2.04 Ms. Roberts 3rd period

Writing a cause and effect essay.

In October, we will be working on a complete cause and effect essay.

This essay will be your Module 2 Exam grade after we work on it all month.

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The 2 articles that you will use are about the Effects of Video Games on People.​

Why am I doing this?

W2b I am going develop a topic with relevant, well chosen facts, information, and examples.

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W10 Now that I am in the 8th grade, I will write over extended period of time for research, reflection, and revision.

While reading, notice 2 good effects and 2 negative effects in both articles.

2.Read the 2 articles about video games.

Look at the graphic organizer to see how it fits in the one they give you.​

1.Read the Facebook article.

This is what I do on Monday

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Your Graphic Organizer will have your information about Video Games. It is due on Thursday.

The following essay is about Facebook. You need to read it so that you can see how it will fit into the Graphic Organizer. It is just an example!!

We will start with an example essay.

PS Read the article.

​Head's up:

The practice one is about Facebook.

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Yours will be about Video Games.​

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Multiple Choice

Your goal is to write an informational article to inform the reader about the effects of the invention of social networking. You want to find interesting facts, but you also want to make sure they are accurate.

You type "social networking" and "effects" into a search engine and find an online news article titled "Facebook—Friend or Foe?"

Would this be a good place to start?

• Yes

• No

• You won't know until you read it.

​Step one.. go back and read the article if you haven't.

Step two.. read this part. ​

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• the code word is moving boxes

​Now see how that part about "phishing" goes here in the Graphic Organizer.

Multiple Choice

With some new questions in mind, it is time to find a second resource. You type "social networking" into a search engine and are offered many suggestions.Which of the following sites would be your best choice?

• Social Networking for Dummies (www.snfd.freeblogs.net)

• Perfect Profile Creation (www.connectingfriends.com/helpcenter/profile/)

• Social Networking (www.socialnetworking.procon.org/)

​Now here's your second source.

Read it.​

​This is how the 2nd source would go it.

​You have to read the following articles so that we can work on the Graphic Organizer when I get back.

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That assignment is called ​

​Graded_Coursework_2.04 Graphic Organizer_Due 10.6

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Code word: moving boxes​

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​This is what ours will look like in Canvas.

​On Tuesday, I do this....

Cause and effect in Flocabulary.

1. Watch the video

2. Vocab game

3. Read and respond

4. Quiz​

This assignment is due on Friday.

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The next slide tells me how to get the assignment. ​

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It is due on Friday.​

​Study Island Assignment

​Both Monday and Tuesday, I can..

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Match

Match the following.

• Read the first article about social media.

• Do Study Island Assignment.

• Read 2 Video Game articles.

• Do the Flocabulary.

• This is Ms. Roberts telling me what is due this week.

We will use it as a practice activity.

I will go through Clever to find it.

These are the articles I will use the rest of the semester, so I need to know them.

It's an assignment about cause and effect.

Listen to the audio!

• We will use it as a practice activity.

• I will go through Clever to find it.

• These are the articles I will use the rest of the semester, so I need to know them.

• It's an assignment about cause and effect.

• Listen to the audio!

​Here is the work in Canvas:

​Note that all of these due dates are this week. Anything after that loses 10 points a day.

Poll

I understand that I have work to do while Ms. Roberts is out. It would be a very bad idea to NOT do this work while she is out.