Welcome to Writing for

Change Academy!

Family Meeting

June 22, 2013

A Writing ActivityPlease take a name tag and a speech or thought bubble. On the bubble please write to the following:“Three words that describe me are….”Make sure you include your name on the front.

Meet our Staff!

W4C: A History

Daily Schedule8:30 -8:45 Journal Writing/ Warm-Up8:45-10:00 Introduction of New Project10:o0 -10: 10 Break 10:10- 11:30 Independent Writing, Writing Groups, Individualized Assistance11:30 -11:50 Author Share/ Video Diary/ Reflection11:50 Clean up, Students escorted to front of school for pick up/ dismissal

What is a digital footprint?

http://www.commonsensemedia.org/videos/student-intro-video-digital-footprint

Introducing a wonderful resource:

What is common sense media?http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/parent-media-education

Some Key Project Opportunities

www.sandiegokidswrite.comYouth Voices Project/ NWP clmoocwww.writingforchange.netAuthor visit Lee Silber on July 1st.July 3rd, 10:30 am. Public Share of Student Work

An Overview of San Diego Kids Write www.sandiegokidswrite.com

Youth Voices http://www.youthvoices.net/

http://www.youthvoices.net/node/25271

NWP #clmooc Making Learning Connected

Using Graphic Novels

Word Maps

Stop Animation

iMovie

Blog that will continue into the new school year

Writing For Change Site

Author Visit Lee Silber

A portfolio share

Family Communication

Please log in:Each student will create a log in name and password. After the student is logged in and posts, we will then enroll our families. You will be able to see all our Edmodo work and links daily!www.edmodo.comClass code jwmi6n

Creating a Parent Code

Questions and Answers

Forms, Forms, Forms!

One final thought…“The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you can alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change the world.” James Baldwin, American Novelist, writer and civil rights activist.How will our voices change the world?