1. Let
the
Genre
Games
Begin!
Mrs.
Jean
Hellwege
Sco9
Middle
School
Librarian
Mrs.
Kim
Ridder
Sco9
Middle
School
6th
Grade
Teacher
Lincoln
Public
Schools
2. Who,
What,
When,
Why
&
How
• Sixth
grade
language
arts
classes.
• Learn
about
genre,
how
to
use
technology
tools
and
digital
content
resources
(databases)
at
middle
school.
• Eight
days.
• Prepare
students
for
research
and
NeSA.
3. Who,
What,
When,
Why
&
How
• Quia
• Google
Docs
• InspiraQon
• Online
databases
• Wordle
• NetTrekker
• Online
catalog
• Library
website
4. Skills:
• Infer
• Summarize
• CapitalizaQon
• Skim
and
scan
• Create,
save,
share
in
Google
Docs
• Use
Quia
• Use
digital
content
resources
5. Skills
Using TLC account
Choosing books for
personal interest
Using Gale and World
Book features
Ethical Use
Creative Thinking
Note taking
6. AASL
Standards
for
the
21st
Century
Learner:
• Inquire,
think
criQcally,
and
gain
knowledge.
– Skill
1.1.4
Find,
evaluate
and
select
appropriate
sources
to
answer
quesQons.
– DisposiQon
1.2.6
Display
emoQonal
resilience
by
persisQng
in
informaQon
searching
despite
challenges.
– ResponsibiliQes1.3.3
Follow
Ethical
and
legal
guidelines
in
gathering
and
using
informaQon.
• Draw
conclusions,
make
informed
decisions,
apply
knowledge
to
new
situaQons,
and
create
new
knowledge.
– Skill
2.1.4
Use
technology
and
other
informaQon
tools
to
analyze
and
organize
informaQon.
– Self-‐assessment
2.4.1
Determine
how
to
act
on
informaQon
(accept,
reject,
modify).
7. Day
1:
Warm
Up
• Categorize
the
candy
on
the
table
and
be
ready
to
explain
how
and
why
you
chose
this
way
to
group
it.
• At
your
table
discuss
how
the
candy
on
the
table
is
similar
to
genre.
8. Day
1:
Science
FicQon
• Learn
about
science
ficQon
by
independently
playing
the
Science
FicQon
challenge
board
on
Quia.
Use
World
Book
Encyclopedia
online
to
find
the
answers.
• Cool
Down:
List
at
least
one
characterisQc
of
science
ficQon.
• Sign
up
for
Genre
Games
Quia
Class.
9. Quia
• $49
individual
teacher
• Lesa
ChrisQancy
per
year
• Sco9
Middle
School
• Rates
decrease
for
• 402-‐436-‐1218
groups
of
10
• christl@lps.org
• Site
license
is
$1500
• 30-‐day
trial
available
• Shared
acQviQes,
quizzes,
surveys,
grade
book
• Data
collecQon
features
10. Day
2:
Science
FicQon
• Warm
up:
Share
with
table
partner
one
thing
learned
about
science
ficQon
yesterday.
• Finish
playing
the
science
ficQon
challenge
board,
using
World
Book
to
find
the
answers.
• Divide
into
3
teams
to
play
the
challenge
board
game
as
a
team.
• Cool
Down:
Create
a
presentaQon
in
Google
Docs,
called
Mind
Stretches.
11. Day
3
Mysteries:
• Use
the
World
Book
and
Gale
Encyclopedia
online
to
learn
about
mystery
ficQon.
• Play
Jumbled
Words:
Mystery
Vocabulary
game.
• Create
a
Wordle
word
cloud
with
the
4
elements
of
a
mystery
and
important
vocabulary
for
the
mystery
genre.
12. Day
4:
RealisQc
&
Historical
FicQon
1.
Warm-‐up:
Play
Jumbled
Words:
Mystery
Vocabulary
on
Quia
or
Telephone
game
(teacher
directed).
2.
World
Book
search
for
realisQc
ficQon.
Learn
about
highlighter
feature.
Repeat
for
Historical
FicQon.
3.
Quia
Cloze
acQvity.
4.
Learn
about
the
student
account
in
TLC
and
create
a
list
of
at
least
two
books
for
each
genre.
5.
Cool-‐down:
Share
one
book
Qtle
from
one
of
your
lists.
13. Day
4:
Cool
Down
#2
Q:
What
3
A:
1.
things
do
these
Define:
RealisQc
2.
have
in
ficQon
3.
common?
What
is
Contemporary
What
is
RealisQc
Historical
FicQon?
realisQc
ficQon?
14. Day
4:
Cool
Down
#2
Answers
A:
1.Made
Q:
What
do
up
stories
these
three
have
Define:
RealisQc
2.
about
in
common?
ficQon
everyday
life
3.
that
could
really
What
is
happen
Contemporary
What
is
RealisQc
Historical
FicQon?
realisQc
ficQon?
15. Day
5:
Biography
• QuesQon
and
answer
session
about
biography,
autobiography
and
collecQve
biography
how
they
are
shelved.
• Learn
about
NetTrekker.
• Search
for
MarQn
Luther
King,
Jr.
to
complete
the
Quia
acQvity,
“Stop
the
Presses.”
• Cool
Down:
Mind
Stretches-‐biography.
16. Day
5
Cool
Down,
OpQon
2
• What
is
the
call
number
for
a
biography
about
Jackie
Robinson?
• If
Mrs.
Hellwege
wrote
an
autobiography,
what
would
its
call
number
be?
• What
is
one
reason
why
we
want
you
to
use
NetTrekker
instead
of
Google?
17. Day
6
Periodicals
• Warm
up:
Play
Literary
Genre
Hangman
on
Quia.
• Search
World
Book
for
“newspaper”
and
use
the
Gist
Template
in
Google
Docs
to
write
summarize
in
20
words.
The
sentence
should
answer
Who
is
the
audience?
What
is
its
purpose?
Where
can
it
be
found?
When
is
it
published?
Why
is
it
important?
How
can
you
use
it?
(5W
&
1
H)
• Share.
• Repeat
for
magazines
and
journals.
• Cool
down:
Mind
Stretches
for
Periodicals.
18. Day
7
Folklore:
• Learn
to
use
the
highlighter
tool
in
World
Book.
• Teams
research
myths,
legends,
fables,
or
fairy
tales
to
write
a
definiQon
and
characterisQcs
in
Mind
Stretches.
• Use
InspiraQon
to
take
notes
on
all
4
types
as
teams
share.
19. Day
8-‐Review
&
Assess
• Play
Folklore
Ba9le
ship
game
on
Quia.
• Play
the
Genre
Review
Challenge
Board
Game
independently
and
then
in
teams.
• Sing
and
dance
Genre
Hokey
Pokey
• Students
take
SummaQve
Assessment
on
Quia.
20. The
DaQng
Game
• Students
watched
Michael
Jackson
clip
• Students
brainstormed
quesQons
• Students
selected
one
genre
and
wrote
the
answers
to
the
quesQons
• Played
The
DaQng
Game-‐
the
bachelor
or
bachelore9e
was
assigned
a
genre
and
they
tried
to
choose
the
contestant
with
the
same
genre.
