"Frindle" Site Example Complete

My example of the Frindle site is COMPLETE!! 😁

Here is the link to check it out: "Frindle" Site

My plan for introducing our novel unit is to have students create the Google Site on Day 1.

I'll introduce the book with this Book Trailer: "Frindle" Book Trailer.

Next, students will access the following files using Google Classroom:

- Before You Read

- Frindle - Reading Logs

- Frindle - Vocabulary

- Vocabulary List

From there, we will start creating the Google Site and uploading the necessary documents. Students will use the following Screencast to help in creating their Google Site:

I am going to walk through the creating of the Google Site with the students. I'm unsure if I'm going to use a Screencast to do this or just walking through, step-by-step with each class. Clearly the Screencast sounds like a voice and sanity-saver, but I'm thinking that more students will be successful if I go through it slowly.

After creating the Google Site, students will complete the "Before You Read" section.

We also use short quizzes to monitor their progress daily. These combine for a weekly grade as well. Last year, we did paper quizzes as an "Entrance Ticket" and used a Google Sheet to average their grade for the week. This year, I made Google Forms for each of the paired chapters so that it can be completed fully online (and graded for us)!

Here's what the quiz for Chapters 1-2 looks like:
Frindle - Ch. 1-2 Quiz

Here's what the Google Sheet looks like:

The column to the left will have student names. Each of my 4 ELA sections has a tab at the bottom. Once I input their grades for the individual daily quizzes, it will average them for me and give me a weekly grade!! Easy peasy!! 😃