Thursday, June 9, 2011

Monday, May 16, 2011

Be sure to write down your scores and answers!

Test your typing speed here -
http://www.powertyping.com/typing_test/typing_test.shtml

Try to figure out these riddles - do at least 4!
http://www.philtulga.com/Riddles.html

How well do you understand inference? Try this battleship game.
http://www.quia.com/ba/41785.html

What is a good possible career for you? Try this quiz.
http://www.ivillage.co.uk/what-career-will-suit-your-personality/121527

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Tuesday

Remember to write down your scores!!

Do This: Spelling Test
http://www.quia.com/quiz/1101948.html?AP_rand=1721222754

Do This: Spelling Test
http://www.quia.com/quiz/1101949.html?AP_rand=837441536

Do This: Review Homophones
http://www.quia.com/mc/536545.html

Do This: Review Homonyms
http://www.quia.com/ba/105527.html

Do This: Look at our local newspaper online. Read one article. Summarize it on your paper.
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Thursday April 28, 2011

DO THIS: Review Alphabetical Order
Click on the link below to put the words in alphabetical order

http://www.quia.com/pp/64009.html?AP_rand=2125770791

DO THIS: Verb Tenses
Click on the link below to play a game about verb tenses

http://www.quia.com/cb/8111.html

DO THIS: Review sentence structure
Clink on the link below to practice sentence editing

http://www.quia.com/rr/90027.html

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Friday

OBJECTIVE: Students will research famous authors.

DO THIS: Who is Edgar Allen Poe? Use a search engine to find out who this man is. Answer these questions:
1. What is Edgar Allen Poe famous for?
2. When did he live?
3. Where did he live?
4. What are 2 things that Poe wrote?

DO THIS: Post a picture of Edgar Allen Poe on your blog.

DO THIS: Who is Mark Twain? Use a search engine to find out who this man is. Answer these questions:
1. What is Mark Twain famous for?
2. When did he live?
3. Where did he live?
4. What are 2 things that Poe wrote?

DO THIS: Post a picture of Mark Twain on your blog.

DO THIS: Who is Lousia May Alcott? Use a search engine to find out who this woman is. Answer these questions.
1. What books did Lousia May Alcott write?
2. When did she live?
3. Where did she live?

DO THIS: Post a picture of Lousia May Alcott on your blog.

DO THIS: Who is Maya Angelou? Use a search engine to find out who this woman is. Answer these questions.
1. What books did Angelou write?
2. When did she live?
3. Where did she live?

DO THIS: Post a picture of Maya Angelou on your blog.

DO THIS: Who is Robert Frost? Use a search engine to find out who this man is. Answer these questions.
1. What books did Frost write?
2. When did he live?
3. Where did he live?

DO THIS: Post a picture of Frost on your blog.

DO THIS: Answer the following questions.

1. What do you like to read?
2. What books have you enjoyed reading in school?
3. What books have you enjoyed reading outside of school?
4. Do you like to read magazines?
5. Do you like to read the newspaper?
6. Do you like to read things on the internet?
7. What are 2 magazine that young adults like to read?
8. What are 2 websites that young adults like to read from?