MOT PowerPoint

Do Now Take out your Rough Drafts and your

Grade Yourself responses

Respond to the following prompt on a whole sheet of paper: What was one topic that you would like

to learn more about from the MOT? Why are you interested in this topic? What are two questions that you have

about this topic that you would like to research more?

Standard Writing.8.2: Write

informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.

Objective Students will write informative

texts examining one topic that they learned about at the Museum of Tolerance by creating a PowerPoint presentation with slides containing both text and pictures conveying information about their chosen topic.

Agenda1. Do Now

2. Honors- Catch-up Activity

3. Onion Ring PowerPoint Topic Activity

4. Internet Credibility Mini-Lesson

5. MOT Inquiry in Google Docs

6. ELA 8- Read Night

Honors catch-up Activity

Socratic Seminar

Which form of media-- print, video or visual art-- is the most effective at appealing to pathos (evoking an emotional reaction)?

Write two opinions and one question.

Video of the Holocaust Open your Google drive and open the Video of

the Holocaust document and continue working on it.

MOT PowerPoint Onion Ring

Take your Do Now with you

Stand up and form two concentric circles

Line up across from the person that has the same number and color card as you do.

Example: Ace of diamonds lines up across from Ace of hearts

Each person takes 30 seconds to explain the topic that he/she is interested in researching and shares his/her questions

Make notes about any topics that you hear that also interest you

Inside circle rotates clockwise

You will use the information that you gather here to choose your groups later

Internet Credibility Not all sites on the internet are credible

Using Google Chrome, Google the word Nazis.

Follow the link with this address from the first page of the search: http://www.history.com/topics/nazi-party

In another window, follow the link with this address from the second page of the search: http://indianajones.wikia.com/wiki/Nazi

Discuss with your group, what is the difference between these two sites? Which one is more credible?

MOT PowerPoint Inquiry

Discuss with your group possible topics for research and questions that you could ask/answer with your research

Fill out the MOT PowerPoint Inquiry form about the topic that you are interested in researching with your group