Final Day...let's do it!!

Once you are done with your Padlet, you need to submit your Padlet link on this document.

FINAL DAY....THIS IS IT!!!

Pull it all together...Your Current Events Padlet needs to go LIVE by the end of class and you need to share your link on this document.

Create a Wall about Your Topic!

Your job today is to start pulling together a published page about the topic you have chosen to research.

You must first complete all questions in your Google Doc before you start laying out your 'wall'.

When you are ready you can go to

http://padlet.com.  Sign in using your Wellesley google ID/password.

There are lots of ways to modify the layout/format of your page. so, take a few minutes to play with the formatting but then get to work creating a high-quality wall that includes all your information.

I've set up a Google Classroom for this class…check it out!

Step 1: Sign into your Wellesley Google Account
Step 2:  classroom.google.com
Step 3: On the Home page, click +.
Step 4: Enter the code k7zoyt  in the box and click JOIN.

TAKE ACTION NOW!

Download this document and make a copy.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fTRpRlsCfNsdfHHEgu9pJMFDXOf1e6rGrOKXp5D3ZQY/edit?usp=sharing


Take Action Now!!

1. Topic (make it focused):
2. Description of the topic (about 1 paragraph. what is going on, what historical facts do we need to know to understand this issue, why should this be front cover news? why should we care
3. Articles/Websites (should have 3) listed and links pasted.
4. 2-3 Images that help tell the story. (paste links below)
5. What action needs to take place? (this is your opinion…try to identity 3-4 specific actions, including specifically WHO needs to take the action)
6. Paragraph (or 2) describing why you care about this issue. Why are you passionate about this? Connect this to you personally.

What is going on in the World? Week of Oct 21, 2014

What 3 things should we (you choose who the WE is:  The World, The U.S., Massachusetts citizens) be focusing our time/energy on right now?

You have 30 minutes to browse the following sites to come up with your 3 THINGS WE NEED TO ACT ON/LEARN MORE ABOUT/DO SOMETHING ABOUT.

By 9:30 you need to have posted your response on the following site:  http://padlet.com/kateharrigan1/3keythings

Websites to browse:

International focus
http://www.bbc.com/news/
http://www.theguardian.com/us

National focus
www.nytimes.com
www.usatoday.com
www.cnn.com

Massachusetts focus
boston.com
http://www.bostonherald.com

Cool site on useful debating phrases

All might not apply, but I especially like the following list:

http://www.teflsites.com/Expressions%20for%20Discussion%20and%20Debate%20new.pdf

Expressing solutions and alternatives

• ß  The solution is to ... Then you will ...
  
• ß  The best way to ... is ...
  
• ß  To ..., you really have to ....
  
• ß  There are many choices. You can ... You
  can .......
  
• ß  Alternatively, ...
  
• ß  Instead, ...
  
• ß  The alternative is… 
  
  
  
  Expressing Cause and effect
  Cause
  ß The reason why... is ...
  ß The reason why ... is that ... ß Due to ...,...
  ß Because...
  ß Because of...
  ß Because...,
  ß Since...,
  ß ...is why...
  Result
  ß For this reason,...
  ß For this reason alone, ... ß Owing to this, ...
  ß This is why ...
  ß That’s why...
  ß This is the reason why ... ß Therefore
  ß So
  ß As a result
  ß Consequently,...
  ß Thus,...