Creating Lessons for a Tech Visit Day

Here is an example of a Tackk that I have created for today's lesson. I know that today is a Technology Visit and I have really been trying hard to have something different for each visit. I know that the people coming to my classroom are new, and any technology activity would seem new, but for the students it can get repetitive. All classes today use technology and I want it to be a lesson that they are growing from. My thinking was that a Tackk could allow for students to work at their own pace. This also allows me to use several different measures for student learning.

Students will first respond to an informational text (good practice for their next assessment). Afterwards, students will move on to reflecting on the novel as a whole to find examples of the "coming of age story." Students will do this in a padlet so that they can see each other's work and get more ideas. Afterwards, students will read and move to their blog for responses. The final task will include a pre-reading question for Chapter 23 (which will read tomorrow).

While I believe this gives students the opportunity to work at a pace best for them, I am nervous that it will be boring and that they will not work diligently. I will have to monitor constantly to ensure that students are working on this task. I may also have to pause the entire class to ensure that they have a sufficient understanding of the definition of a "coming of age text."