1. SAS Flash Cards
Using the SAS Flash Cards app, create a set of flashcards that use vocabulary from “Ribbons” by Laurence Yep on pages of your Holt textbook.
Follow the directions below to complete the activity.
You and your partner(s) will choose 10 words from “Ribbons” by Laurence Yep on pages of your Holt 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 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 to choose (differentiation).
Card Deck Title”Ribbons”
Grade Level: 8
Author Name: Type first name of group members.
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 of groups may practice each deck created.
This task uses:
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: A greater emphasis on vocabulary has become a goal of the Anthology Alignment project and the Middle School ELA department. The SAS Flash Card App is a tool that will assist in this emphasis on vocabulary.
Teacher’s name/ Lori
School: S.J. Welsh Middle School
Grade Level/Subject: 8th Grade/ELA
Special Directions/Considerations: The app is simple to use, but the students will need an opportunity to be introduced to the functions of the app.
Activity Evaluation: Informal assessment through teacher observation as well as completion of flash card set.
Prerequisites for students: Reading and analyzing the variety of pieces in the Author Study Text being used: Holt Elements of Literature, “Ribbons” by Laurence Yep (pages )