A Gift For your Parents and/or Family

We will construct a gift for your family as a way to keepsake this historical time in our lives. The Task: Design a folder to keep a copy of President Elect Obama's Speech.

1. You will need to pick key phrases from your speech that you think captures the overall feeling of Barack Omama’s speech—I have provided some on the board, but I encourage you to think of your own. "Democracy"...."Individual Liberty"...."Self-reliance"...."brick by brick....calloused hand, by calloused hand".....flip through your copy of his speech and/or your Graphic Organizer.

2. Please go to Microsoft Word 2007—click on "new document"
Go to “Insert”—then click “Word Art” –play around with the words and shapes.

3. If you think it will go over the page, then you will have to click "Format" to either edit your text or change the sizing.

4. When ready to save, I will come around with my TRAVELDrive to be saved for me to print at home.

This is an on-going project, please do not rush through--I encourage you to start collecting newspaper clippings, magazine pics, etc. of Barack Obama and/or anything patriotic.

Patriotic--having or showing love and support for oneʼs country; faithful, loyal, having pride on one's country.

Have fun!

Pablo Picasso's Work

In the topic Young At Art, the artist, Alexandra Nechita is compared to Pablo Picasso. The passage mentions that her type of artwork is called abstract. I have found a few paintings Of Picasso's artwork that illustrate this type of abstract work. Remember, abstract means unrealistic. Abstract art seeks to break away from traditional representation of physical objects. It explores the relationships of forms and colors, whereas more traditional art represents the world in recognizable images. I, personally, don't find it very appealing, but a good friend of mine just loves absract work for its simplicity. Take a look!

Antonym Worksheet

Synonym Worksheet

Synonym and Antonym Practice

1. Please click on Synonyms WS.
2. Number your papers 1-15
3. Write the words in column A and find synonyms from column B.
4. For example: 1. frighten--scare (so I have done the first one for you...)




1. Please click on Antonyms WS.
2. Number your papers 1-15
3. Write the words in column A and find antonyms from column B.
4. For example: 1. day--night (so I have done the first one for you....)

Mini-Webquest on The Civil Rights Movement

President Elect Obama made a reference to Ann Nixon Cooper who had witnessed so much in her life of 106 years. Many of these historical events took place during The Civil Rights Movement. I would like you to do a little research on this and answer the following questions:

http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/civilrights/al4.htm

This website deals with Selma, Alabama

1. What happened on March 7, 1965?

2. What key role did Martin Luther King play during this historical event?

http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/civilrights-55-65/index.html
This website is a compilation of many events during The Civil Rights Movement--please click on The Montgomery Bus Boycot.

3. When did theThe Montgomery Bus Boycott officially start?

4. What happened during this boycot?

5. Name the woman that was overlooked during this time? Describe this person and her contribution to this boycot.

6. How did Rosa Parks fit into this boycot? Describe Rosa Parks and her contribution to this boycot and The Civil Rights Movement.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Louise_Nixon_Cooper
This website is a biography of Ann Nixon Cooper

7. Please list some of Ann Nixon Cooper's achievements.

Young At Art

Most of us should have completed Halls of Fame QW's and Vocabulary. You will need to practice reading your Leveled Passage daily until you have made no mistakes with your words. I will check your readings occasionally to make sure you are making progress.

Young At Art
I have copied your next topic you should be working on next for both fluency practice and QuickWrites. In order to view each one, you will need to click on each individually. Please practice reading with a partner every day until you have completed all of the work this topic, including vocabulary.

Level 2 Words: famous, ordinary, painting, rare, talent, teenager

Level 4 Vocabulary Words: celebrities, customers, popularity, represented, resembles

Level 3 Vocabulary Words: abstract, average, millionaire, popularity, professional, purposely, style

Level 1 Vocabulary Words: loves, millions, money, paintings, professional, sticks

November 12th--While I Am Out of The Building...

Hola, estudiantes!
Buanos Dias!

Your goal today is to catch up on GO's, QW's, Reading Logs AND completing all of the components to Halls of Fame. You will need to read with a partner your Leveled Passage on Halls of Fame to practice fluency. Check previous posts for instruction on Vocabulary. Please check out updated websites to help you in this class--I added a few more! Just a reminder, I am going to show you your Progress Reports once more so that we may be on the right track! Have a good day!

