Inviting FLEX Journal Writing 3rd, 4th & 5th Grade: Minecraft Tips and Tricks

****PLEASE NOTE THERE ARE NO LIVE MEETINGS FOR THIS CLASS****

Does your learner love Minecraft? Are you looking for a place where they can have fun, share Minecraft tips and develop journal writing skills at the same time? Look no further, this FLEX class is for your learner! Let’s start our Minecraft journal together as learners share their tips and tricks. This class gives learners the opportunity to practice their public speaking skills, while also designing their own book of Minecraft tips and tricks. This journal will also serve as a place to write down their accomplishments. If your child loves Minecraft let’s combine that with some academics - writing, speaking, journaling, and some art (Wink, wink they won’t know it’s academics). What a fun keepsake for them to go back and look at one day! The style of the teacher's journal examples are a combination between journal writing sentences and sketch noting. 

This is a great class for a reluctant writer who loves Minecraft as it helps motivate your learner to write and also promotes writing fluency. 

Here is the weekly topic and game outline: 

Week 1: 
1st journal entry: Writing Suggestion -- Designing My Character and Learning the Ropes 
2nd journal entry: Writing Suggestion -- Night Time and Facing the Villains
Game -- Two truths and a lie 

Week 2: 
3rd journal entry: Writing Suggestion -- Gathering Supplies
4th journal entry: Writing Suggestion -- Jumping and Mining
Game -- Minecraft Would you Rather (teacher led)

Week 3: 
5th journal entry: Writing Suggestion -- My First Creeper Victory
6th journal entry: Writing Suggestion -- Vicious Skeletons
Game -- Fortunately/Unfortunately Minecraft Story Telling

Week 4: 
7th journal entry: Writing Suggestion -- Discovering Diamonds
8th journal entry: Writing Suggestion -- A Diamond Finding Strategy
Game: Minecraft Would you Rather (student led)

Week 5: 
9th journal entry: Writing Suggestion -- Swimming in Diamonds
10th journal entry: Writing Suggestion -- Sinister Cave Spiders 
Game: Two Truths and a lie

Week 6: 
11th journal entry: Writing Suggestion -- Crafting a Diamond Sword
12th journal entry: Writing Suggestion -- A Foolish Mistake
Game: Fortunately/Unfortunately Minecraft Story Telling

Each week will follow this format:
- a teacher created video explaining how to play the Minecraft themed game
-Minecraft themed game on Padlet
-two teacher created videos of the teacher's journal examples. 
-learners will create their journal writing (using a combination of words and pictures)
-the teacher will give specific and detailed private feedback to each learner via a personalized video message.
-During week 1 there will be a teacher created video on how to use Padlet, which is the sharing tool we are going to use.

Learner to learner interaction:
-learners will give each other encouragement and compliments after reading each other's Minecraft journal entries
-ask questions and comment on each other's tips and tricks shared in Padlet 
-learners will participate together in a fun Minecraft themed game every week such as the story telling game called Fortunately/Unfortunately in Padlet. There will be a video from the teacher explaining how to play each new game every week.

*****Images used in the thumbnail of this class are from Canva Pro****