Activity Overview
Students will assess the compositions that their peers wrote about specific settings. They will respond to the work and provide suggestions to make it better. They will edit their compositions while taking into account their peers' responses.
Before the Activity
See the attached Activity PDF file for detailed instructions for this activity.
Print the appropriate pages from the Activity for your class.
Install the NoteFolio(tm) App on the students' graphing calculators following the attached instructions.
During the Activity
Distribute the appropriate pages from the Activity to your class
Distribute the NoteFolio(tm) file(s) to your class using TI Connect(tm) and the appropriate TI Connectivity cable
Follow the procedures outlined in the Activity
Students will:
Write about their observations.
Gain a strong understanding of the purpose of setting.
Understand the characteristics of powerful and descriptive language.
Recognize the relationship between choice of language and audience response.
Work effectively with other peers.
Make productive use of student feedback.
Create a final polished composition that describes a setting using vivid language.
After the Activity
For homework, the students should revise their drafts. Each student will submit his or her own revision of the group composition to the teacher for a grade.