Ninth-Grade English

Look at these two photos that were taken during the New Orleans Katrina flooding, and their captions. Why do you think they wrote that the couple “found” food, and the man “looted” (stole) it?

For extra credit, please turn your description of the teaching and learning strategies we use into an essay. First type it in a Word document, and then copy and paste it in the comments section of this post.

Please go to CNN. Go to the search box and type in the word “hurricane.” After it shows you the search results, click on “CNN Videos” at the top of the page. Then, pick any of the videos that look interesting to you. Watch videos for ten minutes, and write at least three things you [...]

Search anywhere on the web for articles about natural disasters (or go to Natural Disasters). Once you find articles you want to read, upload it to Webklipper and demonstrate reading strategies: Visualize Making Connections Summarize Ask a Question Evaluate

Please type your autobiographical essay in a Word document. Then, please copy and paste it in the comments section of this post. Then, use Bookr to turn the first and maybe second paragraph into a slideshow. Leave the url address in the comments section here, too.

Please go to Slideshare and register. Then, click on “Upload” and find your PowerPoint file on the computer. Next, copy the url of your PowerPoint and paste it in the comments section of this post. If there is a problem uploading your presentation to Slideshare, please repeat this same process with these alternative sites: Authorstream [...]

Pick a link from Mr. Ferlazzo’s website that has a fair amount of text and use WebKlipper to demonstrate reading strategies with virtual post-it notes. Place the url address of your annotated pages in the comments section of this post. You might also want to pick a newspaper article on Natural Disasters from any of [...]

Take these natural disaster quizzes, and share in the comments section how you did and what were the three most interesting things you learned from them and why you found them interesting. National Geographic Natural Disasters Quiz Thinkquest Natural Disasters Fact Monster Great Disasters Quiz

Play Disaster Watch and Stop Disasters. In the comments section of this post, write four things you learned from playing these games.

Complete this Internet Scavenger Hunt (the page calls it a Webquest) on Natural Disasters. You can write the answers on a Word document and then upload it to the Internet using crocodoc. Then paste the url address of your answers in the comments section. After you have completed +this Internet Scavenger Hunt, please pick one [...]

Read The Good Side Of Disasters and this book review of The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster. What do you think are the two best things that come out of natural disasters and why did you choose those two?

Please use either ProProf’s or MyStudiyo to create a quiz of at least five questions related to Natural Disasters and include the link in the comments section.

We’ll be writing two-or-three essays related to Natural Disasters. After you type each of them, please use Crocodoc to upload them to the Internet and include the link in the comments section of this post.

Please take this quiz — How Prepared Are You If Disaster Strikes?. How did you do? What was the most surprising piece of information you learned?

Take several of these Natural Disaster Quizzes. Which was the hardest? Which was the easiest? What was the most interesting thing you learned from them?

Go to Phreetings. You can search for a photo that would illustrate a short report you would write about a natural disaster. It’s basically a report on a virtual “postcard.” Post the link in the comments section.

Choose a few sentences from one of the websites under Natural Disasters on Mr. Ferlazzo’s website. Then go to one of these online drawing sites: Flash Paint Imagination Cubed Draw a picture of what the text makes you see in your mind. Include the text either in the drawing itself or next to the link [...]

Go to the Natural Disasters section of Mr. Ferlazzo’s website. Click on any of the links you find there that look interesting. In the comments section here, write five things you learned and five questions about things you’d like to learn more about. Also, please include which website or websites you visited.

Go to Doodle or Yarp and come up with a survey question (and two or more answers) related somehow to Natural Disasters. Put the link to your survey question in the comments section so other students can respond.

Please go to Survive Anything: Your Ultimate Guide To Disaster. What are the three most interesting things you learned from that resource? Why was each one so interesting to you?