Click here for the test. Login is your first and last name + 537 (marenbanwell537) and your usual password.
SHOW WHAT YOU KNOW! Do your BEST!
Remember….We’ve got plenty of time for it ( :
Take the reading benchmark test. Login with your first and last name + 537 and enter your normal password (marenbanwell537). Click here to begin. Save your progress – we’ll finish Thursday.
Thursday after you do awesome on your test, study for your vocabulary test by playing this game. Show me when you beat it.
Then try nonfiction features game and nonfiction structures game.
You’re about to finish your narrative! Follow the directions below.
1. Finish your narrative.
2. Highlight the ENTIRE narrative and choose and 1.0 or back to single spacing (saves paper)
3. KEEP IT ALL HIGHLIGHTED
Hit the apple key and C at the same time to COPY
Open Microsoft Word (big blue W in dock)
Paste your story by hitting the apple key and V at the same time
Go up to TOOLS and choose SPELLING and GRAMMAR to edit your narrative
Have someone else read it – do they have a lead, theme, dialogue, good description? If not, remind them to add it.
4. Go to FILE and choose PRINT. TURN IN YOUR NARRATIVE!
5. Click here to review for you vocabulary quiz – unit 5
6. Click below to watch videos/play games about figurative language.
Figurative language in movies video
Figurative language Fling the teacher game
FRIDAY!
Click here to take your vocabulary quiz. Login with your first and last name + 537 and your normal password (marenbanwell537)
When finished, log out and raise your hand to revise your word choice in your narrative.
October 29, 2014
Click here to take your vocabulary test. Login is your first and last name + 537 (marenbanwell537) and your normal password.
Add to your Outsiders notes when you are finished.
STARS test, Scary Sensory Scene, vocab game
1. Take your STAR test – lps.org, star, normal id and password
2. Click here to continue writing. Log into QUIA using your first and last name +537 (marenbanwell537) and your normal password. SUBMIT when finished.
Remember, the objective is to DESCRIBE using sights, sounds, thoughts, feelings, smells and tastes.
3. Play Rags to Riches game for vocabulary test tomorrow
Take your vocabulary UNIT 2 test
Login for QUIA is your first and last name + 537 all squished together (marenbanwell537)
Normal password
Click here to take your test. Good luck!
Compare/Contrast Essay – Use Transitions!
Comparing:
Comparing:
One way ______________ and ____________ are alike is….
Another thing they have in common is…..
They also both….
For example,
Likewise,
Similarly,
Finally,
Contrasting:
_____________ is _______________. On the other hand, __________ is ___________.
_____________ is _______________. However, _____________ is _______________.
Unlike _____________, _________________ is….
Conversely, _____________ is….
Another way _____________ and _____________ differ is….
Thirdly,
Compare/contrast essay – USE TRANSITIONS!
Comparing:
One way ______________ and ____________ are alike is….
Another thing they have in common is…..
They also both….
For example,
Likewise,
Similarly,
Finally,
Contrasting:
_____________ is _______________. On the other hand, __________ is ___________.
_____________ is _______________. However, _____________ is _______________.
Unlike _____________, _________________ is….
Conversely, _____________ is….
Another way _____________ and _____________ differ is….
Thirdly,
LACA: Opinion Essay
Skim and read for information to support your reasons. Take notes in your own words, but feel free to quote an expert to better support your opinion.
Site your sources!
Click here to access beginning research sites