Friday, March 13th- 8th Grade- Publisher- Guest Speaker on Design

	Archdale-Trinity Middle School Lesson Plan
Date: 03-13-2015

Teacher:	Witkowski
Lesson/Unit Topic:	Guest Speaker on Design Concepts
Standards:	3.1 Know the design principles

“I Can…” Statement	Criteria for Success-Formative/Summative Assessments
I can understand design concepts.	Students understand the guest speaker’s discussion on design.

Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)

The NSA has the largest database in the world. A Database is a is a tool used to organize, store, retrieve, and communicate  (report on) groups of data or related information. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program)

Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy

On page 34, type lines 05 and 6. Remember to use your thumb for the space bar. We are using our left PINKY finger for the  Q key

Lesson-Instructional Strategies & Procedures for Teacher and Students (Detailed Plans Including Best Practices, Researched Based Strategies)

Guided Practice: Guest Speaker Cara Bevan http://www.carabevan.com/ Ms. Bevan will discuss her design career. @ Miss W will review the NSA glogster rubric Independent Activity: @ Students will create a flyer about the NSA A sample of a finished project http://misswitkowski.edu.glogster.com/nsa-miss-w-6753   NSA Flyer Rubric Criteria Items that need to be on Flyer Points Grade Your Name 5 Spelling and Grammar 15 Design Principles followed contrast, alignment, repetition, white space, proximity, and balance 10 NSA National Security Agency definition 10 Definition of either Counterterrorism OR counterproliferation OR cybersecurity 10 5 different items that NSA can track you by. You  must have picture and item’s name. 50 Final Grade     When you are finished you will post your NSA flyer to edmodo. and write one positive thing about the NSA and one area of concern.   Homework- Extra Credit for 3rd test: Ask your parents if they have a business card or have one in their wallets from a business or have a friend with a business card or the next time you go into a business or they go into a business see if they have a business card or at home go to Google and then images and type "business card" then print a business card. If you give Miss W a business card sometime this week you will get 5 points extra credit on the second test. MUST be appropriate for school- no alcohol, guns or bad words on cards. MUST BE IN BY Today

Higher Order Thinking Questions

How does design involve multiple disciplines?

Student Technology/Differentiation

N/a

Closure Strategy

Exit Activity #10: CIA code breaking https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/games/break-the-code Click on Code 1 Code breaking game http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/braingames/codebreaking/codebreaking.htm Exit Activity #11: Choose home row and easy. Turn off sound. http://www.typingweb.com/tutor/games/play/game/23 Exit Activity #12: Database terms http://www.quia.com/jg/1412062.html Exit Activity #13: Database terms http://quizlet.com/18461807/database-terms-flash-cards/