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TPACK Template Mobile Applications Assignment

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Learning 9.4) The student will read, comprehend,
Objective and analyze a variety of literary texts
including narratives, narrative nonfiction,
poetry, and drama. k) Analyze how an
authors specific word choices and syntax
achieve special effects and support the
authors purpose.
9.4) The student will read, comprehend,
and analyze a variety of literary texts
including narratives, narrative nonfiction,
poetry, and drama. k) Analyze how an
authors specific word choices and syntax
achieve special effects and support the
authors purpose.

P Activity Students will use the Word Cloud app on Using the Slack app on the iPad the
e the iPad to create a word cloud for their teacher will create a group for the class
d favorite poem. and share it with the students. The
a students will create a thread for their
g Students will copy and paste their poem Word Cloud. In this thread they will
o into the Word Cloud app and generate a include a photo of their Word Cloud and
g Word Cloud of any design they prefer. they will explain how the three largest
y words in their Word Cloud contribute to
the authors purpose of this poem. They
will then explain why looking at the
authors choice of words is so important
when analyzing authors purpose. They
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will need to comment on at least three

different threads to discuss whether they
agree with this students analysis of the
authors purpose.

T Technology Name: Word Cloud Name: Slack

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