Glogster biography project template
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Lesson Plan shadow 11/16/10 Objective: employ a variety trap writing genres to show a complete grasp advice significant ideas in selected
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I have taught English for a few years , and do projects quite frequently; however, this is the first year I have done the read it at home book report.
My first advice is to pre-approve a genre or book. Our school has great resources, but sometimes not a huge variety due to a large student population. I did not want my students to not read because the book they wanted was checked out or there wasn’t a large enough variety of genre, so my criteria was for students to read a “chapter book.” I went further to add that Junie B Jones, while a great series for 4th graders, was not age appropriate for 7th graders and suggested the Lone Star List as a guideline.
I started off with a scrapbook book report, an idea from another teacher I Googled. I took her printable and basic instructions (I made it class specific and took out biography info). This project, at the time, was a completion grade. When I tried to find the source, I found a ton of rubrics that I could have adjusted.
I suggested Glogster, as providing scrapbook paper and time in class was expensive and time-consuming. Glogster is an online multimedia poster/collage maker. When I was searching again for my source, I found this template that I wish I had. The site and our web filter at school did not agree
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As a Reading Specialist and Technology Integration Facilitator for my building, my colleagues are always asking me for suggestions of tools to use for various research projects or reading/writing projects. One 5th grade teacher is currently looking to do a project on heroes of the Women’s Rights Movement. She is looking into Glogster or having the students create a fake Facebook wall (somehow, and with some tool!) and approached me for advice and help!
Glogster
Although I’ve dabbled with Glogster, I had to play with it more to give her my true opinion (I love it!). I definitely recommend it as an option (see samples below!), since there are some great features for embedding photos and video. Check out these sample historical biography Glogs by Indian Pines Elementary.
As for the “fake” Facebook profile, there are many tools and templates to choose from. I came across this list of templates that could be used for students to create a fake profile. Additional templates can also be found here! In addition, here’s a great post from iLearn Technology about creating “‘Facebook’ Profile Pages for Literary Characters.” She uploaded a template on Crocodoc and had students create their “Facebook” pages from