Jake+and+Meagan

=**Teach to Type**=
 * Welcome to 5th Grade Writing!**
 * Introduction -** Dear students, you are about to go on a wonderful adventure into the typing and blog world. You will learn how to type using a keyboard and publish a creative story online. You will exercise your writing techniques in both the story and commentary on other students stories.


 * Standard -** CC.3.W.6 Production and Distribution of Writing: With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others.


 * Tasks** - During this activity you are going to be asked to complete three tasks.

__**Task 1)**__ The first task is to follow the link, here we will leanrn [|How to Type!] Follow the link and open up the window. Read the Typing Tips. These are ideas that are going to help you first get started. When you are done reading, go to this link, this link will allow you to get some [|Typing Practice]. This link is going to just have you practice typing letters and made up words. Once you feel comfortable with the key board continue on to this [|Typing Game.] Click enter a typing race. Once you have completed this typing game and you feel confident with your typing abilites move on to the next task.

When you are on the story started webpage, click the button for a random story starter sentence. This website allows you to start your own creative story on their web page. You can either type the story on their page, or open up a document in word and type your story there. The rubric for the story is below. It states your requirements and what you must do. When you are complete with your story continue onto task three.
 * __Task 2)__** Now that you have learned more about keyboarding and the proper technique, you will create your own [|story.]

Student wrote at least 2 paragraphs with 5+ sentences in each. || Almost all the written requirements were met. Student wrote at least 2 paragraphs with 3+ sentences in each. || Most of the written requirements were met, but several were not. Student wrote at least 2 paragraphs with 1+ sentences in each. || Many if any of the requirements were not met. Student did not complete writing assignment. || Follow this link to [|create your blog] and then follow the directions below. 1) In the upper right hand corner, click sign up and fill in the needed information. 2) When you are logged in you want to create a space - a blog to be exact. 3) On the left said, click Manage your Spaces. 4) On the right side, click create another space. 5) A pop up will come up that says "What do you want to creat?" Click Blog. 6)The next pop up will say "Choose your Privacy Settings" click Public. This will make it easier for our class later to view and comment on other classmates posts. 7) There will be another pop up that says "Choose a name and Web address". Your space name should be the title of your story and your name. The URL will automatically come up. 8) The next pop up will say "Select a theme for your Space". You can choose whatever theme you would like. 9) The last pop up will say "Your Space is ready!" Click the link that says "Start Posting -- Write a Post Now" 10) The above link will take you to your blog page. This is where you should copy and paste your story from either story starter or word into this area. Also do not forget to set your title. When both of these tasks are complete on the bottom right hand corner click the green "Publish" button. When you have completed steps 1-10 tell me, the teacher, and I will be able to post your story for others in the class to view. When you are also complete with steps 1-10 go onto the final task.
 * **CATEGORY** || **4** || **3** || **2** || **1** ||
 * **Writing Process** || Student devotes a lot of time and effort to the writing process (prewriting, drafting, reviewing, and editing). Works hard to make the story wonderful. || Student devotes sufficient time and effort to the writing process (prewriting, drafting, reviewing, and editing). Works and gets the job done. || Student devotes some time and effort to the writing process but was not very thorough. Does enough to get by. || Student devotes little time and effort to the writing process. Doesn’t seem to care. ||
 * **Focus on Assigned Topic** || The entire story is related to the assigned topic and allows the reader to understand much more about the topic. || Most of the story is related to the assigned topic. The story wanders off at one point, but the reader can still learn something about the topic. || Some of the story is related to the assigned topic, but a reader does not learn much about the topic. || No attempt has been made to relate the story to the assigned topic. ||
 * **Creativity** || The story contains many creative details and/or descriptions that contribute to the reader's enjoyment. The author has really used his imagination. || The story contains a few creative details and/or descriptions that contribute to the reader's enjoyment. The author has used his imagination. || The story contains a few creative details and/or descriptions, but they distract from the story. The author has tried to use his imagination. || There is little evidence of creativity in the story. The author does not seem to have used much imagination. ||
 * **Organization** || The story is very well organized. One idea or scene follows another in a logical sequence with clear transitions. || The story is pretty well organized. One idea or scene may seem out of place. Clear transitions are used. || The story is a little hard to follow. The transitions are sometimes not clear. || Ideas and scenes seem to be randomly arranged. ||
 * **Spelling and Punctuation** || There are no spelling or punctuation errors in the final draft. Character and place names that the author invented are spelled consistently throughout. || There is one spelling or punctuation error in the final draft. || There are 2-3 spelling and punctuation errors in the final draft. || The final draft has more than 3 spelling and punctuation errors. ||
 * **Requirements** || All of the written requirements (# of pages, # of graphics, type of graphics, etc.) were met.
 * __Task 3)__** Once you are completly done with your story and you are happy with the final product, you must post it to a blog.

1) What was good about the story? 2) Could the story use improvement, if so where and how? 3) What was your favorite part of the story? When you have answered these questions on your partners blog, you are complete with your assignment for today.
 * __Task 4)__** You are now complete with your story and your blog. You must now find a partner in class and comment his/her story on the blog site. You should answer the following questions, appropiately.

You should now, make sure to save your story, log out of your blog and sign off the computer and wait paitently until everyone else is finished. If you are one of the first studnets done, work on homeowork silently, read a book silently, or engage yourself in an independent activity that will not disrupt others.

__**Conclusion)**__ In todays class we have learned how to type properly and increased our typing abilities. We have also typed a creative story using the internet, and posted it for others to view and comment. I hope you enjoyed our class session and will continue to use the internet to learn how to type and create creative stories. If you are interested in learning about more tips about typing you can watch the video below and/or surf the web for other educational games! :)

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