Period One

Period Two

Period Three

Period Four

Period Six

PERIOD SEVEN

I Want to Hear a Poem: poem demanding that people slam about what matters

Waiting for Someone: conversation with a homeless veteran

Times I’ve Been Mistaken for a Girl: gender stereotypes

Bronx 6th Grader: short story of a 6th grade slam poet

Shake the Dust: inspirational poem

Totally Like Whatever, You Know?: speaking with conviction

Scratch & Dent Dreams: go for your dreams

Letter to Playground Bully: overcoming bullies

Please select a podcast below that sounds interesting. Then pick up the colored paper in the back of the room + a lined paper. Enjoy!

1. Criminal: Secrets & Seances (pink paper)
2. The Moth: Prom (purple paper)
3. Criminal: Tiger (yellow paper)
4. Criminal: Deep Dive(green paper)
5. Criminal: Money Tree(orange paper)
6. Unfictional: Falling (blue paper)

If you are on this website, that means you completed FOUR assignments for the “Comparing two nonfiction texts” standard. That is a lot of work–well done! You now get to enjoy another podcast, which can be found here. Please answer questions from the bright green paper on a lined piece of paper.

When you are done with BOTH assignments and the level 4 (optional) get a green paper & lined paper from the back of the room & headphones from the front. Then, click here to listen to a podcast (look for the button that says “listen now”) and use it to complete the green paper (answer on lined paper).

If you finish with EVERYTHING you may free read or free rice. 🙂

For today’s BOE, you will choose ONE topic and read TWO articles that discuss that idea/event.

Then, fill out your assessment, which allows you to analyze & compare the two nonfiction texts.

LEVEL 4 (optional): Look at the article you didn’t choose in question 5. Suppose you are the editor for this article. What recommendations would you make to the author to improve the readers’ understanding of the topic? Give three recommendations, including specific reasons for each, that explain how these improvements would help the reader understand the topic more clearly. If these improvements were made, would this change your answer to question 5? Justify your answer. (complete on lined paper)

A Mile in Our Shoes: Muslim Teens

Article #1: On back counter

Article #2: Teen behind new hijab emoji: ‘I just wanted an emoji of me’

A Mile in Our Shoes: LGBT Community 

Article #1: On back counter

Article #2: Jason Collins continuing to push for LGBT acceptance in sports

A Mile in Our Shoes: Refugees

Article #1: On back counter

Article #2: Swimming for Her Life (Get the Scope magazine from back counter)

A Mile in Our Shoes: Native Americans

Article #1: On back counter

Article #2: Alaska Village, Citing Climate Change, Seeks Disaster Relief in Order to Relocate

RE-SAVE SEGMENTS

Watch this video to learn how to re-save each segment from yesterday so it’s ready to be put all together!

GET MUSIC

1. Locate the song you chose earlier at http://freemusicarchive.org/

2. Once you find the song you want to use, push the down arrow and the song will start downloading. Once it is downloaded, move the song to your desktop.

TO INSERT MUSIC + PUT EVERYONE’S WORK TOGETHER 

Steps:

1. Open up a new Audacity folder

2. Under “File” select “Import”, then “Audio”. Here you will choose the song you downloaded

3. For music: you will only be using 5-15 segments of the song for each transition. To “cut” parts of the entire song and make it shorter, highlight the part of the song you don’t want, then find the scissors button under the 7.5 at the top. Once you click that, the unused song will be cut.

4. For intro/outro/segments: Under “File” select “Import”, then “Audio”. Here you will choose the next segment/intro/outro

5. Repeat process: music–>intro–>segment #1–>segment #2–>segment #3–>outro

6. If you need to move the order of either the songs, or the segments, find the key that looks like this: <—> and click on that. You will then be able to move each piece to where you would like it placed.

SAVE ENTIRE PROJECT {only once your recording is exactly how you want it}

1. File–>Save Other–>Export as WAV

2. Make sure “desktop” is selected

3. Type YOUR PODCAST TITLE

4. A “table” will pop up wanting information, just click “okay”

5. Close out of the program Audacity. It will ask you to save. SAVE IT WITH THE PODCAST TITLE TO THE DESKTOP.

TO SHARE ON ONE DRIVE: 

1. Open One Drive

2. Click “upload”

3. Select your FINAL podcast and upload

4. Once it’s uploaded, you will see a little lock picture under “sharing”. Click on that. Then click “invite people”. Share with: ME (kristin.vogel@dmschools.org) + each group member.

WHEW–YOU ARE DONE! TIME TO…

Okay everyone, take a deep breath: it’s recording day! Below you will find step by step instructions on how to: record your audio, save your work, put everyone’s work together, and find/insert music into your podcast. Because this process is new to most of you, it may get frustrating at times. I need you to DO YOUR BEST TO FIGURE OUT THINGS ON YOUR OWN. I am of course available for help, but please try to be as independent as possible. Good luck & happy podcasting!

Watch this video first!

ALL SEGMENTS NEED TO BE SAVED SEPARATELY. Once you are done recording your segment, push stop and follow the “save” directions below. You will close out of the recording before starting the next one!

TO RECORD (read ALL directions before you begin):

1. Open the program “Audacity” found on the desktop.

2. Get your paper ready so you can read your script.

3. Hit RECORD (the red circle), and begin speaking.

4.  When you are finished, push STOP (the square).

TO SAVE {only once your recording is exactly how you want it}

EDITED (this is different from the video’s directions)

1. Click control + S
2. Click “desktop”
3. Title it: intro, segment 1, segment 2, etc.
4. It will look like this on the desktop:

TO GET MUSIC

1. Locate the song you chose earlier at http://freemusicarchive.org/

2. Once you find the song you want to use, push the down arrow and the song will start downloading. Once it is downloaded, move the song to your desktop.

TO INSERT MUSIC + PUT EVERYONE’S WORK TOGETHER 

1. Open up a new Audacity folder

2. Under “File” select “Import”, then “Audio”. Here you will choose the song you downloaded

3. For music: you will only be using 5-15 segments of the song for each transition. To “cut” parts of the entire song and make it shorter, highlight the part of the song you don’t want, then find the scissors button under the 7.5 at the top. Once you click that, the unused song will be cut.

4. For intro/outro/segments: Under “File” select “Import”, then “Audio”. Here you will choose the next segment/intro/outro

5. Repeat process: music–>intro–>segment #1–>segment #2–>segment #3–>outro

6. If you need to move the order of either the songs, or the segments, find the key that looks like this: <—> and click on that. You will then be able to move each piece to where you would like it placed.

TO SAVE ENTIRE PROJECT {only once your recording is exactly how you want it}

1. Under “File” at the top, select EXPORT AUDIO 

2. Make sure “desktop” is selected

3. Type YOUR PODCAST TITLE

4. A “table” will pop up wanting information. Type your names for “Artist Name” and the name of your podcast for “Track Title”. Then click “okay”.

5. Close out of the program Audacity. It will ask you to save. SAVE IT WITH THE PODCAST TITLE TO THE DESKTOP.

TO SHARE ON ONE DRIVE: 

1. Open One Drive

2. Click “upload”

3. Select your FINAL podcast and upload

4. Once it’s uploaded, you will see a little lock picture under “sharing”. Click on that. Then click “invite people”. Share with: ME (kristin.vogel@dmschools.org) + each group member.

WHEW–YOU ARE DONE! TIME TO CELEBRATE!!

FIND A SONG FOR YOUR PODCAST TODAY!

Here’s how:

You may choose ONE song for your entire podcast. To do this, go to the website http://freemusicarchive.org/, which has “podsafe” music. Click on the GENRE tab at the top, and select one. This will take you to a list of songs. Once you have found a song, record the title (TRACK) + genre + artist on your orange outline. You should not spend more than 5-7 minutes on this task.

Look below to find resources for your podcast segments. 

Background info:

25 Facts

Freshwater Crisis

A Clean Water Crisis

Effects of the crisis:

Water.org

50 Heartbreaking Facts

The Water Project

Solutions:

Top 19 Solutions

The Water Project

Thirst Water Project

A day in the life:

Life of a Girl 

Water Within Reach: Compare how two 5 year olds get water

Flint Water Crisis:

Flint Water Crisis Fast Facts

Flint Time Line

How to help