Good morning!
Here I am again as your virtual teacher. I am attending Cognitive Coaches training, which means that I am learning new ways to help others think and develop problem-solving skills. You know that I believe that helping you learn how to use good thinking skills is one of the most important parts of my job! 
I have tried to prepare some interesting lessons for you today. Please work quietly and independently. Remember to read, think, reread, and think some more as you work to follow the directions. Follow the steps in order and enjoy your lesson!
1. Put on your headphones and listen to this podcast from me.
2. Open Smart Notebook. Click File, Open, GH708 drive, ELA folder, Compare and Contrast file. Carefully read through the 5 pages of the file. Reread if you need to do so. Pay attention to the model of writing on the 5th page. Notice how it is organized:
* Paragraph 1: Introduction
* Paragraph 2: Details about Superman
* Paragraph 3: Details about Batman
* Paragraph 4: Closing paragraph
3. Now click on this link to view a compare and contrast lesson. Use the arrow button on the right to click through 10 pages. This document is very long. Don’t read it all! The last slide you read should be titled Balanced Ideas in the white box between the arrows.
4. Now I’m going to read you a book. You will need your headphones. Double click on My Computer. Click GH708, the ELA folder, and then Teacher from the Black Lagoon. When you finish, you may watch it a 2nd time if you wish.
5. Your next activity will require some thinking. Your next task is to compare and contrast Mrs. Green from the story with your own teacher, Mrs. Foxworth! Create an Open Mind map to organize your ideas. Click on the Open Mind image below to get a larger view. Use this map to create yours. Add your own details to to the Appearance (how she looks), Actions (what she does), and Character Traits (personality) branches. You may go back to the story if you need to reread.
6. Now open a new Word document. Using your graphic organizer, write a paper to compare Mrs. Green with Mrs. Foxworth. Remember how the model paper was set up. Plan to write 4 paragraphs: an introductory paragraph, a paragraph describing Mrs. Green, a paragraph describing Mrs. Foxworth, and a closing paragraph. Use vivid vocabulary and descriptive language. Save this document to your folder.
7. Now make a comment on these assignments. (Use your gagglenet account as the email address.) Describe something in the lesson today that you liked , something you learned, or something you found challenging.
8. Now get your reading folder and engage in self-selected reading.
20 responses so far ↓
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ethan
// Apr 24, 2007 at 9:27 am
i think people should try this because you learn something and get to compare things that sre the same or diffenert i think you people should try this is easy
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ethan
// Apr 24, 2007 at 9:28 am
i think people should try this because you learn something and get to compare things that sre the same or diffenert i think you people should try this is easy.
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Lindsey
// Apr 26, 2007 at 8:56 am
I think the comparing and contrasting Mrs. Foxworth and Mrs. Green was challenging. I liked that though.
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Sarah
// Apr 26, 2007 at 8:59 am
I really enjoyed doing theese activities! i love working independently and i think we should do it more often!
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Priya
// Apr 26, 2007 at 9:02 am
I really like doing the activites! I love working indendently.
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Taylor G.
// Apr 26, 2007 at 9:03 am
I think that other people around the world should try this because its really fun to do. I think that this easy to do and I really liked this assignment. What i think about are assignment is that its eductionaly fun other kids.
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Linda Monette
// Apr 26, 2007 at 9:17 am
Mrs. Foxworth worked hard on the assignment above and I really injoyed it! I learned how to type and compare and contrast better.
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Molly M.
// Apr 26, 2007 at 9:39 am
This was a challenging asignment. But I got threw it thankfully, and ya’ll should try it sometime.
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Neal
// Apr 26, 2007 at 10:06 am
I think we should do this more often. I love to work identpently
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Cody
// Apr 26, 2007 at 10:08 am
I think some of this is hard. I like to work by my self sometimes. I enjoy doing this kind of stuff.
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calieb
// Apr 26, 2007 at 10:11 am
Mrs.Foxworth I like.
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Leanne
// Apr 26, 2007 at 10:12 am
I think that kids round the world should try the fun activites .So they can learn alittle bit more.
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Adrian
// Apr 26, 2007 at 10:18 am
Dear Mrs. foxworth,
I think that you did a great job making the blog entry of telling us what to do. But how did you get the little thing that we could click on to here you tell us something about what we are going to do.Please tell me how if you don’t then that is fine with me. I had fun doing the activities.I also think that you have a good color for the blog.I liked the book that you told us to read.
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Josh
// Apr 26, 2007 at 10:19 am
Dear Mrs.Foxworth
I think u did great on making the pod cast. I had fun doing all of the activities. I liked the book that u read to us. I think that it was a good book. I liked the whole lesson.
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Israel
// Apr 26, 2007 at 10:21 am
this is really fun working like this. We should do it more often like everyone else said. Can you try sometime do it again? It’s really fun to do it. WORKING INDEPENDENTLY ROCKS! SOMETIMES.
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aarron
// Apr 26, 2007 at 10:22 am
dear mis.foxworth
when we had to conpair you to mis.green it was hard because sometimes you can be mean and mis.green is mean.
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victoria
// Apr 26, 2007 at 10:35 am
I liked the campare and contrrast activitiy
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Amelia
// Apr 26, 2007 at 10:41 am
Hi Mrs. Foxworth i relley liked the story you read to us I like those kind of bookes!! I also like working independentley it’s cool sometimes
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Sean S.
// Apr 26, 2007 at 11:12 am
It was very fun comparing teachers to monsters……and some what odd.
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Garrett
// Apr 26, 2007 at 11:30 am
Hey, Mrs. Foxworth I realy liked the asignments that you gave us thy were really fun. The one I liked the most was the compare and contrast.
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