Project:   Tom Sawyer
Curriculum Area(s):   Language Arts
Age/Grade:   Eighth Grade
Project Summary:     This course will acquaint eighth grade students with a distance learning course in literature utilizing the Vtel labs.  The course will focus on Mark Twain's novel, Tom Sawyer.  It is hoped that the course will encourage participation in a  future distance learning honors English literature course throughout grades 9-12.  This initial Tom Sawyer unit will consists of six weekly sessions of fifty minutes each.  Students will use various means of electronic communication between sessions.  Written assignments will be submitted electronically.

Prerequisites:  Students will need an e-mail account, and they will need to have attended an orientation session that covers the basics of distance learning expectations and use of the VTel lab.

 

Lesson Links:  Lesson Plan One          Lesson Plan Two         Lesson Plan Three       Lesson Plan Four

         Lesson Plan Five        Lesson Plan Six       Standards       Glossary        Resources       Syllabus

Name:  Eleanor Enga
Contact Info:  e-mail - Eleanor.Enga@k12.sd.us

     Address:   Chester Area School
                       PO Box 159
                       Chester, SD  57016             Telephone: 605-489-2411 
                                                                     Fax Number:  605-489-2413 

 

 

This project created under the "Governor's DTL Academy"
State of South Dakota