Directions: Fill in each part of the App Lesson with your own original ideas.

Please look at the

sample provided on the class website. Provide 3 to 4 apps/steps for students to complete along
with a creative title, helpful description, and relevant SC teaching standards.

 There must be one app per step.

 Android apps can be used as long as all included apps are from the same platform.
 Lessons must cohesively link together 3 to 4 apps going from one focus/step of the lesson
to another.
 Lessons may include direct instruction provided the lecture contents are explained.
 Lessons may utilize web browser apps like Chrome or Safari to access website-based
tools. Link to the website in the write-up and the web browser app in the iTunes web link
area.
 The final step in lessons must have students create a learning artifact from a creation-
based app (presentation, video, etc.) or screenshot of progress from a skill-based app
that students would submit to the teacher for assessment.

Title: Web Search: Nonfiction Critical Thinking

Relevant SC Standards: 6th grade ELA:

4.1 Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.

4.2 Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, expression,
intonation, and phrasing on successive readings.
4.3 Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as
necessary

Description: This app lesson will develop 6th grade ELA students’ critical thinking of
non-fiction texts and comprehend the critical vocabulary within the writing.

Instructional Objective: Students will be able to identify the purpose of a non-fiction

article and be able to formulate an opinion on the content.

Step 1 Content-Based or Skill-Based App: 

Students will use Newsela to choose a news article that interests them. This can be anything
from the non-fiction section of articles. (These articles are specifically filtered for the use of
education, therefore will be appropriate). While reading their articles, students will note a
minimum of five words to look up for better understanding.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/newsela-student/id966371321

Step 2 Content-Based or Skill-Based App: Students will use the Enchanted dictionary

app to look up the words they wrote down during reading, and hand write the
definitions given by the application.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/enchanted-dictionary-7-12th/id480290062

Step 3 Creation-Based (Learning Artifact) or Skill-Based App (Screenshot of

Progress): Students will use the words they defined and choose five additional words
they think are important to describe the text, and create a Wordle (wordle.net) on the
Google Chrome app. The word cloud will be shared among student groups and will help
generate discussion on their nonfiction text. A screenshot of their wordle should be
submitted on google classroom.

http://www.wordle.net/create