We are creating wordles
by Ms. B. on Jan.20, 2012, under Assignments, Journal, Short Stories
I use wordles for EVERYTHINNNNNG and this week my students had to create two of them:
an autobiographical sketch
response to a story
Weekly Check In 1.13.12
by Ms. B. on Jan.16, 2012, under Assignments, Blogging, Check In
This week we read The Purpose of Education and they composed a response indicating their views. The assignment required the students to read and complete comprehension questions based on the article. Once we finished the article, the homework was to create a blog post (to be posted to their ePortfolio next week) that indicates personal views on the topic.
Literary elements/Reading skills
- Identifying Main Idea
- Summarizing
- Identifying author’s purpose
We also read The Initiation by Sylvia Plath from the textbook. The students answered comprehension questions and took a short quiz.
Literary elements/Reading skills
- Flashbacks
- Identifying plot elements, conflicts, theme and character traits
- Summarizing
The final assignment for the story was to create a poster that displayed literary elements
R & J Graphic essayus
by Ms. B. on Dec.13, 2011, under Blogging
We are working on our graphic essay as the final part of our Romeo and Juliet Projects
They created posters for our study of Romeo and Juliet. I provided them with Post-it paper and their posters will be graded for accuracy and appearance.
Here are some examples of past graphic essays: 1 2 3 4
Their posters were to include:
- 2 quotes from Romeo and Juliet (you must rewrite quote AND paraphrase it)
- 10 examples of literary devices from Romeo and Juliet (oxymorons, similes, metaphors, rhymes, asides, soliloquies, paradoxes, foreshadowing, puns, personification, etc.)
- 3 symbols that represent the themes from play (ie. Heart for ___, etc.)
- Storyline with at least 10 events from play
We are studying how to be Effective Teens
by Ms. B. on Oct.09, 2011, under Blogging
We are working in groups to read and create presentations for The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey.
Groups for Habit Project and the 7 habits and the lesson objectives
In their groups they are to put together a 20 minute presentation for their assigned chapter from The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey. The purpose of this assignment is to not only inform the class about the information provided in the assigned chapter, but to also show that the students their audience (teenagers) and can use tones, formats, styles and activities that accurately meet the needs of that audience.
Each 20 minute presentation will include the following:
- A PowerPoint presentation covering the information in the chapter (50 pts)
- A cartoon based on your habit using http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/ (50 pts)
- An Animoto PhotoMovie http://animoto.com/
- A handout (50 pts)
- Ten question quiz (a blank quiz and an answer key) that accurately assesses how well your classmates learned the information from your chapter (50 pts)
- A poster
Have you seen the effects of poverty?
by Ms. B. on Sep.21, 2011, under Blogging
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Should we still drill for oil?
by Ms. B. on Sep.21, 2011, under Blogging
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Are you forgiving?
by Ms. B. on Sep.21, 2011, under Blogging
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