Superstars RELA

Make video montages at www.OneTrueMedia.com

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First Activity: Click on the link to open the activity for the day. link  

 

Second Activity: Use the links below to learn all that you can about  and his connection to the Titanic.

• Robert Ballard Biography
• Robert Ballard (cool video but it takes a long time to load)
• Robert Ballard Returns to the Titanic

Third Activity: Read the article on “Attack on the Titanic.” Then write a position essay on whether or not you think it is acceptable for people to remove things from the Titanic shipwreck.

Now that you have brainstormed about which part of Ancient Egyptian life is most interesting to you, use the links below to learn as much as you can about your topic.

Ancient Egypt:

Ancient China:

1) Follow the link to the “game board.” (Click the hyperlinked words. Do NOT click ”view.”)  Game Board  

2) Use the buttons on the game board to complete the task for at least one button from each level (100, 200, 300, 400).

 

Welcome, Super Stars, to our last day in the computer lab for the month of September. Today we will be wrapping up all computer-based projects that we have started thus far. That means that by the end of the day you should have completed the following:

• Your posted comment on courage (see courage blog on our class homepage)
• Your “Three Novels of Courage” PowerPoint (for guidelines, please see the “Three Novels of Courage” blog on our class homepage) (Periods 1and 2 and Periods 3 and 4 ONLY)
• Your “Courage” Writing Workshop piece (for guidelines, see your yellow half sheet. If you have lost it, there are a couple extra copies that you may BORROW up on the file cabinet)
• Your Adrenaline Comparison (remember: this is to be done in Inspiration, for guidelines, please see your white “Courage Computer Lab: Day 2″ paper)

Periods 1 and 2 and Periods 3 and 4: When you are finished, please visit this news site: http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/magazine/wr/0,28413,080926,00.html . Read the articles there and take notes on anything you feel relates to courage. Explain how it does so.

Periods 5 and 6: When you are finished, please visit this link: http://eduplace.com/kids/hmr06/?grade=6 and follow the links related to “Hatchet,” which is going to be the first story we read from the text book.

Every week, on Friday afternoon, I will post a post asking your plans for the weekend. Anyone from our classes that would like to share what they are doing, or plan to do, or want to do, can post a comment in response to this blog. I will leave the responses up for the duration of the week and then clear them on the following Friday in order to make room for new posts.

Each of the novels listed below incorporates the idea of courage. Using the links below, investigate each novel. Then, create a PowerPoint that details what you learned.

Carlota: http://www.scottodell.com/books/carlota.html

The Hatchet: http://www.mce.k12tn.net/survival/hatchet/hatchet.htm

Sounder: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/sounder/facts.html

In your PowerPoint, you should have:

• the title of each novel
• the author of each novel
• the genre of each novel
• at least one slide per novel
• at least one clip art image
• at least one word art
• information about the novel’s plot

Today we will be practicing blogging on our classroom website. You will be following the directions below in order to complete your post.

Warm Up:

·         What is courage? (Use your own words.)

·         Explain the difference between courage and bravery? (Click on each word to see the definition of each word.)

Answer each of these questions in a comment to this post. Click where it says “no comments.” Then follow the directions on the screen in order to post successfully.