Because of the weather day off, the schedule for this week will be as follows:
Tuesday: Writing practice, work on projects/papers
Wednesday: Project Presentations
Thursday: Blog posts due, Writing and Benchmark practice
Friday: Seminar, introduce new book
Monday: BNW final paper and peer edited rough draft due.
There will be no vocabulary journals or quiz this week. We will have a vocabulary quiz using week 3 and 4 words next week.
Blog post, due Thursday:
Instead of reading an article this week, watch the following TED talk:
www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world?language=en#t-538338
Then, answer the following questions:
1. What is Jane McGonigal's overall argument? Summarize it in at least 4-5 sentences.
2. What was one thing that Jane McGonigal said in her TED talk that intrigued or surprised you? Why?
3. Do you agree with her argument? Do you think that playing games is as beneficial as she argues? Why or why not?
4. Write your own level 3 question and answer it in 4-5 sentences.
Tuesday: Writing practice, work on projects/papers
Wednesday: Project Presentations
Thursday: Blog posts due, Writing and Benchmark practice
Friday: Seminar, introduce new book
Monday: BNW final paper and peer edited rough draft due.
There will be no vocabulary journals or quiz this week. We will have a vocabulary quiz using week 3 and 4 words next week.
Blog post, due Thursday:
Instead of reading an article this week, watch the following TED talk:
www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world?language=en#t-538338
Then, answer the following questions:
1. What is Jane McGonigal's overall argument? Summarize it in at least 4-5 sentences.
2. What was one thing that Jane McGonigal said in her TED talk that intrigued or surprised you? Why?
3. Do you agree with her argument? Do you think that playing games is as beneficial as she argues? Why or why not?
4. Write your own level 3 question and answer it in 4-5 sentences.