Lessons that Worked!

Ms Malloy: Digital Literacy Lesson

Grade 7 lesson on digital citizenship - How to behave ethically online from Media Smarts:

http://digitalcitizenship.wqsb.qc.ca/2016/06/29/gr-7-behaving-ethically-online-media-smarts/

Grade 8 lesson on the same:

http://digitalcitizenship.wqsb.qc.ca/2016/06/29/what-place-does-digital-media-have-in-our-lives/

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Dear 16 year old me.

Video Provided by Summer Rietveld 

With summer right around the corner kids often forget about the whole sunburn thing. This short video talks pretty frankly, albeit somewhat humorously, about the whole healthy skin topic and the damage the sun can do. Preview first, can get a little sad at the end but I think its a topic well worth some discussion.

-Summer

Importance of Physical Activity

 Teacher will MODEL:  *play fun music*  Five 20 second exercises for students  (Using exercises that are not embarrassing/intimidating) with just bodyweight) - Can use desk, wall, chair!  Students will follow along: (~ 5 Minutes)

• Read Article as a class - Highlight, make notes, etc . ~(10 minutes)

• Hand out a list of no-equipment exercises

• Teacher will quickly model as many exercises as possible, and students will HIGHLIGHT 15 they feel they could do.  (~7 minutes)

• STUDENT STIMULATION/ MOVEMENT:   Students will partner up, and create a routine with 9  exercises that are 20 seconds each.  *Students will hand in the list to teacher.   (~10 minutes)

• No Student Missed by teacher:  Each group will present their 3 minute (use timer on board to help with 20 second intervals, and play fun music) Class will follow along.  (15 minutes)

• Student Personal Time: Students will write down in their package exercises they found easy, difficult, boring, fun, etc.

materials:  

• http://www.webmd.boots.com/fitness-exercise/guide/benefits-of-exercise-teenagers

• No Equiptment exercises: http://julesfuel.com/2013/11/02/bodyweight-exercises/

• Students need paper for their list

• Fun music

• Classroom timer.

• Option: A personal assessment tool for students to hand in- I.e- Did they have a positive attitude? Did they try? etc

Lacking Job Skills

Video provided by S. Rietveld  

The video is about how businesses are having trouble filling entry level positions due to the candidates (usually youth) not possessing or fulfilling the basic skills needed for the current job market such as proper dress, punctuality, and independent work habits. Some interesting discussion topics!

Lesson:  

1) Create a class list of skills needed for job market. (about 15 skills)

2) Small groups: Rank the skills in order of importance

3) Full group discussion/sharing

4) Taking Symmes Jr High as a general pool of society, what are some skills that your generation lacks? 

Hack-School

Watch 12 minute video followed by 10 minute debate:  

Debate

“The education system does not prepare students for life.”

Split group in to two groups, 1 in support and 1 against the motion. 

When 13 year-old Logan LaPlante grows up, he wants to be happy and healthy. He discusses how hacking his education is helping him achieve this goal. 

FACEBOOK FOLLIES

A Doc-Zone documentary on CBC. 

I would suggest pre-viewing this video as it is a bit long, but has some excellent points! 

Generation Boomerang

With the "New Normal" being"kids" living at home well into their 30s,,,, what do our students think about that?! 

DOC ZONE VIDEO; 45 minutes long. *More interesting for older grades. 

ARE WE INTERNET OBSESSED?

Video: 7 minutes

Small group discussion questions: 12 minuutes

Classroom wrap up: 5 minutes    

Here is a second video if needed: 

Zero Waste Video

Video: 5 minutes, groups of 3, and class chats! 

Quality of life in small houses

Is it possible to have a good quality of life in a small house??? 

Group Discussion, Partner work, and 6 minute video. Watch how a snowboarder went from a mansion to a shack, and loves it! 

Discussing Disabilities

A discussion about Disabilities.

VIDEO link to go with lesson: 

Where are peoples Manner's

Video, Pair work, class dicussion. 

What does Community mean?

Class discussion, handouts and extras 

What is Beauty

Class discussion Questions, and handouts.

Setting Goals

Discussing and Setting Goals 

Discussing HONESTY

Take a look at how HONEST we are

Class discussion, activities...

Happiness

IS happiness learned? Or are your born Happy?!? 

Discussion Questions, activity sheets, etc. 

Gender Roles

A look at gender roles and stereotypes. 

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Discussing Anger

Is it every okay to be Angry? 

Discussion and worksheets to deal with anger

FOOD WASTE- just video so far.

Video 11 minutes.... 

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Power of Positivity.

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21 minute video about the power of being positive!. Might want to just play part of it. 

Food around the world...

Grab a paper and pencil... 

Go through each photo, and take down notes about each countries diet. What do we notice? 

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SLEEP!

Lesson not complete. 

1) watch 4 minute video about sleep

2) come up with a class list of tips to get a good night sleep in small groups. 

The Science of addictive food

Lesson Not complete

Watch this 11 minute video about the science behind addictive food. 

Random Acts of Kindness

1) Come up with a definition for a Random Act of Kindness

2) Watch video (4 mins)

3) Come up with a list of 20 things that students will try to do before end of week that is a random act of kindness..

Creating a bucketlist

This quick 15 minute lessons gets studnets thinking about their future...thinking BIG! 

March 21 International Poetry day

Rather than having students read a whole poem to the class. 

Have students pick TWO lines, from each of their poems.

In groups of 3/4, students will construct their own poem based on their own poems.