Tuesday, May 31st- 7th and 8th Grade- CTE Assessment- Morning and Hour of Code- Afternoon

Archdale-Trinity Middle School Lesson Plan
Date: 05-31-2016

Teacher:	Witkowski
Lesson/Unit Topic:	Tech Careers- Hour of Code
Standards:	DL-5 Digital Lifestyles

“I Can…” Statement	Criteria for Success-Formative/Summative Assessments
I can code.	Students code.

	Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)
	Video games work because of programming code. One of the fastest growing tech careers that pays great money is a programmer. The Hour of Code is to show you that it is easier than you think. https://d21tktytfo9riy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/30123936/cast-image.png
	Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy
	1. Go to wclassroom.blogspot.com
	Lesson-Instructional Strategies & Procedures for Teacher and Students (Detailed Plans Including Best Practices, Researched Based Strategies)
	Guided Lesson: @ Miss W will show you how to get to https://learn.code.org/hoc/1 Do NOT play video, it will be shown on Smartboard. @ Miss W will show you where the code is that you choose, RUN, RESET, REPEAT @ When you make a mistake, look at the hint messages. @ When you get to a video, click the tab that says No Video? Show Notes.      Scroll and Read the notes.   Independent Lesson:
	Code with Angry Birds and Plants and Zombies Get out of a maze https://learn.code.org/hoc/1   https://www.flickr.com/photos/stickergiant/8365977342/
	Higher Order Thinking Questions
	How is coding like writing English? How is coding not like writing English?
	Student Technology/Differentiation
	Students will use an online site to sample coding for a possible career as a video game programmer.
	Closure Strategy
	Exit Activity: Answer the following questions: What was easy about the coding? What was difficult about the coding? How is coding like writing English? How is coding not like writing English?