Computer Rotation

1. Please go to the file box and take out your Leveled Reading Passage from Halls of Fame.
2. Read with a partner your Leveled Passage. (decide who will go first.)
3. You will need to complete one Quickwrite on Halls of Fame.
4. This is to completed in your Computer Section of Your Notebook.
5. After this is completed and you have read with a partner, you will need to work on your Vocabulary from you Leveled Passage. Again, this is to be completed in your Computer Section of your notebook.
6. Make sure you give your papers a title for each assignment--an example is provided below:

Halls of Fame Quickwrite
Date__________


Halls of Fame Vocabulary 11/7/08

Directions for Vocabulary

1. Rate the word with a 1, 2, or 3
2. Write and define the word. Use the dictionary website on this blog.
3. Use the word in a sentence, and underline your word.

WEBSITES TO BE USED IN THIS CLASS

1. http://www.studyisland.com/ (Reading--We need to practice taking these skills to prepare us for the ISAT Test)

2. http://www.funbrain.com/ (you will need to go to the Reading Section)

3. http://www.merriam-webster.com/ (Dictionary/Thesaurus)

4. http://www.scholastic.com/ (Various Reading Activities)

5. http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmsv/ (spelling and vocabulary)

6. .http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/tips/sentence/index.htm (writing)

7. http://www.pilkey.com/bookview.php?id=3 (Adventures of Captain Underpants)
www.goodtyping.com (I will have you go here occasionally so that we may learn keyboarding and proper placement with our fingers.)

8. http://www.funbrain.com/roots/index.html (this site will assist you with root words as well as prefixes and suffixes)

9. http://www.funbrain.com/spell/index.html (this site will assist you with spelling both easy and hard words.)

10. http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/StudyZone/330/grammar/parts1.htm (grammar games)

11. http://www.gamequarium.com/partsofspeech.html (grammar games)

1.2 Halls of Fame

In this Topic Software, high school students at a performing arts school reach for the stars.

1. You will need to use the leveled passages for fluency practice.


2. Please read through repeatedly daily as you will need to do a Quickwrite daily as well. Make sure you are choosing the appropriate Leveled Passage.


3. The following lists are vocabulary words you will need to rate with a 1 2 or 3, briefly define the word, and use it in a sentence.


4. This will be completed in the Computer Section of your notebook along with your daily Quickwrites.

Level 1

danced

drama

fans

music

plan

sing

special

Level 2

auditions

example

movie

rehearsals

students

study

Level 3

audition

express

performing

pursue

remarks

Level 4

accepted

audition

devoted

established

featured

plays

talented

Welcome to READ 180

Hello, students! I have set up this blog so that you may check in from time to time for various support and guidance on the following things:

• lessons
• assignments
• vocabulary
• helpful websites
• expectations of you in READ 180

I will have you stop in occasionally, so that you may be "on course" and will have a better understanding of the components of this class. Even though we have done a wonderful job with rotations, reading logs, graphic organizers, quickwrites, whole group discussions, Reading Counts quizzes, etc., please know I will start implementing and expecting much more from all of you. Second Quarter, my goal is take you even further with the books we are reading with more discussions, and perhaps more projects with the books. I do want you to realize that it is your responsibility to do QW's, GO's, Reading Logs in Independent Reading Group and continue reading books. I am hearing, "I am finished with my book." Well, start another! We are reading every day! More information and lessons will come in other postings, but I must now direct your attention to what we will be doing for the next couple of days.

After such an exciting night--Election Night--hearing President Elect Barack Obama's Victory Speech, I must admit, I have to set aside some time to devote to this wonderful, exciting, and historic time in our lives. I know that we all feel so much emotion over this victory=whether feeling that we are a part of history as a nation, a young generation, or just being overjoyed and hopeful for our future, we cannot ignore what an eloquent Victory Speech given by President Elect Obama. Because we have been working on Main Idea and Details throughout this workshop, and this workshop is about to come to a close, I feel that we need some extra practice on this skill. Many were awake celebrating the victory and were able to watch and hear our newly elected president's speech--others did not get the chance to see or hear it.

Our lesson for the next couple of days will be to identify main ideas and supporting details of President Elect Barack Obama's Victory Speech. We do know that the topic is: Barack Obama's Victory Speech. We will listen and read together his speech and stop to identify main ideas along with details to support the main ideas throughout his speech.

Please take a look at the following slideshow from the gallery of STLToday. These pictures capture the emotions felt after hearing the victory news.

http://stltoday.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=21122896&event=629628&CategoryID=38578&picnum=27&move=F&Slideshow=Stop#Image