Intermediate English Class

Visit these sites and write down three things you learn about how advertisers persuade you to buy their products.  Write down your notes on a piece of paper.  If there is time, you can then write them in the comments section:

Don’t Buy It!

See How You Get Hooked Into Buying Now!

You Are Here

CoCo Adversmarts (this one lets you create your own advertisement.  After you make it, please print it out)

Review these sites to help you learn about writing a persuasive essay.  Please write three things you’ve learned in the comments section.

Here’s a Fact and Opinion game.

Try another Fact and Opinion Game.

Here are lots of fact and opinion activities.

PBS’ Arthur has a simple Facts and Opinions game.

It’s A Fact!

Making Connections

Argument is an activity from the BBC. Other activities connected to it are:

Read

Watch

Quiz

The BBC has another activity called Argue, Persuade, and Advise. Revise is a connected exercise.

Earthlings, Unite! is an interactive sample persuasive essay.

The Joystick of Learning is another interactive sample essay.

Hungry Students Can’t Study is one more sample essay, though it’s not interactive.

Here’s an accessible tutorial on writing a persuasive essay .

Students can quickly and easily create a “map” of their persuasive essay here and post its url on a student or teacher website.

Try this persuasive essay outline generator .

Persuasion Map is from Read Write Think, but it can only be printed-out, not saved.

Go to Bookr and make a slideshow out of the first paragraph of your Problem/Solution Essay.

Email the link to yourself, and then copy and paste it in the comments section of this post.

Please type your Landlord Letter using WORD. Name the file “landlord letter.”

After you are done, save it. Then go to File2.ws.

Next, upload your landlord letter to the Internet. Then, copy the url address and paste it in the comments section of this post. Remember to only use your first name in your landlord letter and in the comments.

Try these writing activities and games. If the first ones are too easy, try the next one. Each one gets a little harder.

Five minutes before class ends, please leave a comment saying which activity you liked the best and why:

“I liked ______________ the best because ________________________.”

The New News

The New News 2

The New News 3

Bitesize 2 Writing

Making Sentences

Bitesize 3 Writing — Here, do everything that is labeled “Activity.” Be sure to turn-on the subtitles so you can read what is being spoken.

Virtual Traveler

Writing Tutorials

Later this year you will be creating your own learning games that other students can play.

Today, please play the games on this list. Vote for the three games you think are the best. In the comments section, please write which three you voted for and why you voted for them:

I voted for ______________ because ___________________________.

I voted for ______________ because ___________________________.

I voted for ______________ because ___________________________.

Today you are going to write a short story with images.

You can use either one of these sites:

Tell A Story, where you’ll pick a painting to use in your story, type it, and also record it.

Five Card Flickr Story, where you’ll pick five photos and then tell a story about them.

Please copy and paste the link to your story in the comments section of this post.

Look at these Problem/Solution essays.  After reading them, please write in the comments two things you learned about writing from them:

Neighborhood Wildscape

A Noble Solution

Fans Or Foes?

Pick one of the short movies at Bombay TV.

You can choose to either record what you want the actors to say, or write them as “subtitles.”

Here’s an example:

Mr. Ferlazzo’s Movie

Once you email it to yourself, the site will show you the link address to copy and paste in the comments section of this post.

If you want, you may work with a partner to create the movie.

Got to the Bubblr site and make a comic strip of at least six frames showing a problem and a solution.

Use this Moviemaker to create a movie. You can work on your own, or two people can work together to make one film. Try your best!

You will have to email it to yourself once it’s done, and then copy and paste the link in the comments section of this post.

Here’s an example: Hungry Teacher

Today, you will make at least one animal or potato that will “speak” a message that you type. In your message, please say:

1) your first name (not your last name)

2) why you picked the animal or potato

3) three things you like to do for fun.

4) your favorite food.

5) your favorite class and why it is your favorite class.

This is an example: Hi,my name is Mr. Ferlazzo. I picked this dog because it reminds me of the ones I have at home. I like to play basketball, read, and spend time with my family. My favorite food is papaya salad. My favorite class is the one I teach because I teach it!

Here is what it looks like: Mr. Ferlazzo’s Talking Dog Message

After you have finished it, you will need to email it to yourself and the copy and paste the link in the comments section of this post.

You can choose from these sites (you can make more than one if you have time):

Talking Dog or Cat

Talking Potato