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*Canbecompletedbystudentsathomeortogetherinthecomputerlabduringclass.

MixedInkCollaborativeWritingProjectSampleLessonPlan

Teachermaterials&preparation:

SetupclassandprojectonMixedInkswebsiteinadvance Onecomputerwithinternetconnectionperstudent Atleastoneofthefollowing:

o Displayprojectswebaddressonblackboard/screeno Shareprojectswebaddresswithstudentsviaemail(preferable,if

studentshaveemailaddressesandcanaccesstheminschool)

Optional:o Projectorandscreenforo Studentusernamesandtemporarypasswordsprintedonseparate

slipsofpaper

Tasks:

1. RoughDraft DirectstudentstotheprojectwebaddressatMixedInkandintroduce

thecollaborativewritingproject.

Studentswatchthedemovideoprovidedintheleftcolumnontheprojectsinfotab*

EachstudentcompletesaroughdraftindividuallyonMixedInk.*

2. Rating&Commenting:Round1* Studentsrateatleast6oftheirpeersessays. Studentsleavethoughtfulcommentsonatleast2texts.

3. Review(optional) Spend10-20minutesreviewingthehighestratedtextsand

addressingsomeofthestudentscommentswiththeclass.

4. Remixing Eachstudentcreatesanewversionoftheessay(1)weavingtextfrom

atleast3oftheirpeers,and(2)includingatleast3sentencesthatweremostlywrittenbyothers.

5. Rating&Commenting:Round2*

Studentsrateatleast6new(remixed)texts. Studentscommenton2newtexts.

6. Top-VersionDiscussion Discussthetop-ratedversionwiththeclass.Reviewthestrengths

andqualityofthetop-ratedversion(s),whileallowingstudentsto

discussaspectsofthetextthatespeciallyimpressedthem.