Overview/Purpose:
Students publish and share their commentaries.
Guiding Questions:
- What opportunities are there to publish our commentaries and make them public?
Recommended Time:
45-90 minutes
Common Core State Standards:
Materials:
Commentary drafts and final pieces
Technology Required:
None
Lesson Design:
- Explain that writers write for an audience and as a writing community, the class will be your first audience.
- Students will prepare final versions of their commentaries, editing them for mechanics and grammar.
- Final, polished commentaries will be shared with the class, either in print or electronically on blogs or discussion boards.
- Provide students with a structure to respond to each other’s writing.
- Encourage students to pursue additional avenues for publication.
Rock Your World is a program of Creative Visions
Rock Your World is a Program of Creative Visions, a 501(c) (3) organization that supports creative activists - individuals who use the power of media and arts to create positive change in the world.
