Writing+Prompt+Assignments+Using+Discovery+Education

=**Creating Writing Prompts with Discovery Education**=


 * ==**Discovery Education can help students by writing in response to a text-based writing prompt on the computer.**==


 * ==**Discovery Education can help teachers create and save writing prompts easily with other teachers and students.**==

**Examples of Writing Prompts** @http://app.discoveryeducation.com/player/view/assetGuid/ddc09420-18b9-4654-a2dc-f9aa7576ed40

@http://app.discoveryeducation.com/player/view/assetGuid/fc12d669-756a-4c28-bb10-16e260629106

@http://app.discoveryeducation.com/player/view/assetGuid/3f6d40ce-8504-43be-83db-22e5b29dbfa8

**1. Teachers will need to have a Discovery Education Account established.**

Teacher Login Directions:
Teacher's must login to the Discovery Education website using a district provided school passcode. 1. Go to @http://www.discoveryeducation.com 2. Click the Passcode/New User tab. 3. Type in the school specific passcode provided by the district. 4. Please use first.last or first.last@cmcss.net as your username and choose a password. 5. Complete the registration process to create your individual teacher account.


 * If you previously had a trial account or individual account with Discovery Education and have difficulty logging in with your email address and school code, please [|click here] and follow the directions for logging in with a school code.

Creating a class(es) in Discovery Education CLASSROOM MANAGER tab and MY CLASSES || || click GO || || added to your class. ||  || and it will keep your student selections on previous pages.
 * 2. Teachers will need to have a class made in Discovery Education to assign writing prompts to students.**
 * 1. Once you are in Discovery, click on the
 * 2. Click on Create A Class from School Roster || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-11-07 at 11.15.45 AM.png width="228" height="63"]] ||
 * 3. Give your class a name. || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-11-07 at 11.16.31 AM.png width="338" height="54"]] ||
 * 4. Filter the students in your school by grade level ,
 * 5. Put a check beside each student you want to be
 * 6. You will notice your class is being built to the right. || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-11-07 at 11.18.02 AM.png width="175" height="174"]] ||
 * 7. You can go to different pages to select students

PRESS SAVE WHEN YOUR CLASS IS COMPLETE. ||  ||


 * 3. Teacher selects content and grade level appropriate nonfiction text to include in the text based writing prompt.**

**Listing of Text Based Sources:** [|Discovery Education]

[|TweenTribune]
 * TweenTribune (Grades 4-8)
 * TeenTribune (Grades 9-12)
 * TweenTribune Jr. (Grades K-4)

[|Newsela]

[|CNN Student News]

ReadWorks.Org

[|Awesome Stories]

[|Scholastic Kids Press Corp]

[|Pebble Go]

[|Awesome Stories]

[|Time for Kids]

[|Library of Congress]

[|Newspapers - US and Worldwide]

[|TN Electronic Library]

[|World Book]

[|World Book Early World of Learning]

[|Gale Databases]

These are all listed on the Empowerstudents Wiki so click here for updates to this list. Helpful Reminders for Teachers when writing and teaching writing from TNCORE
 * Students will read two complex informational texts.
 * Texts will cover social studies or science topics in order to demonstrate the range of informational reading possible in a Common Core curriculum.
 * Students will write two essays:
 * One prose constructed response essay about the first text. The essay will be an analytical summary (informational/explanatory).
 * One prose constructed response analytical essay about both texts. The essay will be informational/explanatory or opinion.

http://www.tncore.org/english_language_arts/curricular_resources/text_dependent_questions.aspx http://tncore.org/english_language_arts/assessment/scoring_resources/2013-14scoringresources.aspx


 * 4. Teacher creates a folder under the MY CONTENT tab to store writing prompts.**

Adding a folder within My Content allows you to organize resources so that you can easily find them. You may also create folders within folders to further organize your resources.
 * 1. Within My Content, click on the “Add Folder” button. You can add your writing prompts here to find and share them easily. || [[image:http://help.discoveryeducation.com/assets/support/img/AddFolderContent1%2Ejpg width="421" height="119" caption="AddFolderContent1.jpg"]] ||
 * 2. A new folder will appear. This will allow you to name the new folder. || [[image:http://help.discoveryeducation.com/assets/support/img/AddFolderContent2%2Ejpg width="421" height="146" caption="AddFolderContent2.jpg"]] ||
 * 3. Title the new folder WRITING PROMPTS, and click “Create”. || [[image:http://help.discoveryeducation.com/assets/support/img/AddFolderContent3%2Ejpg width="421" height="100" caption="AddFolderContent3.jpg"]] ||

**5. Teacher creates a writing prompt in the Writing Prompt Builder on Discovery Education.**




 * 6. Teacher assigns the writing prompt to the class or individual students.**

Teachers can Assign it to the class several ways. ||  || of the writing prompt such as date, class, and students, then click SAVE. || ||
 * 1. After the prompt has been built and saved.
 * 2. One way is to go to the MY CONTENT tab, and find the desired writing prompt and to the left drop the menu down and choose ASSIGN. || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-10-31 at 11.02.09 AM.png width="458" height="200"]] ||
 * 3. Teachers will then choose the details
 * 4. When students login, they will see the prompt under the ASSIGNMENTS tab. || [[image:shannondavenportstechpage/Screen Shot 2013-10-31 at 11.08.34 AM.png width="415" height="262"]] ||
 * 5. Students can complete the prompt at any computer with Internet connection. They can return multiple times to work on the prompt and finally submit to the teacher. ||  ||

You may share resources, within [|My Content], on a school and/or district level. This allows subscribers, within your school or district, to access your favorite Discovery Education media resources, assignments, quizzes and writing prompts. **YOU MUST CLICK ON NEW VIEW**
 * 7. Teachers collaborate and share with others to build a writing prompt library.**


 * 1. Locate a resource or a folder, within **My Content**, that you wish to share with your school or district. || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-10-31 at 10.59.26 AM.png width="542" height="71"]] ||
 * 2. Select **Share** from the **Action** drop down menu. You can share whole folders or just one prompt inside the folder. || [[image:http://help.discoveryeducation.com/assets/support/img/Share%5FContent%5F1%2Epng width="550" height="167" caption="Share_Content_1.png"]] ||
 * 3. A Link will be displayed and you can simple send that to anyone with a discovery account. They can then use the prompt and edit if needed. || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-10-31 at 10.48.01 AM.png width="325" height="86"]] ||
 * 4. Folders and Assignments can also be copied to your school tab for others to access. || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-10-31 at 10.51.10 AM.png width="145" height="187"]] ||
 * 4. To access content within your school or district, go back to **My Content** and select either the **School** tab on top of the page. || [[image:http://help.discoveryeducation.com/assets/support/img/Share%5FContent%5F3%2Epng width="529" height="88" caption="Share_Content_3.png"]] ||
 * Note: You will not be able to share on the District Content tab **


 * Uploading Outside Files to your Discovery Account **
 * 1. Click on the My Content Tab || [[image:Screen Shot 2014-01-24 at 9.09.40 AM.png]] ||
 * 2. Press the Orange Upload Button || [[image:Screen Shot 2014-01-24 at 9.09.36 AM.png]] ||
 * 3. Click Add Files || [[image:Screen Shot 2014-01-24 at 9.11.23 AM.png]] ||
 * 4. Press Start Upload || [[image:Screen Shot 2014-01-24 at 9.12.17 AM.png]] ||