Thursday, October 22, 2009

Tutorials Link 10/22

Main Idea Game

http://www.quia.com/pop/120023.html

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Tutorials 10/15

1. Go to BrainPop (www.brainpop.com)
2. Watch the Point of View Movie
3. Take the quiz (call Mrs. Polk-Roberts when you have 10 out of 10)
4. Sign into Renzulli Learning (www.renzullilearning.com)
5. Answer the Inbox question
6.http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/pointofview/pointofview.html

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Author's Purpose/POV

http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/ttravis-57266-Authors-Purpose-Reasons-Write-Strategy-Identify-Try-Sentences-Lets-Entertainment-ppt-powerpoint/



http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=23

Monday, October 5, 2009

CBA 1 on Tuesday, October 6th

Today begins your 2nd 6-week period of middle school. On Tuesday, October 7th, we are taking our CBA (Curriculum-Based Assessment) for the first 6-weeks. Please review:
  • Affixes (Prefix and Suffix)
  • Predictions
  • Visualization
  • Making connections (text-text, text-self, text-world)
  • Plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution)
  • Figurative Language (metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole)