Intermediate English Class Blog (2011-12)

First go to Amazon to find an image of your favorite book. Then go to Fotobabble and record your book review.

Please post the link in the comments section of this post.

First read:

English version of Cinderella

Read this version, too.

Then read:

The Egyptian “Cinderella”

The Chinese “Cinderella”

The Native American “Cinderella”

Then complete an online interactive Venn Diagram comparing the three stories.

Leave a comment saying which version you like best and why:

I liked ____________________ because ___________________.

Choose a photo from our field trip to San Francisco and make a Fotobabble.

Talk about what you liked about the trip and what you learned.

Go to The Best Sites For Learning About San Francisco and explore the links.

Write the ten most interesting things you learn on a sheet of paper.

Please type your Response To Literature essay on Grandfather’s Journey in a Word document and then copy and paste it in the comments section of this post.

You can see Tong’s website here:

Tong’s Website

If you’d like, you can leave a comment sharing what you think of her site on the comment section of this post.

Go to A Beginning “The Best…” List Of Free & Decent Online Practice Sites For State Tests — Help Me Add More! and try the practice questions.

Please explore these links to learn more about adjectives:

Describing Words

Using Adjectives

Finding Adjectives

Practice With Adjectives

All About Adjectives

The Adjective Detective

Grammar Blast: Adjectives

Adjectives Quiz

People Adjectives

Choosing Adjectives

Identifying Adjectives

BBC Skillwise: Adjectives

Enchanted Learning: Adjectives

These exercises will give you an introduction to what we will be studying next:

Learn about similes:

Starter activity

Main session part 1

Main session part 2

Plenary

You can learn about Literary Elements and then take the quiz at this Thinkquest site.

Try to create similes in this not-very-easy game from the British Council.

Name That Literary Element is a game from Glencoe.

Figurative Language Interactive Activities

Please type your Cinderella Compare and Contrast Essay in Word, and then copy and paste it in the comments section of this post.