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Friday, May 15th- 7th Grade- Computer Programming as a Career- Hour of Code

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Archdale-Trinity Middle School
Lesson Plan
 
Date: 05-15-2014



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.
#match3 #videogame #fryday
https://www.flickr.com/photos/k9d/7903892500/

Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy

On page 93, type lines 37, 38 and 39.Make sure you use the tab key for the first sentence.
Today’s typing is a general review using all of the alphabetic and numeric keystrokes we have learned.

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 http://codecombat.com/
@ Miss W will show you how to pick your character (girl or boy).
@ Miss W will show you where the code is that you choose.

Independent Exercise
@ Students will try to get out of the dungeon before the end of class.


If combatcode is too hard for you, you may try these easier examples:
Students will only print the end Certificate, not the snowflakes.

Code with Frozen’s Anna and Elsa- skating and drawing snow flakes
Tag Game: Frozen
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bratzbagci/13607500903/
Code with Angry Birds and Plants and Zombies getting out of a maze
Angry Birds


Or you can go to the desktop and try Kodu Game Lab.



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 12: 10 Steps of a Presentation
Do NOT look at the PowerPoint

Lesson Reflections




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