Type your responses to the statements and questions above in a blog. After choosing a partner, type your 1st impressions of them as a response to their blog. Once the partner has posted their impressions, post your response to their accuracy.
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Self vs. Truth
The strongest chains of fate by which people are bound are self-forged. They are chained to that which causes suffering because they desire to be so, because they love their chains, because they think their little dark prison of self is sweet and beautiful, and they are afraid that if they desert that prison, they will lose all that is real and worth having. James Allen, "As a Man Thinketh" IAMBIC PENTAMETER
Go to the following website and test your knowledge of iambic pentameter. After viewing the information, come back and tell the definition and create your own example in the blog. http://study.com/academy/lesson/iambic-pentameter-definition-examples-quiz.html https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/03/31/when-kids-have-structure-for-thinking-better-learning-emerges/
Directions: Using your current DEAR Time book choice, create a flyer to persuade others to read the book. Use Smore.com to create the flyer and include the following:
*Title and Author *Publisher and Copy Right Date *Short Summary of the book *Your personal Critique of the book *Non Linguistic representation of what the plot is about Read "The 7 Most Powerful Idea Shifts" and determine which one you would like to expound on in a paragraph response. Read another student's response and reply to their comment also.
Looking Backward: 2000–1887 by Edward Bellamy
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger Based on your summer reading, choose three of the following reading comprehension skills and identify the answers for one book or a combination of books (include title of book). Answering is on the first come first serve basis; therefore, once a student has provided an answer, other students must respond to their post as well as reply with your answer. Make sure your name is on the responses. After reading this quote, respond with the following points (number your response with the corresponding numbers): 1. Personal connection to the quote. 2. What changes can be made to benefit a person by reading this quote? 3. Do you agree or disagree with what "many people think"? Why? 4. Who might you share this quote with? In your ELA Notebook, write a page response to the title, “It’s a New Year!”
Include the following:
Write an argumentative response to the following statements-
"What happens to others is none of my business." "As long as they don't bring it my way, I'm just fine." "No one has ever treated me unjustly, so it doesn't matter to me." Write an argumentative response to each of the following statements-
"As long as what others say about me isn't true, I don't care." "I could tell by the way she dresses, she was trouble." "I'm not prejudice, but white people are always..." Directions: Choose two of the following lessons, complete them, and identify the name of the lessons and 3 points of interest or discovery in a blog response. (ATTENTION: Once you click on the links below, you will be in NearPod as Tamara Creech. Change to your name and proceed!!!)
1. BUILDING A COMMUNITY ONLINE: https://app.nearpod.com/#/?pin=VUEBC 2. PRIVATE TODAY PUBLIC TOMORROW: https://app.nearpod.com/#/?pin=GDVZQ 3. TURN DOWN THE DIAL ON CYBERBULLYING AND ONLINE CRUELTY: https://app.nearpod.com/#/?pin=VYITG Learn the fundamentals of digital citizenship through animation by choosing your own adventurous interactive experiences. Explore digital dilemmas, make good (and not-so-good) decisions, and try out possible solutions through stories and mini-games – all without risking your real-world reputation. 1. Go to the following link: https://www.digitalcompass.org/game/index.html 2. Choose 3 different videos/games to watch and play. 3. Take notes in your ELA notebook (Label ALL notes using the associated titles from the games) 4. Blog a summary identifying the 3 interactive game choices and explain how your digital intelligence has been increased due to your participation in each. 5. Reply to another student's response. Write a paragraph response to the following prompt:
Write about something ugly- war, fear, hate, or cruelty- but find the beauty (silver lining) in it. |
AuthorDr. Shaunte Braggs CategoriesArchives
April 2017
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