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Please use the database linked above (password is 13pastrami) to search for an article that relates in someway to cyber-bullying.  This can be about a specific case that occurred or resources relating to cyber-bullying.  Please either post a link to the article on Tumblr or bring a print-out of the article to your next DigiLit class.

http://go.galegroup.com/ps/retrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=DA-SORT&inPS=true&prodId=GPS&userGroupName=mlin_s_stang&tabID=T003&searchId=R1&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&contentSegment=&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=1&contentSet=GALE%7CA330375222&&docId=GALE|A330375222&docType=GALE&role=ITOF

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KWL/Key Vocabulary - Cyber-bullying

Complete the KWL based on your knowledge of Cyber-bullying:

What do you KNOW about cyber-bullying: it is unsafe and mean 

What do you WANT to know about cyber-bullying: why do people do it

What did you LEARN about cyber-bullying: it is not good and is sad

To the best of your ability please define the following vocab words within the context of the topic of cyber-bullying.

Target: the person who is being bullied 

Offender: the person who is doing the bullying 

Bystander: someone who is watching 

Upstander: someone who takes action 

Escalate: the problem gets worse 

De-escalate: the problem is solved 

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voicethread

https://voicethread.com/share/4563919/

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Popplet

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/174742

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Literary Elements

Allusion

Aliteration

Simile

Metaphor

Meter

Symbolism

Parallelism

Rhetorical questions

Hyperbole

Repetition

Personification

Irony

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Literary Elements

Allusion

Aliteration

Simile

Metaphor

Meter

Symbolism

Parallelism

Rhetorical questions

Hyperbole

Repetition

Personification

Irony

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Ariana and Kristen's StoryBird

http://storybird.com/books/adventures-of-burt-barney/

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HW #10 - Project time!

1.  Finish your Pixton or Story Bird and post the public link to your Tumblr.  If you worked with a partner you BOTH must post the link on your Tumblr; you will not receive credit for this assignment (two homework grades) if you do not post the link.

2.  Please finish your Fact or Opinion worksheet if you did not finish it in class.  I will be collecting it at the next Digilit class so please remember to bring it with you!

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http://storybird.com/books/the-adventures-of-burt-barney-by-kristen-and-arian/?token=bubhsx3utt√

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HW #10 - Project time!

1.  Finish your Pixton or Story Bird and post the public link to your Tumblr.  If you worked with a partner you BOTH must post the link on your Tumblr; you will not receive credit for this assignment (two homework grades) if you do not post the link.

2.  Please finish your Fact or Opinion worksheet if you did not finish it in class.  I will be collecting it at the next Digilit class so please remember to bring it with you!

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Project time - website evaluation!

Create a children’s book (using StoryBird) or a comic (using Pixton) that is designed to teach middle schoolers about website evaluation.  

If you create a comic: you must chose the “sunday funny” comic type and select one of the templates with seven frames. 

If you create a storybird: you must select a template of artwork and your book must be at least 10 pages (with text on all of these pages) long.

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FACT or OPINION?

Look at the sites listed below. In addition to thinking about don’t just think about what the sites cover and whether they’re accurate or not, but also what biases they might have. Complete your worksheet as you look at each site.

CNN

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FACT or OPINION?

Look at the sites listed below. In addition to thinking about don’t just think about what the sites cover and whether they’re accurate or not, but also what biases they might have. Complete your worksheet as you look at each site.

CNN

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