Electronic Flashcards to Help You Study!

Don't have time to make your own flashcards?  Click on the following link http://quizlet.com/_h19hz  to study your prefixes and suffixes before each Friday quiz!

Online Literature Discussions

At the beginning of each week you will be posting your discussion question/s for your literature circle and at the end of each week we will be discussing/responding online.  This will be a great way for you to communicate about what you're reading with students from all the different Reading classes!

http://www.edmodo.com

6 Important Tips for ATTACKING Those Paragraphs 

on Your Reading Quarter Final!

Click on the link below to fill in your study guide notes about "The Six Steps to Attacking Reading Paragraphs".   CAUTION:  EXTREME CHEESINESS IS IN YOUR NEAR FUTURE!
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=209541

WeVideo Tutorials

Needing help with your life story-media literacy project?  Click on the link below to help you trouble-shoot when your teacher is busy helping another student or if you're working on your project from home.
http://www.youtube.com/user/WeVideoMarketing

Persuasive Nonfiction Texts

We will be reading persuasive texts, from editorials to opinion essays.  One of the topics/themes within these texts focuses on censorship.  On Monday, during our rotating stations, you will be listening to famous and opinionated commentator, Andy Rooney, give his take on the concept of censorship.  Make sure to fill out the main ideas and supporting details of his argument (you don't have to agree with his position) web while listening to his audio-visual editorial.  Feel free to watch the video more than once in order to adequately fill out the web.  Click on the link below to get started:
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=3980806n

Cause and Effect

We will be reading a nonfiction Science article focusing on how the brain works.  You will be creating your own Cause & Effect chart to turn in at the end of class. demonstrating what you've learned.  Click on the link below to get started.
http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=127&title=

Math Week: Working Your Memory

MATH STATIONS: STATIONS A
Click on the link below to participate in a Geometry Concentration Exercise.  It's a great way to wake up your brain!
http://www.mathsisfun.com/games/memory/