8th+Language+Arts

Contributing Teacher(s): LaTonya Groves
Resources: @http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/

Standards Addressed:
Demonstrate knowledge of correct sentence structure by correcting run-on sentences (e.g., using correct punctuation, forming separate sentences, using coordinating or subordinating clauses) and sentence fragments (e.g., supplying the missing sentence elements).

ISTE Technology:
Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.

Procedures: 1. Review the strategies for creating complex and compound sentences 2. Ask students to log onto wwww.Todaysmeet.com,
3. Give instructions for logging onto Todaysmeet. 4. Show students various news clips from CNN news for kids. 5. Ask students to write either a compound or complex sentence in response to the news clip.