Parent overview of Writing for Change Academy

2. A Writing Activity
Please take a name tag and a speech or thought
bubble.
On the bubble please write to the following:
“Three words that describe me are….”
Make sure you include your name on the front.

3. Meet our Staff!

4. W4C: A History

5. Daily Schedule
8:30 -8:45 Journal Writing/ Warm-Up
8:45-10:00 Introduction of New Project
10:o0 -10: 10 Break
10:10- 11:30 Independent Writing, Writing Groups,
Individualized Assistance
11:30 -11:50 Author Share/ Video Diary/ Reflection
11:50 Clean up, Students escorted to front of school for
pick up/ dismissal

6. What is a digital footprint?
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/videos/student-intro-video-digital-footprint

7. Introducing a wonderful
resource:
What is common sense media?
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/parent-media-education

8. Some Key Project
Opportunities
www.sandiegokidswrite.com
Youth Voices Project/ NWP clmooc
www.writingforchange.net
Author visit Lee Silber on July 1st.
July3rd, 10:30 am. Public Share of Student
Work

9. An Overview ofSan Diego
Kids Write www.sandiegokidswrite.com

10. Youth Voices
http://www.youthvoices.net/
http://www.youthvoices.net/node/25271

11. NWP #clmooc Making
Learning Connected
Using Graphic Novels
Word Maps
Stop Animation
iMovie
Blog that will continue
into the new school year

12. Writing For Change Site

13. Author Visit Lee Silber

14. A portfolio share

15. Family Communication

16. Please log in:
Each studentwill createa log in name and
password. After the student is logged in and
posts, we will then enroll our families. You will be
able to see all our Edmodo work and links daily!
www.edmodo.com
Class code jwmi6n

17. Creating a Parent Code

18. Questions and Answers

19. Forms, Forms, Forms!

20. One final thought…
“The world changes according to the way people
see it, and if you can alter, even by a millimeter,
the way people look at reality, then you can
change the world.”
James Baldwin, American Novelist, writer and
civil rights activist.
How will our voices change the world?