notebook
Step 2: Research
Civil Engineering,
Bridge Project
Step 2: Research
Civil Engineering, Bridge Project
Communicating your Ideas
Communicating your Ideas
Selling your Ideas
In one paragraph, using
technical vocabulary &
specifics about your car’s
design– explain to the panel
of judges why YOUR CAR is
superior in design to your
classmates’ cars and they
should invest in
manufacturing and
distributing your car.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/245357
Tower Gardens and
Solar Panels What are they?
Sustainability = GOING GREEN
• L.E.E.D.
• What does this mean?
• How is YOUR High School using this
program to build a better school and
protect the environment?
• FIND OUT ABOUT IT. (EXTRA
CREDIT WORK)
SCHOOLOGY
Boolean search methods
• How can a student do effective research using
this method?
• The plus symbol:
• Now that you know how to eliminate search terms, here's how you
can add them in, using the "+" symbol. For example, if you have
terms that must be returned in all your search results, you can place
the plus symbol in front of the terms that you need included, such as:
• football+nfl
• https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=football+and+nfl&ei=UTF8&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-002
Boolean
• The minus symbol:
• Use the "-" symbol when you want a search engine to find pages
that have one search word on them, but you need the search
engine to exclude other words commonly associated with that
search word. For example:
• Superman -Krypton
*Business Planconnecting to the real world
• Business Summary:
• 8TH GRADERS-DESIGN A PRODUCT
• Write One paragraph about:
• What is your Mission statement for the customer?
• Design a mission statement based on ideas you read. This
defines your company and what you want the customer to
experience when using your product.
• Page 171-172
Write a business plan-higher level thought
• Marketing Plan:
• 1) How will you advertise you’re your product-list where and
why you made these choices. PG. 260 to 264
• 2) Who is your target market for your game? List target and
demographics. PG 166-167, 175
• 3) What strategy will you use to determine the location of the
business? Why did you choose the location? PG. 167-168
• 4) Who is your competition? Name 5 competitor games,
company and the pricing for their product-use EXCEL for
answers. PG. 174, 190
Search up
fog
to water
fencing
Write
about
what
you
learned.
Fog to waterwater capturing system
• How does technology
change the world in an
arid state or country?
REFERENCES
• https://www.lifewire.com/what-does-boolean-search-
3481475
• http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/01310/25T
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• http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/05/16/article-01DEC1ECC00000578-594_634x342.jpg
• https://viviennemackie.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/img_
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Writing Examples in
a Music Curriculum
Presented by Henry J. Wajda, Jr
Music Educator, Instructional Technology Specialist
Robert K. Shafer Middle School
3333 Hulmeville Road
Bensalem, PA 19020
Presented November 8, 2016
PAMLE SE Regional Conference
Writing in a Learning Management System
What is an LMS (or CMS)?
A learning management system (LMS) is a software application for the
administration, documentation, tracking, reporting and delivery of
electronic educational technology (also called e-learning) education
courses or training programs.
We use Schoology as our LMS. It is the
backbone of the writing component for
many of course offerings.
Can be used for free (www.schoology.com)
Implementation in a Music Classroom
Discussion Groups (Can be public,
private, or moderated)
Example - Understanding Hamilton
In Hamilton, Eliza Hamilton's sister Angelica says "“You have married an Icarus He has
flown too close to the sun.” What does this statement mean?
Wed 31 Aug 2016 at 11:13 am by 8th grade student Jack D.
Angelica is trying to explain that Alexander is someone with high ambition, but has gotten carried away
with it. In the mythological story, Icarus, was the son of Daedalus, who had made a labyrinth to trap
multiple myhtological beasts for, his king, who later imprisoned them both. Daedalus had created
two sets of wings in hopes of escaping with himself, and his son, Icarus. As these were made of
wax, Icarus was told to not fly too high to sun, as the wings would melt. Icarus got ahead of himself,
and flew too high, which ultimately led to his demise - much like how Alexander went too far, and led
his relationship to a demise.
Implementation in a Music Classroom
Wordle
Word Clouds for
Content Specific
Vocabulary
https://btsd.schoology.com/album/806627979
Implementation in a Music Classroom
EARSKETCH
Computer coding in
a text editor using
Python and Java.
This expands on the
importance of
syntax and structure
in writing.
https://btsd.schoology.com/album/788604417
Implementation in a Music Classroom
Song Parodies
Students create their
own lyrics to familiar
melodies, like this
example set to London
Bridge.
https://btsd.schoology.com/album/850152189
Re-Thinking What We Do...
Create Your Own Song Parody.
Activity You will create an original song parody set to
the tune of London Bridge on the template
provided.
Remember:
one syllable or word per note
Topic: The Election, Thanksgiving, Fall, or
anything that you would like