Guiding+Activity-+S.+Howard

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Samantha L. Howard EDIM 502 Digital Storytelling Strategic Literacy I (9th Grade) Guiding Activities


 * The Big Idea: **Understanding one’s identity in a diverse, globalizing world to become tolerant of others, to reflect on one’s own behaviors, and to come together to resolve conflicts and problems.


 * The Essential Question: **How can we raise awareness of cultures other than our own?


 * The Challenge: ** Using your independent reading book as your guide, promote an understanding of multiculturalism to our school and/or community.

//Plot // 1. What is the setting of my book (where and when does it take place?) 2. Who are the main characters? 3. What is the main problem/conflict in the story? 4. What event is the climax of the book? 5. How is the problem/conflict resolved?
 * Guiding Questions: **

//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Making Connections // <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. List at least 2 connections YOU made with the book. (Did something happen in the story that related to you or your own experiences?) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. List at least 2 text-to-text connections. Describe two other pieces of literature the story reminds you of and explain why. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. List at least 3 text-to-world connections. How does this book relate to events happening in our world? Did reading this book enhance your understanding of culture and diversity? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Describe a character that you connected with especially. Why did you connect with him or her? What other connections did this character have with our school and world?


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Guiding Activities: **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Students will choose a fiction book of their choice from the Strategic Literacy I leveled library using the strategies learned for selecting a book. They will complete an independent reading log and demonstrate use of the “making connections” reading comprehension strategy by completing a Text-to-Self, a Text-to-Text, and a Text-to-World Sheet/Graphic Organizer. Finally, they will create a VoiceThread that demonstrates understanding of the book’s plot, along with a key character’s connection to self, school, and world. Students will use their making connections graphic organizer as a guide to completing their VoiceThread. The VoiceThread must consist of at least 20 slides, with relevant, cited images and narration. The first 5-6 slides must consist of a plot summary of the chosen book and must answer the guiding questions relating to plot. The next 10-15 slides must consist of connections the reader made to the book (at least two of each type - text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world) and connections a key character and his or her identity/culture had with self, school and world. The final slides must consist of a conclusion and bibliography.