Silent Communication and RACE pre-assessment - 28 February and 2 March

Today's Goal: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.1
Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
The Plan:

1. Read!
2. Silent Communication Activity
3. Read the article entitled "High schools are starting to bet on esports"
4. RACE Writing Assignment
5. Pre-Survey
6. Work on CommonLit assignment and/or NoRedInk and/or get help turning in your Video for This I Believe

Homework/Reminders

• No Red Ink "Fragments"
• due Friday, 27 February, 4pm
• if it is completed after 4pm, it will be marked late and you will lose some credit.
• CommonLit.org Article of the Week
• due Friday, 6 March, 4pm
• You must complete the assessment questions. There are 8 of them.
• Make sure you "log in with Google" as always
• YOU CAN ACCESS THE ASSIGNMENT ON GOOGLE CLASSROOM. COOL!
• No Red Ink "Fragments and Quotes"
• due Friday, 13 March, 4pm
• if it is completed after 4pm, it will be marked late and you will lose some credit.

Silent Communication Activity

We're going to keep working on that whole "eye contact" thing we talked about last class. This is an in-class only activity. 

1. You will get a partner today. This partner cannot be someone you know REALLY well.
2. For three minutes, you're going to do a bit of writing about your partner, which I will explain to you. 
3. YOU CANNOT TALK.
4. I REPEAT: YOU CANNOT TALK.

After we talk about what we did in class, you will be doing some silent moving around the room. We will debrief after we finish and talk about:

• What worked?
• What didn't work?
• How important was making eye contact with your peers when it came to being successful in the task?
• What kinds of feelings do different people have about silence?
• What purpose could silence serve?

RACE Writing Assignment

Today's task has one goal: gather some data. We've been working on writing all year in formal and informal ways. We've also just finished a large essay in which you were writing about yourself, so as we transition back to writing about what we read a little more, we need to see what you remember about writing argument and using evidence.

You will not get any help on today's writing assignment. NONE. Your task is to read the article and then answer the question in RACE paragraph format. I need to see what your best is so I can help you make your best even better.

Here's the trick, though: the better you do and the more effort we put into it, the less lecture you get from me about things you already know in the coming weeks because I won't have to bore you while I reteach something that you are capable of doing. 

IDEAL: Write a RACEECEE paragraph, not RACE. Like I said, I need to see your absolute best without my help, so most of you should be using TWO pieces of evidence, not one. 

Task steps:

1. Read the article entitled "High schools are starting to bet on esports"
2. Answer the question provided in RACEECEE paragraph format. You do not have to highlight.
3. Use any resources on the document and around the room that you would like, but Ms. Black and Mr. Mello and Mrs. H will not help. 

Pre-Work Survey

The purpose of this survey is to get a before and after picture of this RACE paragraph and one that you will write in the future. I need to know your perceptions and ideas about what we've been doing in order to see if that changes.

Please fill out this survey after you complete the RACEECEE response.

What DO I DO when I'm done?

1. Please fill out this survey after you complete the RACEECEE response.
2. This I Believe Video needs to be turned in. There's too many of you that have no submission.
3. No Red Ink Due today.
4. CommonLit Article due next Friday.
5. Read