It's time for Hall of Heroes at West Hollywood Elementary! Even though we're distance learning, the 2nd Grade students are still excited to tell the stories of their heroes. We will be taking the project online this year so we can share what we've learned with our school community and the world!
Hall of Heroes Rubrics * Rubrics may be tweaked along the way to accommodate distance learning.
Week of April 27th 1. Hero List: Class Brainstorm ( Zoom Meeting ) 2. Hero Assignments - (Start thinking about costumes! Shipping times have slowed) 3. Hero Letter – Due May 4th: Write a letter to your hero. Ask them questions about their life and thank them for being your hero. Your questions will serve as the guiding questions to your research. Letters should be handwritten. Please email a scanned copy to your teacher for publishing.
Week of May 4th 1. May 4th: Publish Letters (Email a scanned copy to your teacher) -Published on Hall of Heroes Website 2. Start Research (GoogleClassroom Research Notes Worksheet) Students may take notes directly in Google Classroom, or print and handwrite notes. Remember to paraphrase and include key words and ideas.
Week of May 11th 1. Begin Hero Life Timeline (Padlet with Ms. Galgana) 2. Continue Research... 3. Begin Expository Writing (Handwritten) - Table of Contents - Introduction - Body / Chapters - Conclusion
Week of May 18th 1. Continue Expository Writing... 2. Visual Presentation / Virtual Poster (Google Slides with Ms. Galgana) * Due to distance learning, students will be creating slide shows instead of traditional posters
Week of May 25th Continue Working on writing, timeline, slides...
Week of June 1st *During this week, the 2nd Grade Team will be publishing and uploading student work to the Hall of Heroes Website* 1. Publish Writing (Email a scanned copy to your teacher) -Published on Hall of Heroes Website 2. Publish Google Slides ( Embedded with Timeline, Writing, Visual Presentation) -Published on Hall of Heroes Website 3. Write 1st Person Speech ( 30 seconds - 1 minute) 4. Record Speech with costume by Friday June 5th - FlipGrid -Published on Hall of Heroes Website