For Nicole

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhugHzmMCFw

HW for Tuesday, 12/18

Work on your IRP! It's due Thursday, 12/20!


See detailed project instructions below:
Don't forget to change the directions on your gallery card if your project changes.

Creative Project:

Come up with some way to visually present your book. This will not be presented orally. You will post this in the classroom gallery‐style. Your creative project should include a gallery card –with one typed paragraph that briefly summarizes your book and a second paragraph that gives your project a creative title and explains your projects’ significance to the book. Your gallery card should also include any necessary instructions for the viewer on how to interact with your work.

Some ideas . . .

• a diorama of a particular scene
• if there’s a movie version of your book, choose a short scene to que up; you should also print the exerpt from the book and your gallery card should explain how the two scenes (movie and book) are similar and/or different
• create a website about your book that students can go through on their own
• a power point presentation that students can go through on their own
• a board game that two students could play on their own—directions should be simple and printed out
• if food is important in your book, cook something that’s mentioned and bring that in for everyone to try—make sure it is clear why this is relevant to the content of your book
• draw portraits of the main characters or draw important scenes from the book

These projects should be neat and well‐put together, not something you work on the night before it’s due!

Daily Warm Up for Tuesday, 12/18

Click here, and choose a book you would like to own -- remember the title and author.  Parkmont will buy it for you.  Happy Holidays!

For Shavar

1 -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yd8tzkBufM
2 -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8GIs5Bg6nM
3 -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32OkjSVv7ug
4 -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88sERpqn_KU
5 -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1o-gEGqi3A
6 -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if7ymWJXiV8
7 -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxcDxSmAL70
8 -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2isHYvhHRo
9 -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IEg1oZg_vI

HW for Thursday, 12/13

Make up work!
Do whatever's on your AA form.
You can also spend some time planning your IRP, which is due a week from today (Thursday, 12/20).

HW for Wednesday, 12/12

Complete the first draft of your gallery card.  Click on the link to the right to see a sample.

HW for Tuesday, 12/11

IRP 6

Type, label and date your response to the following question:

What is your (detailed) plan for your independent reading project? How is it interactive? (200+ words).

Daily Warm Up for Tuesday, 12/11

Go to this site:
http://www.spellingcity.com/verb-tenses.html
Try any of the middle school games, and if you're up for a challenge, try the high school ones!

Daily Warm Up for Monday, 12/10

Try any of these proofreading activities:
http://www.portlandproof.com/proofit.asp
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/quiz/en15edit-l1-quiz
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/quiz/en15edit-e3-quiz
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/pmp/interactive_guide/g06/g06home.htm

HW for Friday, 12/7

Grammar worksheets!

HW for Thursday, 12/6

Study for tomorrow's vocab quiz!

HW for Wednesday, 12/5

IRP 5

Please type your answer. Include your name, the date, and the title of the assignment.

Week 5 Question: What morals or lessons do you think the author intends his/her reader to find in this book? (200 words)

Daily Warm Up for Wednesday, 12/5

Try any of these proofreading activities:
http://www.portlandproof.com/proofit.asp
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/quiz/en15edit-l1-quiz
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/quiz/en15edit-e3-quiz
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/pmp/interactive_guide/g06/g06home.htm

HW for Tuesday, 12/4

IRP 4 
Please type a 200 word response to the following question. Make sure to label the assignment with your name, the title of the assignment, and the date, according to the formatting guidelines (click the link on the right!). DOUBLE SPACE!

What aspects of the plot or story can you relate to your own experiences? Describe how.

Daily Warm Up for Tuesday, 12/4

Do this:
http://www.missmaggie.org/scholastic/editdan_eng_launcher.html