Olivia Sutton

This Google Slides Hyperdoc will lead students through discovering & completing pre-reading activities: What is science-fiction as a genreBackground author study information (Ray Bradbury)Agree/Disagree about subjects/topics/themes found in the story & charactersAudio/reading of the text (by me!)Media comparison of 2 versions of short storyLiterary Terms applicationReal-world article about traveling & living on another planet (NYTimes article)Creative writing extension assignment**Hyperdoc wa

This presentation will offer your students a way to make personal connections, providing their own thoughts and opinions about various characters, conflict and topics found within this classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. This presentation was originally used as enrichment and could easily be adapted for whole class discussions, as well as making a copy for each student & allowing them time to explore questions/topics and write their own responses/thoughts to then share and disc

This hyperdoc was used as a culminating activity at the end of the school year (during pandemic) but could honestly be used ANY school year - either at the end OR as a kick-off to the year for students to revisit at the end of that school year. The idea is to provide students the opportunity to reflect who they are now - who/what has shaped the person they are and also the person that they hope to become. Letters could be sent back to students prior to moving on to high school (or traditionall

I used this mini lesson for students once they were a few chapters into their independent reading book. We took 2-3 days to kick this off, along with follow-ups where students could then share the lines that they have found. Lifting lines was something we did THROUGHOUT independent reading the entire school year.

I used this as a mini-lesson prior to doing book talks in small groups. This was meant to show what to do and what not to do and also provide students a chance to jot down their thoughts and ideas if they were unsure what information what to share. My 7th graders did book talks on novels that they had read independently. To reinforce listening skills, students who were in the group listening, kept a "want to check out" list in their writer's notebook.

I used this for writing prompt ideas in students' writers notebooks during distance learning this past spring. I like to give students choice - as you will see on slide #1 *Please feel free to change dates at the top of each slide.