1. SAS Flashcards
Using the SAS Flash Cards app, create a set of flashcards that use vocabulary from the story “All Summer In a Day” in your Holt Literature textbook.
Follow the directions below to complete the activity.
You and your partner(s) will choose 10 words from “All Summer In a Day” in your Holt Literature textbook. These 10 words should be vocabulary with which you are not very familiar. You may use the sheet provided to write down and define the words that you choose.
On an iPod or iPad, open up the app SAS Flashcards.
Choose My Decks.
Press the plus sign + at the top of the screen to create a new deck.
The next step will allow you to give all of the important characteristics of your deck.
Subject: English
Card Type: Text, Image, Sound
Question type: The teacher will tell you which type to choose (differentiation)
Card Deck Title: “All Summer In a Day”
Grade Level: 6
Author name: Type in the first and last name of each group member
Description: User created deck
Make deck public: No
Press “Start Building”.
Press the plus sign at the top of the screen to create your first card.
In the box titled “Directive” type your question or statement.
Type your answer in the space provided. You do not need to complete the section titled “Clarification”.
*After all groups have created their flashcards, devices will be rotated so that all groups may practice each deck created.
This task uses:
SAS Flashcards app
Common Core/NG Standard(s):
RL.6.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.
TEACHER NOTES:
Teacher’s name/ Sara
School: S.P. Arnett Middle School
Grade Level/Subject: 6th/ELA
Task Card Level: 1
Special Directions/Considerations:
Activity Evaluation:
Prerequisites for students: