{"id":528,"date":"2013-10-22T20:02:18","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T01:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kristendembroski.com\/?p=528"},"modified":"2013-12-27T22:25:49","modified_gmt":"2013-12-28T04:25:49","slug":"is-txting-2-much-bad-4-u","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kristendembroski.com\/?p=528","title":{"rendered":"is txting 2 much bad 4 u??"},"content":{"rendered":"

We read a great article today from Junior Scholastic titled “IS TXTING 2 MUCH BAD 4 U?<\/a>” Our learning targets were reading for detail and highlighting with a purpose<\/a>. We first just read through the article, had a brief discussion, then went back and highlighted the pros and cons in two different colors. Next, we identified the audience and purpose of the article. Finally, I elected a student to be the recorder (nice handwriting, right?) and the class create a giant t-chart of the pros (benefits) and cons (dangers) of texting. I was pretty impressed with the list they generated! In the interest of full disclosure, I must add that they were pretty miffed that the article appeared ‘biased’ to them – too many cons and too few pros. A great discussion though!<\/p>\n

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In preparation for our Argumentative Writing Unit<\/a>, tomorrow we will identify the stakeholders in this topic, then write a blog entry<\/a> that includes a thesis (student’s opinion on the topic) and evidence from the article.<\/p>\n

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