Non-Fiction Lessons: Ninja Day - how to save your life and learn non-fiction reading skills.
Today’s Agenda:
1. Powerpoint on Ninja’s
2. Divide into groups of 3
3. Packages of information
4. Instructions for assignment + 15 minutes to prepare presentation
5. Present ½ of groups
6. Ninja Mask/Throwing star
7. Teach Japanese Vocabulary if time
8. Present other ½ of groups
9. Watch “deadliest warrior”
1. Start with short PowerPoint. On topic of Ninja’s.
2. Divide students into groups of 3
3. Give each group an info package on one of the offered topics (let them choose, but only one group per topic) Various topics about Ninja’s.. Ie: how to attack a ninja, what ninja’s like to eat.
-Assignment: Students must present the information in a creative way (ie: on board as a comic, as a skit, a news story, interpretive dance…etc) Each student gets a section of the book: “
When Ninjas Attack: A Survival Guide for Defending Yourself Against the Silent Assassins
By Phoebe Bronstein and Keith Riegert
4. 15-20 minutes to read their packages, discuss, decide on key points and get ready to present:
WRITE ON BOARD:
A. Decide what the KEY MESSAGE of your section is. What do you want to get across to the audience? (Remember-lives are at stake)
B. What are the 3 most important (or most interesting) support points?
C. How are you going to make your presentation interesting and memorable?
5. Present first 2/3rd of groups.
6. Do ninja mask/throwing star activity.
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2869/1850/1600/ninjalesson.jpg
http://www.papercrafty.com/2005/how-to-make-an-origami-ninja-star
-For throwing star activity – make sure to give them paper… but pre-cut the paper to 5½ X 11 (twice as long as it is wide.)
7. Teach Japanese vocabulary (if time) – Overhead handout of terms.
8. Show last 3rd of presentations.
9. Watch 20 minutes of “The Deadliest Warrior”
http://www.spike.com/full-episodes/9gja1a/deadliest-warrior-spartan-vs-ninja-season-1-ep-103
Show 11-23 and the last 10 minutes (the battle)
10. Students write 5-10 things they remember about ninjas from class.
Bell Activity. Are you as silent as a ninja. Bells that we can stick on a few kids and see if they can move around without ringing the bells.
--- Onion video to show if time.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbssMPzhotU
(Onion news – ninja parade slips by town undetected)
1. Powerpoint on Ninja’s
2. Divide into groups of 3
3. Packages of information
4. Instructions for assignment + 15 minutes to prepare presentation
5. Present ½ of groups
6. Ninja Mask/Throwing star
7. Teach Japanese Vocabulary if time
8. Present other ½ of groups
9. Watch “deadliest warrior”
1. Start with short PowerPoint. On topic of Ninja’s.
2. Divide students into groups of 3
3. Give each group an info package on one of the offered topics (let them choose, but only one group per topic) Various topics about Ninja’s.. Ie: how to attack a ninja, what ninja’s like to eat.
-Assignment: Students must present the information in a creative way (ie: on board as a comic, as a skit, a news story, interpretive dance…etc) Each student gets a section of the book: “
When Ninjas Attack: A Survival Guide for Defending Yourself Against the Silent Assassins
By Phoebe Bronstein and Keith Riegert
4. 15-20 minutes to read their packages, discuss, decide on key points and get ready to present:
WRITE ON BOARD:
A. Decide what the KEY MESSAGE of your section is. What do you want to get across to the audience? (Remember-lives are at stake)
B. What are the 3 most important (or most interesting) support points?
C. How are you going to make your presentation interesting and memorable?
5. Present first 2/3rd of groups.
6. Do ninja mask/throwing star activity.
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2869/1850/1600/ninjalesson.jpg
http://www.papercrafty.com/2005/how-to-make-an-origami-ninja-star
-For throwing star activity – make sure to give them paper… but pre-cut the paper to 5½ X 11 (twice as long as it is wide.)
7. Teach Japanese vocabulary (if time) – Overhead handout of terms.
8. Show last 3rd of presentations.
9. Watch 20 minutes of “The Deadliest Warrior”
http://www.spike.com/full-episodes/9gja1a/deadliest-warrior-spartan-vs-ninja-season-1-ep-103
Show 11-23 and the last 10 minutes (the battle)
10. Students write 5-10 things they remember about ninjas from class.
Bell Activity. Are you as silent as a ninja. Bells that we can stick on a few kids and see if they can move around without ringing the bells.
--- Onion video to show if time.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbssMPzhotU
(Onion news – ninja parade slips by town undetected)
